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On this page you find essential parts of teachings on Bodhichitta by Lama Zopa Rinpoche extracted into separate videos. You can find a link to a complete list of all these extracts here.
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On Monday, March 2, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, joined by the monks and nuns of Kopan Monastery, did a Most Secret Hayagriva tsog kong puja to remove the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as well as to remove all obstacles for the year…
The Six Perfections: The Practice of the Bodhisattvas is a new book from Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In it, Rinpoche offers instruction on the six perfections, a key Mahayana Buddhist teaching. Here’s an excerpt from the book’s “Introduction”: The Sanskrit for…
Welcome to the February FPMT International Office e-News. This month we bring you: Warm Losar (Tibetan New Year) Greetings!, Reminder of Rinpoche’s Schedule, News of Action Needed with your Merit Box, FPMT Service Seminar News, News of an Honour Awarded…
On Friday, September 20, 2019, Amitabha Buddhist Centre, the FPMT center in Singapore, celebrated the center’s 30th birthday at an evening celebration with Lama Zopa Rinpoche as their guest of honor. Lobsang Drolkar (Cecilia Tsong), a long-time student, active ABC…
The FPMT resident teacher, staff members, and volunteers from Tushita Meditation Centre, the FPMT center in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, went on pilgrimage to Lahaul (Garsha) in August 2019. The group traveled together in the Tushita bus and two additional…
The Meditation-Recitation of Black Manjushri, composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and translated by the official Italian translator for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and a senior translator for the FPMT Masters Program and Basic Program Fabrizio Pallotti Champa Pelgye, is…
Wherever Lama Zopa Rinpoche travels in the world, he is sure to do practices that benefit animals. While in Russia recently, Rinpoche attended two animal blessing events. When Rinpoche first arrived in Moscow in late September, he attended an animal…
Kopan Monastery, in Nepal, honored Lama Zopa Rinpoche by offering Rinpoche a birthday celebration on December 3. Rinpoche’s birthday celebration began with the monks and nuns from Kopan Monastery doing the 1,000 offerings to Namgyalma puja for Rinpoche. Then, outside…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the following advice to Dharma centers on what to do when experiencing difficulties. When your luck/controlling power is down, then obstacles come. (You are blamed for things even if you haven’t done them.) To make life…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday is celebrated on Tuesday, December 3. This year Rinpoche is at Kopan Monastery, where he is giving teachings to more than 250 students from around the world as part of the month-long lamrim course there. Last…
Teachings from Kopan November Course 2019 Venue: Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: 29 November to 11 December 2019 From 29 November to 11 December Lama Zopa Rinpoche was teaching during the 52nd November course at Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal. The…