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International Office News
January 2022
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Pokhara, Nepal, December 2021. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Recent Activities
Teaching Excerpts from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
His Holiness Teaches in Front of Offered Statues
Continued Progress on the Thirty-five Foot Stupa in Hunsur, India
FPMT.org Is Your Source for Prayers and Practice Materials
Buddha House Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary!
Big Thanks for the Year-end Support!
Opportunities and Changes within the Organization:
New FPMT Service Seminar Coordinator
Lama Zopa Rinpoche:
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, December 2021. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Recent Activities
Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently concluded his teachings at Kachoe Ghakyil Ling Nunnery; traveled to Pokhara and Patan, Nepal, for auspicious activities; and will now be taking a short break from teachings. You can read more details as well as enjoy a photo album of Rinpoche’s recent activities.
Teaching Excerpts from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
During Rinpoche’s pause on his thought transformation teaching series, we have been sharing topical excerpts from Rinpoche’s teachings from past years. Recent blogs include:
- “About the Importance of Bodhicitta,” from a teaching given in Singapore, 2018, where Rinpoche explains the vast benefits of practicing bodhicitta.
- “The Real Meaning of Practicing Dharma,” from a teaching given in Madrid, Spain, 2018, where Rinpoche discusses what it means to truly practice Dharma.
- “With Patience, We Have Genuine Peace,” an excerpt from Rinpoche’s book, The Six Perfections: The Practice of the Bodhisattvas. In the book, Rinpoche walks us through the six perfections, which are a key Mahayana Buddhist teaching. This is an excerpt from Rinpoche’s teaching on the perfection of patience.
Find advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche 24/7 on Rinpoche’s Advice page.
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We’re Rejoicing About:
His Holiness Teaches in Front of Offered Statues
His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaching from his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on December 8, 2021. Photo by Ven Tenzin Jamphel, courtesy OHHDL.
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We recently shared that 1,000 statues of Shakyamuni Buddha had successfully been offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on behalf of the entire FPMT organization. We were extremely honored to see those statues behind His Holiness in recent teachings. Please join us in rejoicing!
Continued Progress on the Thirty-five Foot Stupa in Hunsur, India
Progress on the thirty-five foot stupa continues in Hunsur, India.
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Earlier this year we shared the news that a magnificent new thirty-five foot stupa, sponsored by the Stupa Fund, was being built at Rabagayling Tibetan Settlement in Hunsur, India. We are so pleased to update you that tremendous progress on the stupa is being made. Mantras, relics, and holy images have been acquired to fill this beautiful stupa, which will bless the entire settlement, anyone who visits the stupa, and all those who support it. Please read more …
FPMT.org Is Your Source for Prayers and Practice Materials
In order to make finding our prayer and practice materials easier, we recently updated and reorganized several pages of FPMT.org. For a complete list of FPMT Education Services prayers and practices, please visit our catalogue page. You can also find all new arrivals and updated materials available on our Foundation Store.
We continue to make more materials available in ebook format. These items can now be downloaded as either PDFs or ebook:
- Celestial Mansion Extremely Secret Sublime Success Mantra
- Names and Mantra of the Twenty-One Taras
- The Benefits of Guru Padmasambhava Statues
- The Noble Great Dharani
- A Discussion Between Self-Grasping and the Wisdom Realizing Selflessness
New audio MP3s recently added to the Foundation Store include:
- Ksitigarbha Mantra
- Mitrugpa Mantra
- Lotus Pinnacle of Amoghapasha Mantra
- Arya Maitreya’s Promise Dharani (mantra)
Buddha House Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary!
Lama Yeshe with Will, Lyndy, and Sarah Jay Abrams, Adelaide, Australia, 1981. Photo courtesy of Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.
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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche inspired thousands of students from around the world through the teachings they offered at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, during the 1970s and 80s. The centers started by those early students formed the basis for the international FPMT organization. Many of those centers continue to thrive, bringing Dharma teachings to a new generation of students. This year Buddha House, in Adelaide, Australia, celebrated its fortieth anniversary. Lyndy Abrams, who was both key to the founding of Buddha House and currently serves as the center’s director, shares an update with us.
Big Thanks for the Year-end Support!
Our annual year-end Give Where Most Needed campaign received over US$21,500 in support in December. We send our sincere gratitude for the generosity coming in from around the world! These unrestricted funds can be used to support International Office’s work or other new projects and activities in need that uphold the FPMT mission. Please rejoice!
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Opportunities and Changes within the Organization:
New FPMT Service Seminar Coordinator
Our deep and grateful thanks to Amy Cayton, who has stepped out of the FPMT Service Seminar Coordinator role after co-creating, facilitating, and developing FPMT Service Seminars for over twenty years. FPMT International Office welcomes Annelies van der Heijden as our new Service Seminar Coordinator. Annelies brings broad experience in the FPMT organization as a regional coordinator, assistant director, SPC, and registered teacher, and is also a registered Foundation Service Seminar and Teacher Development Service Seminar facilitator.
Opportunities to Offer Service in the FPMT Organization
Newly added: Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Center in Switzerland is looking for its first Center Director; Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London has an opening for a Marketing and Communications Officer.
Impermanence at Work
Contact information for the following, and all FPMT centers, projects, and services can be found in the FPMT Directory.
Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds, UK
We welcome new spiritual program coordinator – Ven. Damchoe
With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Lynne Dowson
Longku Center, Switzerland
We welcome new spiritual program coordinator – Petra Stender Baumann
With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Eva Fuhrer Hodel
Vajrapani Institute, USA
We welcome new spiritual program coordinator – Lauren Pittman
Thubten Norbu Ling, USA
We welcome new spiritual program coordinator – Ven. Dondrub
With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Shankha Mitra
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