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Long Life Puja Fund: Special puja offered for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Senior monks and nuns of Kopan Monastery and Nunnery in Nepal recently requested Lama Zopa Rinpoche to accept a special long life puja, out of concern for Rinpoche’s health and in support of other pujas that are being organized. The ... Read more »
Sera Je Food Fund: Ongoing Improvements
Ongoing improvements are made year round to Sera Je Monastery Kitchen through the Sera Je Food Fund. A new wood burning steam boiler was purchased for the Sera Je Kitchen to cut down on the usage of LPG gas cylinders. ... Read more »
Daily Breakfast
A look at a typical daily offering of breakfast provided by the Sera Je Food Fund to the monks studying at Sera Je Monastery. You can also view a typical day’s menu including breakfast and lunch. Please take a moment ... Read more »
Seven Days of Lunch
A look at a typical week’s worth of lunches provided by the Sera Je Food Fund to all the monks studying at Sera Je Monastery. You can also view a typical day’s menu including breakfast and lunch. Please take a ... Read more »
US$15,720 Offered to Food Fund for 35 Students at Ngari Institute in Ladakh
Ngari Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Ladakh, India. April 2013: The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund was very happy to be able to offer US$15,720 for food offered in 2013 to 35 students studying at Ngari Institute of Buddhist Dialectics ... Read more »
Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund offers US$11,500 Toward 2013 Special Debate Held in Nepal
2010 Meeting of Geluk Committee in Nepal.April 2013: The Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund is very happy to be able to offer US$11,500 towards 2013 Special debate held in Nepal in August 2013. This year the special debate will be held ... Read more »
A Typical Day at the Sera Je Monastery Kitchen
Kitchen helpers working hard. Please visit Sera Je Food Fund Office’s Facebook page for a photo gallery of a typical day in the Sera Je Kitchen, which is sponsored by the Sera Je Food Food. You can also read Geshe ... Read more »
Update and thank you from Tashi Chime Gatsal Nuns Doing Two 100 Million Mani Retreats in 2013
Some of the Tashi Chime Gatsal Nuns undertaking 100 Million Mani Retreats.April 2013: Lama Zopa Rinpoche just received this message from the Tashi Chime Gatsal Nuns who are currently doing their 2nd 100 million mani retreat: The Tashi Chime Gatsal ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offers $100,000 toward new classrooms at Sera Je Monastery
April 16, 2013: Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund are very happy to offer US$100,000 toward new classrooms being built at Sera Je Monastery, India. (Photos, right, from April 2013.) The Sera Je Monastery Secretary, Geshe ... Read more »
Supporting the Next Generation
It is a high priority of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s and of the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund to offer support directly and indirectly towards the next generation of Dharma teachers. This support can be annual offerings toward food expenses or ... Read more »
Seven Days of Dinner
A look at a typical week’s worth of dinners provided by the Sera Je Food Fund to all the monks studying at Sera Je Monastery. You can also view a typical day’s menu including breakfast and lunch. Please take a ... Read more »