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Apr
6
2015

Kadampa Center Helps Build an Interfaith Home

Posted in FPMT News Around the World

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…

Nov
24
2014

Making Juniper Powder Incense for Filling Statues and Stupas

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…

May
7
2014

Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kadampa Center

Posted in FPMT News Around the World

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…

May
7
2014

Lama Zopa Rinpoche in North Carolina

Posted in Lama Zopa Rinpoche News, Mandala

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…

May
6
2014

Kadampa Center’s Past, Present and Future Times

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…

May
3
2014

Live Webcast: Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaching at Light of the Path Retreat

Posted in Lama Zopa Rinpoche News, Mandala

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…

Dec
2
2013

Meet Geshe Gelek Chodha

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…

Oct
1
2013

Kadampa Center’s New Building is Consecrated

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…

Jun
27
2013

Kadampa Center Completes Their New Stupa

Posted in FPMT News Around the World

Kadampa Center has completed their stupa building project. The large and active center in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., committed to building a Kadampa Stupa in 2002. They spent nine years accumulating funds and began building in 2011. Construction took 29…

May
15
2012

Kadampa Center’s Stupa Takes Shape

Posted in FPMT News Around the World, Mandala

FMPT News Around the World Kadampa Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, is making impressive strides with its project to build a new Kadampa stupa. The center reports, “For two months, we had been designing and building all the remaining concrete…

Jan
29
2010

A Taste of Liberation

October / December 2009 By Tony Allen Since beginning to study the Dharma, I’ve been amazed at just how inspirational the teachers, lamas, and rinpoches are. Their influence reverberates all across the Buddhist landscape and their ability to inspire transformation…

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