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Lama Zopa Rinpoche Meeting the Children from Ngari Institute
In this touching video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche meets the children of the Ngari Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Ladakh, India. Rinpoche is listening to the children reciting many prayers that they have memorized. Lama Zopa Rinpoche, through the Lama Zopa Rinpoche ... Read more »The Best Long Life Puja: Practice Dharma
Remember the Guru’s Kindness By Lama Zopa Rinpoche The following advice was given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in response to requests by students to help them understand how best to prolong the life of the guru, and how to avoid ... Read more »![Don’t Miss Any News from the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund!](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/22/dont-miss-any-news-from-the-lama-zopa-rinpoche-bodhichitta-fund/Bodhgaya2890LTZR-Vultures-Peak-320x473.jpg)
Don’t Miss Any News from the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund!
The sheer volume of compassionate activity undertaken by Lama Zopa Rinpoche every year, day in and day out, is astounding. The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund was established to enable Rinpoche’s kindness and generosity to flourish around the world. You ... Read more »![Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Sangha Liberate Many Mother Sentient Beings](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/19/lama-zopa-rinpoche-and-sangha-liberate-many-animals-in-california/IMG_4274-540x360.jpg)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Sangha Liberate Many Mother Sentient Beings
When Lama Zopa Rinpoche is at his residence in Calfornia, Kachoe Dechen Ling, he often joins in the weekly animal liberations that the Sangha do on behalf of all who are sick. These liberations include extensive prayers and practice, according ... Read more »![Don’t Miss Any Puja Fund News!](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/14/puja-fund-is-high-priority-for-lama-zopa-rinpoche/DSC_6023.jpg)
Don’t Miss Any Puja Fund News!
We are pleased to announce that now you can subscribe to get the latest news about the Sera Je Food Fund delivered to your email inbox! Just enter your email and we’ll do the rest.![Holy Object Creation at Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Residence](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/13/holy-object-creation/IMAG0376-540x305.jpg)
Holy Object Creation at Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Residence
Every day, Sangha at Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s residence in Aptos, CA, make three long life and 13 Mitukpa tsa-tsas as well as three small Kadampa stupas which are filled with a roll of the Four Dharmakaya Relic Mantras. These are ... Read more »![Please Rejoice in Nyung-Nä Accumulation from 73 Participants](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/10/please-rejoice-in-nyung-na-accumulation-from-73-participants/nyung-ne2-320x240.jpg)
Please Rejoice in Nyung-Nä Accumulation from 73 Participants
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast visions for the FPMT organization is to sponsor 1,000 Nung-Nä retreats. About this retreat practice Rinpoche commented, “Nyung-Näs take such a short time, but bring strong purification. So many eons can be purified in ... Read more »![Don’t Miss Any Sera Je Food Fund News!](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/21/a-community-of-monks-help-serve-one-another/clean-up-300x225.jpg)
Don’t Miss Any Sera Je Food Fund News!
We are pleased to announce that now you can subscribe to get the latest news about the Sera Je Food Fund delivered to your email inbox! Just enter your email and we’ll do the rest.![Weekly Ocean Blessings with Namgyälma Mantra Boards](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/04/weekly-ocean-blessings-with-namgyalma-mantra-boards/DSC02300-540x360.jpg)
Weekly Ocean Blessings with Namgyälma Mantra Boards
In addition to the weekly animal liberations offered by the Sangha at Kachoe Dechen Ling – Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s California residence, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has requested the Sangha to also make weekly trips to the Pacific Ocean in order to ... Read more »![Marble Stupa Sponsored for IMI House, Sera Je Monastery](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/01/marble-stupa-sponsored-for-imi-house-sera-je-monastery/Sera-Je-IMI-320x238.jpg)
Marble Stupa Sponsored for IMI House, Sera Je Monastery
The Stupa Fund recently offered US$2,000 for a marble stupa at IMI House, the khangtsen for FPMT Western Sangha at Sera Je Monastery. The Benefits of Building Stupas The main purpose of building stupas is to make the lives of ... Read more »![Lunch Offered to Children of the Central School for Tibetans in Bylakuppe, South India](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/27/lunch-offered-to-children-of-the-central-school-for-tibetans-in-bylakuppe-south-india/School511-560x372.jpg)
Lunch Offered to Children of the Central School for Tibetans in Bylakuppe, South India
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, through the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund, is sponsoring all the midday (lunch) meals for the children of the Central School for Tibetans in Bylakuppe in South India. The cost for this is US$8,086.61 for the year. ... Read more »![Pamtingpa Center Builds a High Desert Stupa](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/02/stupasnow2-560x420.jpg)