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Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
The FPMT is an organization devoted to preserving and spreading Mahayana Buddhism worldwide by creating opportunities to listen, reflect, meditate, practice and actualize the unmistaken teachings of the Buddha and based on that experience spreading the Dharma to sentient beings. We provide integrated education through which people’s minds and hearts can be transformed into their highest potential for the benefit of others, inspired by an attitude of universal responsibility and service. We are committed to creating harmonious environments and helping all beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and compassion. Our organization is based on the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught to us by our founders Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.
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Die Stiftung zur Erhaltung der Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) ist eine Organisation, die sich weltweit für die Erhaltung und Verbreitung des Mahayana-Buddhismus einsetzt, indem sie Möglichkeiten schafft, den makellosen Lehren des Buddha zuzuhören, über sie zur reflektieren und zu meditieren und auf der Grundlage dieser Erfahrung das Dharma unter den Lebewesen zu verbreiten.
Wir bieten integrierte Schulungswege an, durch denen der Geist und das Herz der Menschen in ihr höchstes Potential verwandelt werden zum Wohl der anderen – inspiriert durch eine Haltung der universellen Verantwortung und dem Wunsch zu dienen. Wir haben uns verpflichtet, harmonische Umgebungen zu schaffen und allen Wesen zu helfen, ihr volles Potenzial unendlicher Weisheit und grenzenlosen Mitgefühls zu verwirklichen.
Unsere Organisation basiert auf der buddhistischen Tradition von Lama Tsongkhapa von Tibet, so wie sie uns von unseren Gründern Lama Thubten Yeshe und Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche gelehrt wird.
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La Fundación para la preservación de la tradición Mahayana (FPMT) es una organización que se dedica a preservar y difundir el budismo Mahayana en todo el mundo, creando oportunidades para escuchar, reflexionar, meditar, practicar y actualizar las enseñanzas inconfundibles de Buda y en base a esa experiencia difundir el Dharma a los seres.
Proporcionamos una educación integrada a través de la cual las mentes y los corazones de las personas se pueden transformar en su mayor potencial para el beneficio de los demás, inspirados por una actitud de responsabilidad y servicio universales. Estamos comprometidos a crear ambientes armoniosos y ayudar a todos los seres a desarrollar todo su potencial de infinita sabiduría y compasión.
Nuestra organización se basa en la tradición budista de Lama Tsongkhapa del Tíbet como nos lo enseñaron nuestros fundadores Lama Thubten Yeshe y Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
A continuación puede ver una lista de los centros y sus páginas web en su lengua preferida.
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L’organisation de la FPMT a pour vocation la préservation et la diffusion du bouddhisme du mahayana dans le monde entier. Elle offre l’opportunité d’écouter, de réfléchir, de méditer, de pratiquer et de réaliser les enseignements excellents du Bouddha, pour ensuite transmettre le Dharma à tous les êtres. Nous proposons une formation intégrée grâce à laquelle le cœur et l’esprit de chacun peuvent accomplir leur potentiel le plus élevé pour le bien d’autrui, inspirés par le sens du service et une responsabilité universelle. Nous nous engageons à créer un environnement harmonieux et à aider tous les êtres à épanouir leur potentiel illimité de compassion et de sagesse. Notre organisation s’appuie sur la tradition guéloukpa de Lama Tsongkhapa du Tibet, telle qu’elle a été enseignée par nos fondateurs Lama Thoubtèn Yéshé et Lama Zopa Rinpoché.
Visitez le site de notre Editions Mahayana pour les traductions, conseils et nouvelles du Bureau international en français.
Voici une liste de centres et de leurs sites dans votre langue préférée
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L’FPMT è un organizzazione il cui scopo è preservare e diffondere il Buddhismo Mahayana nel mondo, creando occasioni di ascolto, riflessione, meditazione e pratica dei perfetti insegnamenti del Buddha, al fine di attualizzare e diffondere il Dharma fra tutti gli esseri senzienti.
Offriamo un’educazione integrata, che può trasformare la mente e i cuori delle persone nel loro massimo potenziale, per il beneficio di tutti gli esseri, ispirati da un’attitudine di responsabilità universale e di servizio.
Il nostro obiettivo è quello di creare contesti armoniosi e aiutare tutti gli esseri a sviluppare in modo completo le proprie potenzialità di infinita saggezza e compassione.
La nostra organizzazione si basa sulla tradizione buddhista di Lama Tsongkhapa del Tibet, così come ci è stata insegnata dai nostri fondatori Lama Thubten Yeshe e Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Di seguito potete trovare un elenco dei centri e dei loro siti nella lingua da voi prescelta.
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“护持大乘法脉基金会”( 英文简称:FPMT。全名:Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition) 是一个致力于护持和弘扬大乘佛法的国际佛教组织。我们提供听闻,思维,禅修,修行和实证佛陀无误教法的机会,以便让一切众生都能够享受佛法的指引和滋润。
我们全力创造和谐融洽的环境, 为人们提供解行并重的完整佛法教育,以便启发内在的环宇悲心及责任心,并开发内心所蕴藏的巨大潜能 — 无限的智慧与悲心 — 以便利益和服务一切有情。
FPMT的创办人是图腾耶喜喇嘛和喇嘛梭巴仁波切。我们所修习的是由两位上师所教导的,西藏喀巴大师的佛法传承。
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護持大乘法脈基金會”( 英文簡稱:FPMT。全名:Found
ation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ) 是一個致力於護持和弘揚大乘佛法的國際佛教組織。我們提供聽聞, 思維,禪修,修行和實證佛陀無誤教法的機會,以便讓一切眾生都能 夠享受佛法的指引和滋潤。 我們全力創造和諧融洽的環境,
為人們提供解行並重的完整佛法教育,以便啟發內在的環宇悲心及責 任心,並開發內心所蘊藏的巨大潛能 — 無限的智慧與悲心 – – 以便利益和服務一切有情。 FPMT的創辦人是圖騰耶喜喇嘛和喇嘛梭巴仁波切。
我們所修習的是由兩位上師所教導的,西藏喀巴大師的佛法傳承。 察看道场信息:
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Many times we mix our compassion with attachment. We begin with compassion, but after some time, attachment mixes in and then it becomes an attachment trip.
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Advice Regarding the Earthquake in Haiti and Tsunamis
20 Jan 2010
Lama Zopa Rinpoche just added some more advice on how the centers and students can benefit those who are suffering from the earthquake in Haiti.
- For those who have died it is very beneficial to recite the 5 powerful mantras, especially Mitukpa mantra.
- For those who are still alive and suffering so much in so many ways – it is very beneficial to recite the Sanghatasutra, also to dedicate for those who have died.
- Doing Medicine Buddha Puja is also very good for those who are alive and also for those who have passed away. Make strong prayers to Medicine Buddha for those who are still alive, for all their needs to be realized as soon as possible.
Advice Regarding the Earthquake in Haiti and Tsunamis
Advice on How to Help the Victims
The following is Rinpoches advice on how the centers and students can benefit those who have suffered greatly from the earthquake in Haiti and tsunamis in Asia.
Thank you for your messages asking how to help those who have died and have suffered so much in Asia as a result of the great earthquake and tsunami.
I have been doing the 5 great powerful mantras and Medicine Buddha puja as well as extensive offerings.
Regarding the prayers to help those who have died, this is my suggestion for practice for the centers and students to do:
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- 5 powerful mantras recitation
- Medicine Buddha puja – recite Medicine Buddha name mantras
- Sur offering
- Recitation of Om Mani Padme Hum / with tong-len
- Nyung Ney
- Tsog Offerings
The 5 powerful mantras are:
- Kunrig
- Mitukpa
- Namgyalma
- Stainless Pinnacle
- Wish Granting Wheel Mantra (Which I would like to now translate as: The Lotus Pinnacle of Amoghapasha, the heart of the stainless One.)
Benefits of the 5 powerful mantras:
The 5 powerful deities manifested to purify negative karma – they are extremely good and are the main mantras used in Jangwa for the dead. They are the key mantras for blessing mustard seeds that are used to throw on the name of those who have passed away so that the consciousness can be hooked. These mantras are very important and very powerful in the jangwa prayers.
In powa first there is the purification and then there is the recitation of these mantras that make it more possible to reach the pure land. The 5 powerful mantras can be used in holy objects, for blessing water, blessing seeds (like black sesame seeds which are then used to sprinkle on a dead body). The mantras when written can be put on the head of a dead person.
Any one of these 5 powerful mantras can be recited for any person that has died in order to liberate them from the 3 lower realms. You recite the mantra while thinking of the person(s) who have died.
These 5 great powerful mantras have unbelievable positive effect for those who have died. The benefits of reciting these mantras are mind blowing.
What to think while reciting the 5 Powerful mantras:
Before reciting the mantra of each deity one can do the 7 limbs from “The King of Prayers of Good Deeds”. Within the 7 limbs one can perform extensive offerings, (according to the physical space you have try to set up as many offerings as possible, especially light offerings). People can do at their homes – you can even set up many Christmas lights over the trees and offer as light offerings. Within the 7 limbs do extensive rejoicing.
These practices are creating merit which we then completely dedicate to those who have died. At the same time you can dedicate the merit to all those who have died in war. This is such an excellent thing to do. We create so much merit this way so we have so much to give to those who have died and those who are suffering. Many have died a terrifying death.
You do 7 limb puja with each deity and when reciting the mantra of each deity make strong request to purify all the 6 realm sentient beings especially those who have just died. When you finish each deities mantra recitation then you do extensive dedication. The more we recite the mantra the more we dedicate, the more extensively we do the 7 limb puja the more merit we create which we then dedicate to those who have died and have suffered so much.
After reciting each mantra of each deity visualize that all sentient beings have been purified and also visualize that each sentient being receives all the qualities of the Buddha: one can visualize that each sentient being achieves enlightenment in the form of that deity (if one is not familiar with how that deity appears then you can just think in the aspect of Shakyamuni Buddha).
Visualize the deity absorbing to oneself and then go on to the next deity. At the end of the practice of the 5 great mantras then again try to do dedication as extensively as possible.
Other practices one can do:
Medicine Buddha puja and after completing Medicine Buddha puja then do the King of Prayers and then again do extensive dedications as we have in the FPMT prayer book, especially do the dedication sealing with emptiness.
Other ways to benefit those who have died if people are very keen to help, is to do Nyung Ney for them.
Another way to help is to do tsog offering.
Of course reciting Om Mani Padme Hum is excellent, or any mantra that one can do for those who have died.
Also to recite Om Mani Padme Hum with tong-len practice, taking on all their sufferings and giving away all your happiness.
Then there is the Yeshe Tala mantra – when recited 21 times definitely liberates from the 3 lower realms.
Another very powerful method is Sur offering (smell burning puja). This is a way of helping those who have died and are in the intermediate state. I try to do this as much as I can, almost every day. This is an excellent method to help those in the intermediate state. Intermediate state beings have clairvoyance so when you think of them they can be present.
In the Sur practice there is a very important prayer where you ask the intermediate state beings to remember the past advice of their Gurus etc. and in this way help them to be reborn in the blissful pure land of Amitabha. You can also add in instructions on bodhichitta using the stanzas from Lama Chopa.
Generally any virtuous action can be dedicated to helping the victims, even eating Chinese noodles, MacDonald’s burgers or Gelato ice-cream.
With much love and prayers,
Lama Zopa
Many of you will want to make donations to help the survivors – there are many charities involved in helping the survivors, and here is one very reputable charity for your information in case you are not sure who to make donations through: http://www.oxfam.org.uk
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