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Chokhor Duchen and International Sangha Day: August 4
Chokhor Duchen, one of the four annual holy days of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha, takes place this year on August 4. On these holy days, the power of any meritorious action is multiplied by 100 million, as cited by Lama Zopa ... Read more »
Chenrezig Institute Held a Five-Day Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Retreat
Chenrezig Institute, an FPMT center in Eudlo, Queensland, Australia, organized their third annual five-day Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Retreat on April 18-22, 2019. Maria Corrales, spiritual program assistant, shares the story. Lama Tsongkhapa is a name effusively present in the ... Read more »
FPMT Holy Objects Fund Sponsors Gold Leafing for 31 Statues of the Incarnations of Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche
Due to the kindness of very generous donors, the Holy Objects Fund has invested US$61,600 in gold leafing for 31 statues of the incarnations of Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche. The 31st incarnation of this lama who passed away in 2011, was ... Read more »
Importance of Studying and Applying Lamrim in Daily Life
During the 2018 November Course at Kopan Monastery, Lama Zopa Rinpoche outlined how to reach enlightenment based on the lamrim and the importance of studying it. Rinpoche emphasized that merely knowing the lamrim is not enough; it needs to be ... Read more »
Take a Look! The Method in Print
The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment) with Additional Practices is available in print from the Foundation Store. Lama Zopa Rinpoche has said very strongly on many occasions that this is a practice that he would ... Read more »
Maitreya School Staff Trained in 16 Guidelines for Life
In 2018 Maitreya School—a project of Root Institute, the FPMT center in Bodhgaya, Gaya District, Bihar, India—began partnering with Cecilia (“Ceci”) Buzón, a Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW) accredited 16 Guidelines for Life Level 2 facilitator; teacher; and ... Read more »
Offering Food to the Monks of Zigar Thupten Shedrupling Institute, Darjeeling, India
The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund is now offering support to the sixty-two monks of Zigar Thupten Shedrupling Institute, a Kagyu monastery located in Darjeeling, India. The monastery sent a letter of thanks and praise to Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Today on ... Read more »
Rinpoche Visits Madrid, Granada, and Bilbao in Spain
Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught in and traveled to a few FPMT centers in Spain in late April and early May. Kiko Llopis, FPMT Hispana national coordinator, shared this report on Rinpoche’s visit. As he had promised in his previous visit ... Read more »
His Eminence Zong Rinpoche Visited Maitreya Instituut Loenen in the Netherlands
His Holiness the 3rd Kyabje Zong Rinpoche was one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachers. His Eminence the 4th Kyabje Zong Rinpoche—born in north India in 1985—visited Maitreya Instituut Loenen, an FPMT center in Loenen, the Netherlands, in April 2019. Maarten ... Read more »
Practice on His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Birthday
On July 6 the world will celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 84th birthday. Enjoy these many resources available to help celebrate, praise, and learn from His Holiness! Long Life Prayers Updated with the new alternate long life prayer, Prayers ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Virtuous Activities, Prayers, and Pujas Offered by 15,650 Sangha on Saka Dawa
Saka Dawa is the most important Tibetan Buddhist festival day, celebrating Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana. Buddhists around the world engage in many auspicious and merit-making activities such as sponsoring or engaging in beneficial pujas, practices, and prayers; and ... Read more »