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Displaying the Guru Rinpoche Thangka and 100,000 Tsog offerings at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling, Nepal
For the fifth year in a row, a very large thangka of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) was displayed and an auspicious 100,000 tsog offering event (Guru bumtsog) took place at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling , Nepal, also known as Kopan Nunnery on ... Read more »
Four Large Buddha Statues Sponsored at Jyangchub Choeling Monastery, Nepal
Namgyal Jyangchub Choeling is a monastery in Boudha, Nepal, established in 2008 by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche who is also the present director. Losang Namgyal Rinpoche studied at Kopan Monastery and is a highly regarded lama of the Tamang people. Namgyal ... Read more »
Hayagriva Tsog Kong Puja Offered for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Long Life
Following the advice of Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drolma (Khadro-la), a Most Secret Hayagriva tsog kong puja was offered at Kopan Monastery in Nepal on October 26 for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s long life. In addition, this puja was dedicated for ... Read more »
Offering to a Sky Filled with Wish-Granting Jewels: The Sangha
Supporting monks and nuns is one of the highest priorities for the FPMT organization. As Lama Zopa Rinpoche has said, “The value of Sangha is more than the whole sky filled with wish-granting jewels.” The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund was ... Read more »
Extensive Most Secret Hayagriva Pujas Sponsored at Sera Je Monastery Every Month
For twenty-five years the Puja Fund has been sponsoring ongoing prayers and practices dedicated to the success and longevity of the entire FPMT organization. One puja that Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises as particularly important for FPMT, due to the organization’s ... Read more »
Lamp of the Path NGO: Seventeen Years of Offering Essential Social Service in Mongolia
Lamp of the Path NGO (LOP), part of Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling, has offered social services to some of the poor and homeless living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for the past seventeen years. The soup kitchen, which is its main ... Read more »
The Animal Liberation Sanctuary, Nepal: Saving Animals from Untimely Death
Every day around the world millions of animals are killed and mistreated needlessly. In countries like Nepal, the care and management of animals is very poor and animal sacrifices are common creating tremendous suffering for the animals and those involved. ... Read more »
MAITRI Charitable Trust Continues Another Year of Essential Service Despite COVID-19
Since 1989, MAITRI Charitable Trust has been operating as a beneficial example of Dharma in action. MAITRI is a registered charitable trust in India working to support the poor and disadvantaged in the province of Bihar, India. This year, MAITRI ... Read more »
Support Raised for Samtenling School, Kathmandu, Nepal
Samtenling School is part of Samtenling Monastery, providing the young monks of the monastery a modern, progressive, secular education in Kathmandu, Nepal. Out of 140 monks, 120 are age 6-26. The school provides education from kindergarten through eighth grade. Most ... Read more »
Supporting Schools and Children in India and Nepal
Since 2012 the Social Services Fund has been offering substantial support to different schools in Nepal and India that are offering education to students of Tibetan, Nepali, and Indian heritage. Investing in education through schools is one way to help ... Read more »
Land of Medicine Buddha’s 100,000 Stupa Project Progresses
On the advice of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Land of Medicine Buddha (LMB) has been building a 39-foot-tall Mahabodhi Stupa in California for the past six years. This stupa will be the main attraction of the 100,000 Stupa Project in a ... Read more »