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Coronavirus Leaves Us No Choice But to Develop Compassion and 80,000 Eons of Benefit for Making Charity
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins his teaching discussing how many people have died around the world from the coronavirus. This is because life is in ... Read more »
Update from FPMT South East Asia During the Pandemic
Selina Foong, FPMT South East Asia regional coordinator, shares an update from the FPMT centers, projects, and services in Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, and Taiwan. There are movement control and lockdown procedures in place to varying degrees throughout our ... Read more »
All the Problems in the World, Including the Coronavirus, Are Telling Us to Practice Dharma
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. This video begins with Losang Namgyal Rinpoche sharing some thoughts about this difficult time due to the coronavirus. He suggests we not only need ... Read more »
FPMT Latin America and North America Share an Update During the Pandemic
FPMT Latin America regional coordinator Mauricio Roa and FPMT North America regional coordinator Drolkar McCallum share how the centers in their regions are adjusting while their locations are closed and people are advised or required to stay at home. Brazil ... Read more »
If You Want to Guide and Help Others, Exchange Yourself with Others
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. This video begins with another practical example from a young Kopan monk about how we can transform everyday activities into bodhichitta mindfulness. While cutting ... Read more »
Use Pleasure and Suffering to Achieve Enlightenment and Experience the Virus for Numberless Sentient Beings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. This video begins with a young Kopan monk washing his hands and letting us know that he is washing the stains of delusion from ... Read more »
Welcome to the April FPMT e-News
We hope you enjoy our April FPMT International Office e-News, out now! This month we bring you news about: Why Lama Zopa Rinpoche is teaching regularly (on video) at this time, Our Annual Review 2019: Coming Together to Practice Dharma, ... Read more »
Don’t Make Your Life Garbage and the Buddha’s Teachings Are Unbetraying
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. This new video begins with a short powerful message from Geshe Ngawang Sangye, sharing Shantideva’s wisdom, from A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of ... Read more »
Sentient Beings Come before God and Mantras to Benefit Others
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins this video teaching quoting His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s advice that because individuals have different minds and different karma, there ... Read more »
FPMT Centers and Projects in India Offer Support During the Pandemic
There are FPMT centers, projects, and services across seven states of India. Deepthy Shekhar, FPMT India national coordinator, shares an update and reasons to rejoice. Hello everybody! On behalf of the FPMT community in India, it is our wish to ... Read more »
The Conclusion Is ‘Subdue One’s Own Mind’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. In this video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins his teaching explaining how a nonvirtuous mind leads to negative actions that create the negative karma for ... Read more »