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Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these teachings at Tara Institute, Melbourne on June 2, 2006. Zopa Rinpoche touched on the topics such as emptiness according to Svatantrika view, the unification of emptiness and dependent arising and searching for real I. He…
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In 2007, Lama Zopa Rinpoche shared what he and some FPMT students did to benefit the millions of turkeys that are killed in the U.S. for Thanksgiving Day. Rinpoche has long been a proponent of vegetarianism and thanks anyone who…
Rinpoche gave a talk at the centre the first day and then a series of teachings at a venue. He gave an oral transmission on taking refuge and over several days an oral transmission of the Golden Light Sutra. Find…
In Mandala October-December 2013, Lama Zopa Rinpoche responds to a long-time student who wrote to Rinpoche in thanks for his “blessings, guidance and protection” over many years. The anonymous student currently takes care of her mother who suffers physically after…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recently been commenting on the need for FPMT students to actualize the lam-rim teachings and achieve realizations. You can read Rinpoche’s recent advice in the just-published Mandala October-December 2013: Special group of retreatants First of all,…
During Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s most recent visit to Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala, India, Rinpoche gave the following advice to the Tushita cooks: I have been hearing from people that the food at Tushita is fantastic. Generally, they tell me…
While staying at Kopan Monastery in Nepal earlier this year, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave an oral transmission of Lama Tsongkhapa’s Lekshe Nyingpo (Essence of True Eloquence). Here’s an edited extract from Rinpoche’s teaching before a transmission given in April 2013:…
Over the years, Mandala has explored the issue of vegetarianism and the question of whether or not to eat meat. But with a growing awareness of issues of animal cruelty and environmental concerns connected to the production of dairy products…
Mandala spoke with Ven. George Churinoff in early February 2013 between his classes as a visiting instructor at Maitripa College in Portland, Oregon, U.S. Mandala : What is the benefit of in-depth Buddhist study? Ven. George Churinoff: All of our…
“The first thing I want to say is that Buddhist tantra definitely comes from Shakyamuni Buddha,” declared FPMT founder Lama Yeshe. “Before his enlightenment, when he was a tenth-level bodhisattva, the buddhas of the ten directions stirred him from his…
The new April-June issue of Mandala focused on pilgrimage and includes valuable advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the practice of prostration, something one would do at a holy site. Circumambulation is another essential practice one does on pilgrimage. In…
Taken from a conversation with Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the benefits of wearing one’s monastic robes in public: “If you were sangha but you didn’t wear robes, then people would not know [that you were ordained], but with robes on…