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Removing Obstacles with Kindness and Generosity at Land of Calm Abiding
Land of Calm Abiding is an FPMT retreat center located on 485 acres of pristine forest in central California, US. Director Ven. Namgyal shares a story from January 2020. We’ve had a very exciting beginning of the year here at ... Read more »
Aryatara Institut Continued Their Christmas Holiday Tradition
Aryatara Institut, the FPMT center in Munich, Germany, observed the Christmas holiday season with two events—a “Chenrezig Christmas Meditation on Love and Compassion” held on December 16, 2019, and a “Christmas Retreat: Debate Between Wisdom and Ignorance” from December 26-30, ... Read more »
Happiness Comes from Abandoning Desire
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. Geshe Yeshe Kunga begins this video explaining that Kopan Monastery is engaged in charitable work in response to the COVID-19 crisis and invites us ... Read more »
Kalachakra Centre Celebrated Their Twentieth Anniversary in Paris, France
Kalachakra Centre, the FPMT center in Paris, France, celebrated their twentieth anniversary in 2019. Laura Haughey, a student at the center shares the story. The Twentieth Anniversary Celebration On November 30, 2019, Centre Kalachakra joyfully celebrated the twentieth anniversary of ... Read more »
Teenagers Enjoyed a Visit to Centro Shiwa Lha in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In December 2019, fifteen teenagers from Morro da Providência, the first favela community in Brazil, spent an afternoon at Centro Shiwa Lha, the FPMT center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, learning more about Buddhism. The event was a community service ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Joined Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre to Celebrate Forty Years
Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre, the FPMT center in New Delhi, India, celebrated their 40th anniversary with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at their 22nd Dharma Celebration. The two-hour event was held at an all-boys Christian Brothers school with more than ... Read more »
Atisha Centre Held a Heruka Five-Deity Retreat Led by Ven. Tenzin Tsapel
Atisha Centre, an FPMT center in Myers Flat, Victoria, Australia, and nearby FPMT monastery Thubten Shedrup Ling held a Heruka Five-Deity retreat from September 21 to October 27, 2019. The retreat, which was restricted to students who had previously received ... Read more »
Kadampa Center Celebrated Geshe Gelek Chodha
In 2019 Kadampa Center, the FPMT center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, had a celebration for one of their two resident geshes, Geshe Gelek Chodha. Center manager Jill Marie shares the story. On Saturday, August 3, 2019, we celebrated our ... Read more »
Ganden Buddhist Meditation Centre Welcomed Lama Zopa Rinpoche to Latvia
Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited Riga for two weeks in the middle of the Latvian summer from June 24 to July 1, 2019. The visit was organized by Ganden Buddhist Meditation Centre, an FPMT center in Riga. Rinpoche’s Latvian students share ... Read more »
The Ten Innermost Jewels of the Kadampas and Give Up Desire
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins this teaching discussing the meaning of lojong (thought transformation). Transforming suffering into happiness doesn’t mean you use it to stop ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Recites the Holy Name of Buddha Rinchen Tsugtor Chen to Support the Dying
In a teaching titled “Sentient Beings Come before God and Mantras to Benefit Others,” part of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s COVID-19 Crisis Teachings, Rinpoche discussed the benefits of reciting the holy name of Buddha Rinchen Tsugtor Chen. Lama Zopa Rinpoche has ... Read more »