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Ongoing Practices to Pacify Earthquakes
After receiving news that scientists were forecasting a huge earthquake and possible tsunamis on the West Coast of the United States, Lama Zopa Rinpoche began offering advice about how to help mitigate the effects of karma that can result in ... Read more »
Support to Tashi Chime Gatsal Nuns Following the Earthquake in Nepal
Following the earthquake of April, 2015, the conditions at Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery (also known as Bigu Nunnery), located in a remote area of Nepal, were such that the nuns living there had to evacuate and take up temporary shelter ... Read more »
Retreat Cabin Sponsored for Ordained Sangha
Due to the kindness of a generous benefactor, the Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund was able to sponsor the International Mahayana Institute’s building of a retreat cabin specifically to be used by Sangha at Thakpa Kachoe Retreat Land. This new cabin, ... Read more »
Long Life Puja Offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama January 1, 2016
Over twenty years ago, Lama Zopa Rinpoche requested that the FPMT organization offers a long life puja to His Holiness the Dalai Lama every year. This year the annual long life puja will be offered on January 1, 2016 following ... Read more »
Buddha Statue in Mahabodhi Temple Offered Robes Every Month
Every month, on the full moon, the Puja Fund sponsors an offering of robes, made of the most precious material, to the most holy Buddha statue in Mahabodhi temple, Bodhgaya, India . The offering and prayers and kindly offered by ... Read more »
52,254 Pounds of Flour Used Every Six Months by the Sera Je Food Fund
Every day, an incredible effort from many individuals, and a large quantity of food and supplies is needed to prepare, cook, and serve three meals per day to all of the monks studying at Sera Je Food Fund. Over the ... Read more »
Rebuilding Lawudo After the Earthquake
As reported in July, the Lawudo Retreat Centre, in eastern Nepal, was damaged by the earthquake and aftershocks the area experienced in April 2015. The Nepal Earthquake Support Fund offered US$50,000 toward the renovation needed due the kindness of many ... Read more »
Supporting the Next Generation of Teachers
As a boy, Lama Zopa Rinpoche was ordained and educated at the monastery of one of his teachers, Domo Rinpoche — Drugkar Monastery. Domo Rinpoche’s incarnation is now being educated at Sera Je Monastery in South India and Lama Zopa ... Read more »
New Short Film on the Sera Food Fund Featuring Lama Zopa Rinpoche Just Released
A beautiful new short film on the Sera Je Food Fund featuring Lama Zopa Rinpoche was released last week. In it Rinpoche candidly speaks on the importance of supporting the food fund and the role it plays in spreading the ... Read more »
Robes Offered on Losar to FPMT Touring and Resident Teachers on Losar
As part of an array of offerings made through the FPMT Puja Fund on Losar, Lama Zopa Rinpoche sponsored 57 sets of robes for FPMT’s touring teachers and resident geshes. “If you were Sangha but you didn’t wear robes, then ... Read more »
Progress on Sera Mey Debate Courtyard
In September we reported that a grant from the Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund was offered to Sera Mey Monastery, Mysore, India, toward the construction of a new debate courtyard. The old debate courtyard posed problems such as echoing, exposure to ... Read more »