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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Explains the Importance of the Sera Je Food Fund
Lama Zopa Rinpoche had a private audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Sera Je Monastery on January 2, 2014. Ven. Roger Kunsang shares that during the interview, His Holiness highly praised the three great monasteries (Sera, Ganden and ... Read more »
US$10,000 Pledged Toward a Giant Prayer Wheel at Vajrapani Institute
Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently pledged, through the Prayer Wheel Fund, US$10,000 toward a giant prayer wheel which Vajrapani Institute, Boulder Creek, California, is building once funds are raised. Vajrapani Institute is planning for the prayer wheel to house one trillion ... Read more »Offerings for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Long Life
FPMT had the incredible fortunate to make offerings for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the conclusion of this year’s Jangchub Lam-Rim teaching event at Sera Je Monastery. Lama Zopa Rinpoche was present and offered a ... Read more »
Another Year of Food is Sponsored for the School Children at Ngari Institute in Ladakh, India
In January, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave many oral transmissions and teachings to school children from the Ngari Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Ladakh, India. The school was set up by the monks of Ngari Khangtsen at Sera Je Monastery in South India. The children were brought to Sera Je for ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Blesses Giant Padmasambhava Thangka
During the recent Jangchub Lamrim teachings at Sera Monastery, His Holiness the Dalai Lama blessed a giant Padmasambhava thangka which was sponsored by the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund. The impressive thangka, which with its brocade board measures 90-feet (27-meters) ... Read more »
Top Scholars Awarded in Annual Oral Examination
For over ten years the Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund has sponsored a special annual oral examination of Sera Je Monastery’s top scholars who have shown incredible aptitude for memorization. In 2013, 225 students were awarded new robes and khatas (cost ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Offers US$12,106 to Two California Stupas
Following the long life puja offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Land of Medicine Buddha, CA, USA, on September 29, 2013, Rinpoche offered US$12,106, toward the completion of two stupas being build in California. US$6,053 was offered to the Stupa ... Read more »
Beautiful Offerings at Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Residence
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is well known for his extensive and beautiful offerings. The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund sponsors Sangha to make thousands of light and water offerings daily in Rinpoche’s residences in the United States. Sangha offer extensive prayers ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoches Inaugurates the Central School for Tibetans New Kitchen
In April of 2013, Lama Zoa Rinpoche made a donation, through the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund, of US$30,000 for the complete renovation of a school kitchen at the Central School for Tibetans in Bylakuppe in South India. In January ... Read more »
US$3,000 Offered to MAITRI Charitable Trust, Bodhgaya, India
The Animal Liberation Fund was pleased to offer US$3,000 to MAITRI Charitable Trust, which, through its Animal Care Program, has taken on the responsibility for providing essential care to hundreds of animals in need in Bodhgaya, India, since 1994. This ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Offers Education Support for Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche
The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund was very happy to sponsor the travel and first year of college tuition for Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche. Lama Zopa Rinpoche very much wanted to make this offering of support to Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche and ... Read more »