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The Light of the Path, an annual retreat with Lama Zopa Rinpoche that began in 2009, is organized by Kadampa Center, the FPMT center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US. Donna Seese, spiritual program coordinator, shares the story about prayers and…
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It is always a challenge for a Dharma center to balance the wish to benefit all sentient beings with the practical day-to-day needs associated with running a nonprofit organization. Funds are needed not only for the expenses of rent or…
Kadampa Center, an FPMT center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, shares about their community service program, Compassion in Action. Community Service and Interfaith Activities are two of FPMT’s Five Pillars of Service. Elise Strevel, the center’s outreach coordinator, a member…
Interfaith activities are one of FPMT’s Five Pillars of Service. Following September’s Hurricane Florence, FPMT center Kadampa Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, joined in on relief efforts. The center ran a three-week people and pet food drive, collecting 921…
Student Elise Strevel from Kadampa Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States recently sent Mandala news about the center’s interfaith work with the non-profit organization Habitat for Humanity: Geshe Gelek Choda and Geshe Palden Sangpo, resident teachers for…
YOUR COMMUNITY January-March 2015 Last year, Kadampa Center completed its beautiful Kadampa Stupa. This year, Land of Medicine Buddha is in the process of building a new stupa modeled on the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodhgaya. Mer Stafford, who with her…
On his way to the Light of the Path retreat, Lama Zopa Rinpoche spent a day at Kadampa Center on Saturday, May 3. During the visit, Rinpoche taught two sessions on the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation. Kadampa Center is…
After arriving in Raleigh, North Carolina, Rinpoche was very happy to find 48 buddhas to circumambulate in the house where he was staying. Rinpoche taught at Kadampa Center in Raleigh on May 3 and then continued on to teach at…
YOUR COMMUNITY January-March 2014 By Barb Baranski, Sarah Brooks, Sandy Carlson, Julie Cox, David Machles and Mer Stafford; Photos courtesy of Kadampa Center. The idea for Kadampa Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, took shape in 1990, and in October…
Beginning on Sunday, May 4, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings at the Light of the Path retreat will be webcast live for students around the world to watch. The teaching on Sunday is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT (4:30…
YOUR COMMUNITY January-March 2014 In this video, Kadampa Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, asked Geshe Gelek Chodha, its resident geshe, to describe himself a little bit. Humbly, Geshe-la spent most of his time talking about how important the…
RINPOCHE ON TOUR October-December 2008 By Barb Baranski Celebration was in the balmy air of Raleigh, North Carolina as Lama Zopa Rinpoche joined members and friends of Kadampa Center in July for a week of teachings and events to consecrate…