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International Office News
June 2017
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching at Golden Light Sutra Center, Darkhan, Mongolia, May 2017. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
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Work a Day for Rinpoche Saka Dawa Campaign
News from FPMT Education Services
News from Mandala Publications
FPMT’s 15th International Sangha Day
Affiliate Area Highlight: FPMT Policy/Le règlement
Have this translated into your native language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page. French and Spanish speakers will find the FPMT International Office News translated each month in the “Bienvenue” and “Bienvenidos” tabs on the FPMT homepage!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche News:
Activities and Advice
Highlights from our blogs:
‘Make Use of Relationships to Practice Dharma’ [Video]
Can our relationships help us progress on the path? Lama Zopa Rinpoche says yes! Here is what he has said about relationships. Read in full …
Rinpoche Explains the ‘Lung’ or Oral Transmission [Video]
A lung (pronounced loong) is the oral transmission of a text, mantra, or practice by an authorized holder. In the video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche emphasizes that lungs come in an unbroken lineage from the Buddha or Lama Tsongkhapa, which gives them blessings. He also mentions that he thinks practices are more effective after we receive a lung—especially if we pay attention while receiving them! Read in full …
Find a wide range of advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Rinpoche’s Advice page.
Schedule
Find Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s current schedule for 2017 and 2018.
Subscribe to our FPMT news blog to get updates as soon as they are announced. Enjoy livestreams of many of the teachings above and recordings of Rinpoche’s most recent teachings via Rinpoche Available Now!
International Office News:
Work a Day for Rinpoche Saka Dawa Campaign
Work a Day for Rinpoche has become our most popular yearly campaign to support the work of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s International Office. This year 450 students from forty-seven countries participated, offering a day of work earnings (or another amount) towards Rinpoche’s compassionate vision. All contributions were dedicated on Saka Dawa, June 9, when the merit generated was 100 million times more powerful! We rejoice, and thank all who contributed.
News from FPMT Education Services
- “A Long Life Prayer for Lama Zopa Rinpoche” spontaneously composed by Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme (Khadro-la) with revised English-language translation by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. (Translations of the first English translation are also available in Chinese, Italian, German, and Spanish).
- “A Requesting Prayer to Maratika: The Source of an Ocean of Siddhis” by Khenpo Gyurme Thegchog Gyaltsen, translated into English by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. This prayer is a concise guide to the holy places and holy objects of Maratika, the site of the caves in eastern Nepal where the great master Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) achieved immortality with the dakini Mandarava.
- The Amitayus long life sutra has been translated into German and Polish. In the text, Lama Zopa Rinpoche said, “It’s very good to print for people who have cancer, and for the success of activities and projects. If a business has difficulties, or is difficult to start, if you have difficulty finding a job, or the job is not going well, you can print many copies to make merit, not particularly for mundane success but generally to collect merit for realizations, conditions for Dharma practice.”
News from Mandala Publications
We’re pleased to announce that we’re putting the finishing touches on the new issue of Mandala, which will be arriving in the mailboxes of supporters of Friends of FPMT very soon. The new issue features teachings from Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and the late Khensur Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup; the health of Buddhism in the Himalayas; the first graduation of Himalayan geshemas; and the power and importance of ritual in Tibetan Buddhism.
Check out our recently published feature interview with journalist Vicki Mackenzie about her new book The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi: British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist Nun [get a copy through the Foundation Store and support FPMT International Office’s work]. Although relatively unknown, Freda Bedi made an incredible impact on the shape of Tibetan Buddhism and helped facilitate its survival in exile and its spread to the West.
Mandala is a benefit of the Friends of FPMT program. Sign up today!
For Center, Project and Service Directors, SPCs, Board Members, Registered Teachers and Coordinators:
(This advice is specifically for those offering service in these roles.)
FPMT’s 15th International Sangha Day
FPMT’s 15th International Sangha Day is on July 27, which is Chokhor Duchen, the Buddha multiplying day commemorating the Buddha’s first teaching. This is the day when all centers, projects, and services are encouraged to celebrate the Sangha with suitable events and by donating to the Lama Yeshe Sangha Fund.
Affiliate Area Highlights: FPMT Policy/Le règlement
All FPMT policy is captured in one list for your convenience. Et maintenant, le règlement en français aussi—thanks to the French Translation Service.
FPMT World:
Opportunities to Offer Service in FPMT
Please check out the regularly updated meritorious opportunities to offer service as a volunteer or as paid staff in FPMT centers, projects, and services around the world. For example, Mahamudra Centre, New Zealand, needs an operations manager.
Impermanence at Work
FPMT Taiwan National Office
10Fl, No.200, Sec.3, Ba-Der Road, Song-Shan District, 10555 Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: +886 2 2570 7777
Ganden Tendar Ling, Russia
We welcome new spiritual program coordinator – Darya Zamotorina
With grateful thanks to outgoing co-SPCs – Pavel, Maryam, and Victor
Karuna Hospice Service, Australia
We welcome new spiritual program coordinator – Ven. Lozang Trin-la
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