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Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
The FPMT is an organization devoted to preserving and spreading Mahayana Buddhism worldwide by creating opportunities to listen, reflect, meditate, practice and actualize the unmistaken teachings of the Buddha and based on that experience spreading the Dharma to sentient beings. We provide integrated education through which people’s minds and hearts can be transformed into their highest potential for the benefit of others, inspired by an attitude of universal responsibility and service. We are committed to creating harmonious environments and helping all beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and compassion. Our organization is based on the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught to us by our founders Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.
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Die Stiftung zur Erhaltung der Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) ist eine Organisation, die sich weltweit für die Erhaltung und Verbreitung des Mahayana-Buddhismus einsetzt, indem sie Möglichkeiten schafft, den makellosen Lehren des Buddha zuzuhören, über sie zur reflektieren und zu meditieren und auf der Grundlage dieser Erfahrung das Dharma unter den Lebewesen zu verbreiten.
Wir bieten integrierte Schulungswege an, durch denen der Geist und das Herz der Menschen in ihr höchstes Potential verwandelt werden zum Wohl der anderen – inspiriert durch eine Haltung der universellen Verantwortung und dem Wunsch zu dienen. Wir haben uns verpflichtet, harmonische Umgebungen zu schaffen und allen Wesen zu helfen, ihr volles Potenzial unendlicher Weisheit und grenzenlosen Mitgefühls zu verwirklichen.
Unsere Organisation basiert auf der buddhistischen Tradition von Lama Tsongkhapa von Tibet, so wie sie uns von unseren Gründern Lama Thubten Yeshe und Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche gelehrt wird.
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La Fundación para la preservación de la tradición Mahayana (FPMT) es una organización que se dedica a preservar y difundir el budismo Mahayana en todo el mundo, creando oportunidades para escuchar, reflexionar, meditar, practicar y actualizar las enseñanzas inconfundibles de Buda y en base a esa experiencia difundir el Dharma a los seres.
Proporcionamos una educación integrada a través de la cual las mentes y los corazones de las personas se pueden transformar en su mayor potencial para el beneficio de los demás, inspirados por una actitud de responsabilidad y servicio universales. Estamos comprometidos a crear ambientes armoniosos y ayudar a todos los seres a desarrollar todo su potencial de infinita sabiduría y compasión.
Nuestra organización se basa en la tradición budista de Lama Tsongkhapa del Tíbet como nos lo enseñaron nuestros fundadores Lama Thubten Yeshe y Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
A continuación puede ver una lista de los centros y sus páginas web en su lengua preferida.
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L’organisation de la FPMT a pour vocation la préservation et la diffusion du bouddhisme du mahayana dans le monde entier. Elle offre l’opportunité d’écouter, de réfléchir, de méditer, de pratiquer et de réaliser les enseignements excellents du Bouddha, pour ensuite transmettre le Dharma à tous les êtres. Nous proposons une formation intégrée grâce à laquelle le cœur et l’esprit de chacun peuvent accomplir leur potentiel le plus élevé pour le bien d’autrui, inspirés par le sens du service et une responsabilité universelle. Nous nous engageons à créer un environnement harmonieux et à aider tous les êtres à épanouir leur potentiel illimité de compassion et de sagesse. Notre organisation s’appuie sur la tradition guéloukpa de Lama Tsongkhapa du Tibet, telle qu’elle a été enseignée par nos fondateurs Lama Thoubtèn Yéshé et Lama Zopa Rinpoché.
Visitez le site de notre Editions Mahayana pour les traductions, conseils et nouvelles du Bureau international en français.
Voici une liste de centres et de leurs sites dans votre langue préférée
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L’FPMT è un organizzazione il cui scopo è preservare e diffondere il Buddhismo Mahayana nel mondo, creando occasioni di ascolto, riflessione, meditazione e pratica dei perfetti insegnamenti del Buddha, al fine di attualizzare e diffondere il Dharma fra tutti gli esseri senzienti.
Offriamo un’educazione integrata, che può trasformare la mente e i cuori delle persone nel loro massimo potenziale, per il beneficio di tutti gli esseri, ispirati da un’attitudine di responsabilità universale e di servizio.
Il nostro obiettivo è quello di creare contesti armoniosi e aiutare tutti gli esseri a sviluppare in modo completo le proprie potenzialità di infinita saggezza e compassione.
La nostra organizzazione si basa sulla tradizione buddhista di Lama Tsongkhapa del Tibet, così come ci è stata insegnata dai nostri fondatori Lama Thubten Yeshe e Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Di seguito potete trovare un elenco dei centri e dei loro siti nella lingua da voi prescelta.
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简体中文
“护持大乘法脉基金会”( 英文简称:FPMT。全名:Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition) 是一个致力于护持和弘扬大乘佛法的国际佛教组织。我们提供听闻,思维,禅修,修行和实证佛陀无误教法的机会,以便让一切众生都能够享受佛法的指引和滋润。
我们全力创造和谐融洽的环境, 为人们提供解行并重的完整佛法教育,以便启发内在的环宇悲心及责任心,并开发内心所蕴藏的巨大潜能 — 无限的智慧与悲心 — 以便利益和服务一切有情。
FPMT的创办人是图腾耶喜喇嘛和喇嘛梭巴仁波切。我们所修习的是由两位上师所教导的,西藏喀巴大师的佛法传承。
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護持大乘法脈基金會”( 英文簡稱:FPMT。全名:Found
ation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ) 是一個致力於護持和弘揚大乘佛法的國際佛教組織。我們提供聽聞, 思維,禪修,修行和實證佛陀無誤教法的機會,以便讓一切眾生都能 夠享受佛法的指引和滋潤。 我們全力創造和諧融洽的環境,
為人們提供解行並重的完整佛法教育,以便啟發內在的環宇悲心及責 任心,並開發內心所蘊藏的巨大潛能 — 無限的智慧與悲心 – – 以便利益和服務一切有情。 FPMT的創辦人是圖騰耶喜喇嘛和喇嘛梭巴仁波切。
我們所修習的是由兩位上師所教導的,西藏喀巴大師的佛法傳承。 察看道场信息:
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche News
January 2004
Lama Zopa Rinpoche News is usually updated at the end of each month. To view previous newsletters, please visit the News Archives.
- Rinpoche’s Current Activities and Schedule
- Lama Osel Rinpoche News Snippet
- The Passing of One of Rinpoche’s Gurus
- Advice about Stupas
- Advice about Service and Change
- New Photos
- New Rinpoche Teaching Video Ready
RINPOCHE’S CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND SCHEDULE
(For the confirmed schedule and details of how to book for these events, please contact the center directly or go to https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/schedule/)
Rinpoche is currently at Potowa Centre in Jakarta, Indonesia, teaching and giving Medicine Buddha and Vajrasattva initiations there.
Rinpoche then goes briefly to Amitabha Buddhist Center, Singapore, for a teaching and to attend their fundraising dinner for the new center building.
Next stop is Cham Tse Ling, Hongkong, Jan 13 – Feb 1st. Rinpoche will give Lion-Faced Dakini and a long life initiation, and will teach on Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga.
Rinpoche then goes to Shakyamuni Center, Taiwan, from Feb 4 – 8th, to give teachings and Great Medicine Buddha initiation.
Rinpoche will then visit Naropa Centre, Tahiti for teachings on the 7 Point Mind Training, and to give Mitrugpa, Milarepa, Tara and Medicine Buddha initiations between March 10 – 17th.
Then Rinpoche will teach at Dorje Chang Institute in New Zealand between March 19 – April 4th, on the Foundations of all Good Qualities, and will give Amitabha and Great Medicine Buddha initiations.
Next is the Mahamudra retreat hosted by Buddha House, Australia between April 9 – May 4th. Rinpoche will give the Gyalwa Gyatso initiation at the beginning of the retreat. According to Rinpoche’s plans for this retreat, this will be an excellent opportunity for those who want to really understand meditation practice.
Rinpoche will be in Mongolia for the EEC4, May 26 – June 23rd.
Then Rinpoche will teach and give Great Medicine Buddha initiation at Maitreya Instituut before CPMT 2004, August 27 – Sept 1st., and will give 21 Tara initiation during CPMT.
Rinpoche will lead another long retreat – on Ganden Lha Gyema at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Italy between Sept 3 – 30th. This will begin with Rinpoche giving Yamantaka initiation on September 4 and 5th.
LAMA OSEL RINPOCHE NEWS SNIPPET
Lama is doing well at school, he feels it is helping in many ways. Lama is watching Lama Yeshe videos and reading Bliss of Inner Fire.
THE PASSING OF ONE OF RINPOCHE’S GURUS
Venerable Bakula Rinpoche had a very inspiring life, born the maharaja of Kashmir, he then became a minister in the Indian government and the Indian ambassador to Mongolia. Bakula Rinpoche’s nephew is a high lama, his brother a great Hindu yogi who is nearly 100 years old.
Bakula Rinpoche himself was a very learned lama and the incarnation of one of the 16 Arhants called Bakula.
Bakula Rinpoche’s attendant writes:
‘Bakula Rinpoche passed away on the 4th of November. His passing was sudden as he was doing fairly well after he was discharged from the hospital.
We were fortunate to have Rizong Rinpoche with us those difficult days and so it was a great support to handle the situation.
The funeral was in Ladakh. There were some amazing signs during and after the funeral, which pleased all the Rinpoches and people present. It was a clear and sunny sky the day we were collecting the ashes. A small cloud appeared just over the place, which is a mountain top, and we saw a thick snow fall. It was a brief spell but covered the people present there white! It snowed only in that spot and nowhere else. It was as if the heavens were showering flowers!
The same evening a mongoose (the symbol of Bakula arhat) was seen below Rinpoche’s seat in the courtyard of Pethub monastery. It is the same animal which Arhat Bakula carries in his hands and which you see in thangkas. It was strange as never before the monks had seen the animal anywhere around. Rizong Rinpoche also saw the animal and was very pleased.’
And from the Indian press:
‘Officials from the Prime Minister’s office and the State Government dropped in to offer condolences. A three-day State mourning has already been declared in Jammu and Kashmir. Leh will mourn for a much longer period. Perhaps it will always feel the absence of one of its most distinguished sons who was also its most revered religious and political face.’
(There will be more information and pictures in the April edition of Mandala magazine.)
Rinpoche said that you cannot put any tsa tsa or any holy object that is damaged inside stupas. Rinpoche said by doing this it affects the minds of people who circumambulate the stupa.
Rinpoche advised that we should put damaged holy objects only in tsa tsa houses, and definitely not in stupas or statues.
RINPOCHE ABOUT SERVICE AND CHANGE
Rinpoche sent this advice to a center director whose karma as center director had changed:
‘I hope you are very well and enjoying and rejoicing in your service to others, I greatly appreciate this from you, it is very important …helping others and at the same time it is great practice, essence of Dharma is bodhicitta, essence of Mahayana.
I would like to suggest you have some change, anyway change is always happening, so it is good to accept impermanence, much more comfortable this way and no surprises.’
Please enjoy photos from Rinpoche’s Amitabha Pure Land by going to – https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/gallery/?user=fpmtinc&albumID=5644077204529649457&name_title=Extensive+Offerings+at+Kachoe+Dechen+Ling+and+Buddha+Amitabha+Pure+Land
Some numbers to rejoice in – there are in Rinpoche’s room (so far…as we are really only half way through):
Guru Shakyamuni Buddha life deeds = 41 pictures
21 Taras = 161 x full set
35 Buddhas = 867 x full set (of 35 Buddhas)
16 Arhants = 70 photos + 1 thangka
1 set of Kyabje visions of Lama Tsongkhapa
Lama Chopa Merit fields = 602 x sets
Medicine Buddha = 812 sets of 7 Medicine Buddhas
1000-armed Chenrezigs = 85
Light offerings = 4050
Water bowls 215
2 x Xmas Trees
And go to https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/gallery/ to see the following photos:
a. Rinpoche wishing Merry Christmas to the Kopan animals – blessing with many, many mantras, the monks were all a bit blown away!
Ven Roger says – ‘we had to set up the speaker/sound system (you can see one of the big boxes near Rinpoche in the pic). Now the animals are very happy…they were a little sad as they couldn’t go on holidays!’
b. Ven Roger says: ‘While Rinpoche was in Bodhgaya, Rinpoche met with the Karmapa (He was so into Maitreya and so supportive and very relaxed),
the incarnations of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (although only 10, big and like an old man – ‘as He was’ says Rinpoche), Bolkar Rinpoche and Kalu Rinpoche…….such a great meeting with the different traditions coming to pray for Maitreya project.’
NEW RINPOCHE TEACHING VIDEO READY
Rinpoche’s new video Transforming Your Mind by Practicing Dharma is now available from: shop.fpmt.org!
Rinpoche says about this teaching:
“…Milarepa’s life story moves anyone who reads it and blesses their mind. So the mind gets so inspired, (with) so much courage, strength to practice dharma – able to overcome all difficulties.”
In this concise and inspiring teaching on Jetsun Milarepa Lama Zopa Rinpoche emphasizes the importance of depending on Dharma to overcome all problems in life. Depression, suicidal thoughts, personal and business relationship difficulties can be stopped. Highlighting the positive attitude of loving kindness and thinking on impermanence, Lama Zopa Rinpoche presents the essential practices to transform your mind and create the causes of happiness and enlightenment.
Lama Zopa tells how the famous 11th century Tibetan meditator, Jetsun Milarepa, generated a special bodhicitta thought to benefit all sentient beings and promised that just by thinking and saying his name, blessings will be received.
Combining the blessings of Milarepa and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, this teaching presents the method and wisdom of how to free the mind bound by worries and attachment – how to transform your mind by practicing Dharma.
With love,
Claire
International Office
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