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Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Land of Medicine Buddha
A long life puja was held for Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Land of Medicine Buddha in California. Dagri Rinpoche, Yangsi Rinpoche, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa as well as Tenzin Ösel Hita all attended the puja along ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Vision for 100,000 Stupas Around the World
In 2007, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave advice about several of his Vast Visions for the FPMT organization spanning lifetimes into the future. One of his wishes is for the organization to build 100,000 stupas around the world. About this initiative ... Read more »
Cooking with Bodhichitta- Mandala Magazine Highlights the Sera Je Food Fund
Mandala magazine recently published the October-December 2013 issue which featured the Sera Je Food Fund in their Cooking with Bodhichitta section. The piece, written by Ven. Ngawang Sangye is a fantastic overview of the daily kitchen schedule for the Sera ... Read more »The Stupa Fund Contributes to The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
The Stupa Fund was delighted to offer US$50,000 in 2011 toward the building of The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia. Recently a video was produced with a camera attached to a mini-drone and shows the incredible awe-inspiring ... Read more »
Sera Je Food Fund’s Abundant Monthly Offerings
Each month, the Sera Je Food Fund offers an incredible amount of food to the monks of Sera Je Monastery. In July, 1,308,787 Rs. (approximately US$20,872) were spent on food for meals offered at breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily. The ... Read more »
Roof Repair Offered to Tenzin Osel Hita’s Teacher, Geshe Gendun Chompel
The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund recently offered US$14,463 for the roof repair of Tenzin Ösel Hita’s teacher, Geshe Gendun Chompel. Ösel requested that Lama Zopa Rinpoche help in this way because the roof was very old and extremely hot ... Read more »
Animal Liberations for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Health
Ven. Roger Kunsang recently requested that all FPMT centers need to begin, or continue, regularly offering animal liberations for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s health and long life. The Animal Liberation Fund sponsors weekly animal liberations as well as large animal liberations ... Read more »
Dry Food for Summer Rain Retreat Distributed
Each year, the monks in Sera Je Monastery observe the Yarney or “Summer Rain Retreat” for 45 days according to the Monastic Rules and Practices. This year’s Summer Rain Retreat ended on September 4, followed by about 10 days of ... Read more »
Open Your Heart to the Cost of Abundant Happiness
Sera Je Food Fund’s Dramatic Impact on the Monks of Sera Je Monastery By Geshe Thubten Jinpa A 78-year-old monk walks back and forth two times every day for the meal being served in the main prayer hall of Sera ... Read more »
Incredible Large Thangka Sponsored
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT is for some FPMT centers to display huge thangkas and host festival days. In 2011 Lama Zopa Rinpoche through the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund commissioned a 55 ft x 40 ... Read more »
The Incredible Benefits of Prayer Wheels
Prayer wheels are filled with mantras traditionally printed on strips of paper and tightly rolled around the core. These days mantras are reproduced onto microfilm; the more mantras, the more powerful. Prayer wheels can be small enough to be held ... Read more »