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Lama Zopa Rinpoche Joined Amitabha Buddhist Centre to Celebrate Thirty Years
On Friday, September 20, 2019, Amitabha Buddhist Centre, the FPMT center in Singapore, celebrated the center’s 30th birthday at an evening celebration with Lama Zopa Rinpoche as their guest of honor. Lobsang Drolkar (Cecilia Tsong), a long-time student, active ABC ...
Tushita Meditation Centre Staff Went on a Pilgrimage to the Land of Dakinis
FPMT resident teacher, staff members, and volunteers at Tushita Meditation Centre, the FPMT center in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, went on pilgrimage to Lahaul (Garsha) in August 2019. The group traveled together in the Tushita bus and two additional vehicles ...
Potowa Study Group Organized an Interfaith Community Conversation on End-of-Life Care
Approximately seventy community members gathered together at the Wagga Wagga City Council Chambers Meeting Room in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, in August, for an interfaith event, “End-of-Life Care: A Multifaith Conversation,” organized by Potowa Study Group, the FPMT ...This Issue
Mandala July–December 2019 shines a spotlight on the forthcoming biography of Lama Yeshe, who founded FPMT with Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe is a monumental accomplishment—1,400 pages with more than 1,500 photos! We offer a chapter from the book plus the story of how it came to be. Also in this issue, we have an interview with Geshe Ngawang Chokyi, who was among the first Tibetan nuns to be awarded the geshema degree and who also happens to be Lama Yeshe’s niece. The Maitreya Loving Kindness Tour is remembered in a new book; we share its story and a short excerpt. We celebrate the tremendous contributions of Lama Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelug tradition, with an excerpt from a new translation requested by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Plus, new teachings from Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche! Read this issue …
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