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Rinpoche taught for six weeks at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Bendigo, Australia. MP3 audio files are available from here. For the transcript for the full event click here. Essential parts of the teachings were extracted into separate videos.…
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“Somebody who doesn’t know what to do—many [people] have practices in the life, commitments and many practices, but somebody who has no clear idea of what to practice; if they want to do some practice in the daily life but…
Teachings from Bendigo, Australia, 2018 Venue: Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Bendigo Date: 31 March to 12 May 2018 Rinpoche taught extensively on guru devotion and bodhichitta, and also gave many oral transmissions, over a six-week period. He also gave…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived in Australia, where he’ll be teaching through early June. Rinpoche was greeted at the airport in Melbourne by Geshe Lobsang Doga, resident geshe of Tara Institute, and Tara Institute students. Then Rinpoche was driven two hours…
Rinpoche gave extensive teachings during the one month Mani retreat in Institute Vajra Yogini in France. The full length recordings are available both as streaming video and mp3 downloads. The teachings took place from 2 May 2009 to 2 June…
On February 25, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Losang Namgyal Rinpoche, the head lama of Nepal’s Tamang people, consecrated a newly built 45-foot (14-meter) tall Enlightenment Stupa in Pakarbas, Ramechhap, Nepal. The stupa was built by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche and the…
A new 15-minute video captures the sounds and scenes of a beautiful and auspicious 100,000 tsog offerings event for Guru Rinpoche done at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling, also called Kopan Nunnery, in December 2017. The Guru bumtsog took place in conjunction…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche composed a long and detailed letter for FPMT Annual Review 2017: Serving the Teachings of the Buddha . We’re happy to share part of Rinpoche’s four-page letter, which was written in January 2018 in Tso Pema, Himachal…
Every year the Sangha at Kopan Monastery celebrate Lama Tsongkhapa Day with incredible light offerings, including hundreds of thousands of strung lights encircling the buildings at the monastery and nunnery, and a special evening offering of candles. The holy day…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice to a student who was injured by a fall and who had not healed and was worried. Here’s what Rinpoche told the student: Think that, “I am the most fortunate one, that I have this…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recorded a message to thank all who recited the practices requested for his health and long life. Listen to Rinpoche’s message, and read the edited transcript: “This is a message from Mickey Mouse, little one, little…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche was at Kopan Monastery during February, between travels, and met with a number of people, including Khadro-la (Rangjung Neljorma Khandro Namsel Drönme) and a group of Chinese Sangha from Wutaishan. He gave an oral transmission to them…