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A Pacifying Prayer for Peace
“When there was unceasing war in Kham (Me Nyak), Tibet, and nobody was able to create harmony, the Great Lord Yogi (Thang Thong Gyalpo) came to Kham, generated bodhichitta, and just by merely saying these true words and sprinkling flowers, ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Gives an Introduction to Mind Training
While teaching in Madrid, Spain, in October 2018, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave an introduction to thought transformation and explained its benefits, captured in the thirty-minute video below. Thought transformation, Lama Zopa Rinpoche said, is about “how to utilize your problems, ... Read more »
New Page to Help Benefit Animals on FPMT.org!
Students can now find practices and advice for benefiting animals on FPMT.org, including instructions on animal liberation and animal blessings. Lama Zopa Rinpoche recommends animal liberation as a specific practice done for animals who would otherwise be killed, such as ... Read more »
Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling Offered 16 Guidelines for Life Workshop
In April 2019, Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling, the FPMT center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, offered a 16 Guidelines for Life workshop facilitated by Wendy Ridley, a Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW) Senior Accredited Faculty member and board member, ... Read more »
New Zangdog Palri Temple Project in Lawudo
Zangdog Palri: Guru Rinpoche’s Pure Land There is a tradition in Tibet of building three-dimensional versions of the Pure Land of Guru Rinpoche: Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain — in Tibetan, Zangdog Palri. Lama Zopa Rinpoche wants to build a Zangdog Palri ... Read more »
FPMT Hispana Welcomed His Eminence Ling Rinpoche to Spain
His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Ling Rinpoche visited Spain from April 9-20, 2019, teaching in Barcelona, Madrid, and Valencia at events supported by FPMT Hispana centers Centro Nagarjuna Barcelona, Centro Nagarjuna Madrid, and Centro Nagarjuna Valencia. Núria Sala, Centro Nagarjuna ... Read more »
Each Time You Follow the Advice of the Guru Is One Step Closer to Enlightenment
While teaching in Madrid, Spain, in October 2018, Rinpoche summarized the whole path to enlightenment, emphasizing the importance of the guru. The path also includes developing renunciation, bodhichitta, and an understanding of gross and subtle emptiness, and eventually practicing tantra. ... Read more »
Take a Look! Precious Mantra Hat
This cotton precious mantra hat, designed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, is covered with embroidered mantras: The mantra of Chenrezig, which is for developing compassion, among other benefits. , The Phagpa Chulung Rolpai Do Mantra, which upon seeing, purifies 100,000 eons ... Read more »
Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Study Group Has a New Home
Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Study Group, the FPMT study group in Zurich, Switzerland, opened their new location on October 1, 2018. Nina, Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Study Group coordinator shares the story. Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Study Group started in Zurich in December ... Read more »
Ongoing Support Offered to the Monks of Thame Monastery, Nepal
For the second year in a row the Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund is offering a grant to cover the cost of three meals per day to the monks of Thame Monastery in Nepal. The monastery is home to nine elderly ... Read more »
Maitreya Instituut Welcomed His Eminence Ling Rinpoche to the Netherlands
His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Ling Rinpoche visited the Netherlands from March 30-April 8, 2019, teaching at several Dharma centers including FPMT center Maitreya Instituut Loenen, where Rinpoche gave the White Tara long life empowerment. Annelies van der Heijden, Maitreya ... Read more »