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Food Offered to Students and Teachers of Ngari Institute in Ladakh, India
For the third year, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, through the Social Services Fund, has offered food to the school children of Ngari Institute in Ladakh, India. This year, forty children, fifteen teachers, and 15 young monks will benefit from this offering. ... Read more »
Relief Sent to Several Villages in Upper Solu Khumbu Nepal
Nyima Tashi, who is directing this initiative on behalf of Charok Lama Sherpa and Lama Zopa Rinpoche via the Nepal Earthquake Support Fund, arranged for 200 tents to be sent to Thame in Solu Khumbu region by Goma Air. Goma ... Read more »
Losang Namgyal Rinpoche Offering Essential Relief Aid in Nepal
The Nepal Earthquake Support Fund has been contributing to the efforts of Losang Namgyal Rinpoche’s Nepal Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund. US$10,000 has been offered to these efforts. Losang Namgyal Rinpoche’s organization is helping save the lives of some of the ... Read more »
An Update from Ven. Roger Kunsang Concerning the Nepal Earthquake Support Fund
Ven. Roger Kunsang released this recent update: First, I would like to extend a very big THANK YOU to everyone for moving on this emergency relief effort so quickly by offering to the Nepal Earthquake Support Fund, which we set ... Read more »
Extensive Damage at Lawudo Gompa and Retreat Centre
Lawudo Gompa and Retreat Centre, located in the mountainous Solu Khumbu region of Nepal, is an essential part of FPMT. “Lawudo is the heart where FPMT started,” FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche has said. The cave at Lawudo is ... Read more »
Gold for Jowo Buddha Statue Offered for Another Year
Every month, the Puja Fund offers gold to the most precious Jowo Buddha statue in Lhasa, Tibet. US$3,000 was just sent to cover this offering for the next year. The gold is offered on the full moon and all are ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Begins Teaching Tour, Emergency Relief Arrives in Thame
After completing the Most Secret Hayagriva initiation late at night on May 3, Lama Zopa Rinpoche departed from Kopan Monastery in Nepal on May 4 to begin a worldwide teaching tour. Rinpoche travels first to New Zealand’s Mahamudra Centre, where ... Read more »
Kopan Monastery and Nunnery Shaken By Quake, Organize Emergency Relief Efforts
Ven. Joan Nicell, a Canadian nun currently living at Kopan Monastery, shared this report of events at Kopan Monastery and Nunnery after the April 25 earthquake in Nepal. This report wraps up a week of blog posts on FPMT.org covering ... Read more »
Update from Ven. Roger Kunsang
30 April 2015, 10 p.m. Kathmandu time From Ven. Roger: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teaching was in the gompa due to the rain. Rinpoche taught that the earthquake fear is similar to what we create in Chöd, and that the earthquake ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Sending US$50,000 of Aid to Thame in Solu Khumbu District, Nepal
29 April 2015, 1 p.m. Kathmandu From Ven. Roger Kunsang: So many people have been affected and many seriously. It’s an impossible job to help everyone at the same time. The government with the support of many overseas and local ... Read more »
Nepal Earthquake Support Fund
In light of the recent tragic earthquake in Nepal, Ven. Roger Kunsang has asked FPMT International Office to set up a fund so that FPMT can provide assistance. Donations to the Nepal Earthquake Support Fund will be used to provide ... Read more »