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Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach LIVE from Singapore!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his commentary on Lama Chopa (Guru Puja) practice at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, the FPMT center in Singapore. Rinpoche’s teachings begin on Friday, September 6, and run through Saturday, September 21. All non-restricted teachings by Rinpoche will ... Read more »
Find Dharma Books for Adults and Children in the Foundation Store!
Students can find dozens of Dharma books for adults and children in the Foundation Store, most offered at cost! Find these titles and more in the Foundation Store: Moody Cow Learns Compassion, children and parents can learn about compassion together ... Read more »
How to Use Criticism and Unfavorable Situations on the Path
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice to a studious former monk who wrote to Rinpoche about receiving criticism and abuse from people. Here’s an excerpt from Rinpoche’s advice: Every day, in the morning, when you begin the day, please remember emptiness. ... Read more »
‘It Is All There in Lama Chopa’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche frequently encourages students to study and practice Lama Chopa (Guru Puja), written by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen in the 17th century and often combined with the preliminary practice of Jorcho. FPMT makes a variety of Lama Chopa ... Read more »
Kalachakra Centre Celebrated With a Fête de la Réjouissance
Kalachakra Centre, the FPMT center in Paris, France, held their fifth-annual Fête de la Réjouissance on June 30, 2019. Laura Haughey, a student at the center shares the story. On June 30, 2019, Centre Kalachakra held a joyous and convivial ... Read more »
Continued Support for the Elderly of Doeguling Tibetan Refugee Settlement
Doeguling Tibetan Refugee Settlement in Mundgod, India, consists of seven monasteries, twenty schools (from nursery to secondary), two homes for the elderly, several modern hospitals, a Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute, and various activities such as farming and craftwork. Since ... Read more »
Renounce the Ego
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the following advice on the shortcomings of the self-cherishing thought and the benefits of cherishing others to a student and said it is applicable to anyone. If you are my student, then you must do the ... Read more »
Use Problems to Vanquish the Self-Cherishing Thought
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered the following advice “Problems at a Dharma Center” to the director of a Dharma center who was having problems with his assistant and thinking about asking the assistant to leave. Here’s an excerpt from that advice: ... Read more »
New Long Life Prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
In January 2019, Lama Zopa Rinpoche instructed students to begin replacing His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long life prayer that begins with “GANG RII RA WÄ” with a new long life prayer. The new prayer, which begins with “JIG TEN ... Read more »
FPMT Centers Help Students Train Their Minds in Generosity
Lama Yeshe advised in The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind , “The ordinary understanding of charity is giving things to others, but as you can see, the Buddhist point of view is that material giving is not necessarily charity. ... Read more »
Offering Food to the Monks of Shalu Monastery
For the second year in a row, the Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund has offered a grant to Shalu Monastery to cover the costs of food for the 30 monks who study there. This year, US$16,116.94 was offered. Shalu Monastery was ... Read more »