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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 »
Practicing 108 Nyung Näs to Become a Trillion, Billion Times Greater than an Olympic Champion
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization is to sponsor others to complete 1,000 nyung nä retreats. Institute Vajra Yogini (IVY), France, upon hearing this incredible vision of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, immediately started hosting 108 nyung ... Read more »
Robes Offered to Buddha Statue in Mahabodhi Temple Every Month
Every month the Puja Fund sponsors a new set of robes to be offered to the precious Buddha statue inside the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodhgaya, India. In 2014 Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited the market in Bodhgaya and personally chose the ... Read more »
A Personal Account of the Benefits of the Sera Je Food Fund
Recently Ven. Roger Kunsang accompanied Lama Zopa Rinpoche when Rinpoche met with Geshe Gelong, a Sera Je Monastery monk, in southern India. Ven. Roger made notes of the conversation, in which Geshe Gelong expressed the importance of the Sera Je ... Read more »
Continuous Light Offerings to Holy Objects in Mongolia
The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund sponsors the electricity for lotus light offerings to all the holy objects on the altar at Idgaa Choizinling College in Mongolia. The lights are offered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Among ... Read more »
Beautiful Extensive Offerings at Kachoe Dechen Ling in California USA
Every day at Kachoe Dechen Ling in California, USA, four ordained Sangha members currently dedicate their time to making extensive offerings and doing practices requested by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to benefit the entire FPMT organization, benefactors, students, and all beings. ... Read more »
Investing in the Future and Preservation of the Gelug Tradition
At a meeting held in South India in December 2014, His Holiness the Dalai Lama stressed the extreme importance of establishing the Geluk International Foundation and offices for the long term preservation of the Gelug tradition. Lama Zopa Rinpoche immediately ... Read more »
Please Rejoice for Pujas and Offerings Sponsored During Fifteen Days of Losar
Every year during Losar (Tibetan New Year and the 15 days of miracles) the Puja Fund sponsors these pujas and offerings all over the world, dedicated to the success of the entire FPMT organization. This is something amazing to rejoice ... Read more »
Please Rejoice for New Large Padmasambhava Statue at Osel Ling
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT is for many large statues of Padmasambhava to be built around the world. To date, nineteen statues have been built in accordance with Rinpoche’s wishes. Please rejoice in the completion of ... Read more »