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Following the commemoration activities at Kopan Monastery honoring the one-year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away, a Heart Sutra Retreat was held from April 15-20, 2024 with commentary by His Eminence the 104th Ganden Tripa,…
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered four teaching at Kopan Monastery on April 7, 8, and 9 before leaving for Tsum Valley on April 10. As we now all know, Rinpoche showed the aspect of passing away on April 13, and as…
Besides continuing the Thought Transformation series Lama Zopa Rinpoche also occasionally gave teachings upon request to various centers via Zoom from Kopan Monastery and other places. This page gathers these random teachings for the years 2022 and 2023. Whenever Rinpoche…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave four teachings to students attending the 2022 Vajrasattva retreat at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Rinpoche gave an introductory teaching “Why Buddhism Is So Important” on March 30 and then three subsequent teachings on April 26–28. Kopan…
Institut Vajra Yogini (IVY), France, began hosting their eleventh 108 Nyung-Na Retreat in November 2021. Despite precautions taken before the start of the retreat, and adhering to local protocols once the retreat began, in January one retreatant tested positive for…
In 2021 the Malaysian FPMT centers—Chokyi Gyaltsen Center, Losang Dragpa Centre, and Rinchen Jangsem Ling Retreat Centre—worked together with interfaith organizations to help with the COVID situation in India and Nepal, and then in Malaysia. Community service and interfaith activities…
The Vajrayana Buddhist Council of Malaysia, which is an association of Malaysian Tibetan Buddhist centers and organizations, has created a beautiful video of advice and prayers, featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Ganden Tripa, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and many…
As we shared last week, there has been a COVID-19 outbreak at Kopan Monastery and Nunnery in Nepal. The latest information from Kopan is that unfortunately more people at Kopan Monastery have tested positive for COVID. Currently, there are four…
As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, Kopan Monastery is now experiencing its first outbreak. Many individuals at Kopan Monastery and Khachoe Ghakyil Nunnery, both in Nepal, have now tested positive. Infected and non-infected individuals have been separated for…
In 2020, Jamyang Buddhist Center Leeds, the FPMT center in Leeds, UK, offered support to the UK National Health Service, the UK’s publicly funded healthcare system; the homeless population in Leeds; and individuals needing chaplaincy care as part of the…
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…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: This video begins with the precious opportunity for us to hear from Max Mathews, known affectionately…