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Lama Chopa (Guru Puja) is an extensive guru yoga practice, often done as a group practice in FPMT centers on the 10th and 25th of the Tibetan Calendar. While everyone is welcome to participate in the puja, the study of…
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Last year, Lama Zopa Rinpoche translated and commented on a short Tibetan text during his ongoing thought transformation teachings. The text explains the importance of making offerings on the anniversary of the passing away of one’s guru. Rinpoche’s translation and…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: Rinpoche begins this teaching by reminding us that the perfect human rebirth doesn’t last long. This…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his commentary on Lama Chopa (Guru Puja) practice at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, the FPMT center in Singapore. Rinpoche’s teachings begin on Friday, September 6, and run through Saturday, September 21. All non-restricted teachings by Rinpoche will…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche frequently encourages students to study and practice Lama Chopa (Guru Puja), written by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen in the 17th century and often combined with the preliminary practice of Jorcho. FPMT makes a variety of Lama Chopa…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche received a question from a student who was experiencing many obstacles to Dharma practice. In addition to doing the practice of the Thirty-Five Buddhas of Confession and Vajrasattva practice, Rinpoche advised doing mandala offerings: … Yes, there…
Students can find audio and video recordings of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Ven. Thubten Dechen chanting Lama Chöpa, an essential FPMT practice, on FPMT.org. During a 2014 retreat in Australia, Rinpoche taught fast-paced, medium-paced, and slow-paced tunes for Lama Chöpa,…
As students of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, we may be familiar with the practice of Guru Puja, also known as Lama Chöpa. But how well do we understand its significance? Now a new, multimedia online series from Lama…
Speaking on the importance of Guru Puja, also known as Lama Chöpa, Lama Zopa Rinpoche recounted the words of the great enlightened being Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo: “If you are able to do the practice of Guru Puja in your daily…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues giving teachings at the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat, which is currently taking place at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Pomaia, Italy. Around 400 people are attending, including a number of center directors and regional and…
FPMT Education Services would like to remind students of three videos available in which Lama Zopa Rinpoche chants the Lama Chöpa tunes in three ways: fast-paced, medium-paced, and slow-paced. These videos are an incredibly precious resource for FPMT students. Learning…
FPMT Education Services makes available several resources for those wishing to learn the advised pronunciations of FPMT standard prayers, practices, and mantras. Lama Chöpa “Practicing this Guru Puja, which is an integration of the three deities, makes it much easier…