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Longku Center Hosted Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bern, Switzerland
Longku Center, an FPMT center in Bern, Switzerland, hosted Lama Zopa Rinpoche from November 12-14, 2018. Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived from Munich, Germany, where Rinpoche was hosted by Aryatara Instituut. Brigitte Brunner and Andrea Meier, long-time students and members of ...
Monks Engage in the Traditional Rains Retreat at Nalanda Monastery in France
Ven. Losang Tendar is the director of International Mahayana Institute, the FPMT community of monks and nuns. He shares about the annual rains retreat held at Nalanda Monastery, a FPMT center in Lavaur, France, from August 26-October 9, 2018. A ...
Kopan Monastery School Students Performed a Play for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Birthday
Geshe Sherab, headmaster at Kopan Monastery School in Kathmandu, Nepal, shares how the students at this FPMT monastery celebrated Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday. We’ve been celebrating Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday quite extensively since 2016. The last two years were perfect ...This Issue
In the new issue of Mandala, we share the story of the success of the Sera Je Food Fund and the extraordinary generosity of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the supporters of the fund. This project created an endowment that ensures that the monks of Sera Je Monastery in India have three nutritious meals every day of the year, making it a monumental achievement for Rinpoche and the FPMT organization, and a source of tremendous rejoicing. Also in this issue, we share the history of how the Tibetan monastic refugee community managed to preserve the authentic Dharma after the profound upheaval and displacement of going into exile in India. The kindness they demonstrated by persevering through unimaginable hardships to rebuild the monasteries and to teach Westerners is beyond measure. Plus, we have new teachings from Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Read this issue …
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives teachings throughout the year at FPMT centers around the world. Many of these teachings are livestreamed – these video and audio recordings together with other resources are available as part of our Rinpoche Available Now (RAN) project.
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