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Offerings to International Mahayana Institute Sangha
It has always been a high priority of FPMT and Lama Zopa Rinpoche to support and care for our IMI (International Mahayana Institute) Sangha family. IMI is made up of the monks and nuns of FPMT. On each of the ... Read more »
Sangha Offer Animal Liberations Every Week for Those Who are Sick
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is aided by Ven. Holly Ansett in circumambulating small animals around holy objects.Lama Zopa Rinpoche has requested the Sangha at his house to do the practice of animal liberation every week dedicated to anyone who is sick ... Read more »
Daily Stupas and Tsa-Tsas Made for Those who have Passed Away or are Sick
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has requested the Sangha at his house to make stupas and tsa-tsas dedicated for those who have passed away and for those who are sick, every single day. Stupas Dedicated for Those Who Have Passed Away Every ... Read more »
100,000 Guru Rinpoche Tsog Sponsored
Dakinis making offerings during 100,000 Guru Rinpoche Tsog.This is the second year that the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund partially sponsored a very successful 100,000 Guru Rinpoche Tsog offering puja that was held in Switzerland. US$28326.91 was offered toward this ... Read more »
Support Offered to the Family of Dromo Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with the family of Dromo Rinpoche. April 2013: The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund is offering a small amount of annual monetary support to the family of the incarnation of Dromo Geshe Rinpoche who are very much ... Read more »
Winter Debate and Robes Offered to Top Scholars
Monks debating during last year’s Winter Debate. April 2013: The Lama Tsong Khapa Teachers Fund offered US$22,396.26 for the 2012 Winter Debate (Jang Gun-choe). 635 of the top debaters from Sera Je traveled to Drepung Monastery to participate with 8,000 ... Read more »
US$30,000 Offered to Central School for Tibetans Kitchen
Students of Central School for Tibetans.April 2013: Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund recently donated US$30,000 for the complete renovation of a school kitchen at the Central School for Tibetans in Bylakuppe in South India. The ... Read more »
US$39,302 Offered To Gaden Jangtse Samlo Khangtsen
Lama Zopa Rinpoche blessing the new gompa of Gaden Jangtse Samlo Khangtsen, January 2013.April 2013: Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund offered US$39,302 to Gaden Jangtse Samlo Khangtsen: US$30,077 was for a new roof and US$9,225 ... Read more »
US$65,187 Offered to the FPMT Puja Fund
Long life puja offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Taiwan, March 2013April 2013: Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund offered US$65,187 to the FPMT Puja Fund, which sponsors ongoing pujas at the great monasteries in India ... Read more »
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 »