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Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Kurukulla Center staff and volunteers, and Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive and Wisdom Publications staff, Massachusetts, US, August 2018. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
“There are no words to adequately describe the immense feelings of blessings, love, and bliss that everyone experienced in the presence of our beloved teacher Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche,” Margaret Anderberg, a fundraising volunteer at Kurukulla Center, in Medford, Massachusetts, US, wrote about Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s visit to the FPMT-affiliate center in August 2018.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching at Kurukulla Center, Massachusetts, US, August 2018. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
On August 18-20, Rinpoche offered helpful and poignant teachings as well as Red Tara and Varjasattva jenangs to about three hundred people in a beautifully arranged large tent, which was set up for the event in Kurukulla Center’s stupa garden.
Students traveled to the teaching event from far and wide—from New York to Florida, as well as from Canada and many other countries.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche presenting Kurukulla Center director Sean Gonzalez with a thank you gift, Kurukulla Center, August 2018. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
“One visiting student from out-of-state came to me at the reception table and expressed his gratitude for Kurukulla Center providing this incredible opportunity for him to receive teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche in person,” Margaret wrote. The visiting student told Margaret, “I have been a student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche for years and I could not afford to travel to India or Singapore to attend his teachings. This is so incredible. Thank you so much!”
Margaret also wrote that “Sean Gonzalez, Kurukulla Center director, received a similar message from visiting Sangha members, thanking us for not charging for the teachings and thus making the Dharma accessible to them.”
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Wisdom Publications staff, Kurukulla Center, Massachusetts, US, August 2018. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
During the events, Daniel Aitken, the new director of Wisdom Publications, in nearby Somerville, Massachusetts, offered Lama Zopa Rinpoche copies of Wisdom’s books, including Rinpoche’s new book The Four Noble Truths: A Guide to Everyday Life and the forthcoming Mahamudra: How to Discover Our True Nature by Lama Yeshe. Wisdom staff also recorded a podcast with Rinpoche in the center’s gompa.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive’s Nick Ribush and Wendy Cook, August 2018. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, based in Lincoln, Massachusetts, also had an opportunity to make a special offering to Rinpoche. David Zinn, LYWA’s digital imaging specialist, made a beautiful little photo album containing twenty of the more than 1,550 photographs from the Archive’s upcoming Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe, which he and director Nick Ribush offered to Rinpoche.
“We at Kurukulla Center are immensely grateful for our tremendous supporters and volunteers,” Margaret wrote, “all of whom helped create the causes and conditions for this wonderful event to happen, helping the Buddhadharma to flourish, and bringing greater peace and happiness to many sentient beings worldwide.”
Watch recorded video teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, including recent teachings at Kurukulla Center, Maitripa College, and Amitabha Buddhist Centre:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/
For more information about Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies, visit their website:
http://www.kurukulla.org/
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