Updates Regarding Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Singapore, August 2022. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
On April 13, at 9:30 a.m. Nepal time, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, our most precious guru and spiritual director, entered his final meditation.
You can find all news, updates, and resources here.
Ongoing Livestream: In addition to the resources and updates below, livestream continues of the pujas offered twenty-four hours a day (apart from occasional breaks) at Kopan Monastery in front of Rinpoche’s holy body. https://www.youtube.com/c/fpmtinc/live
Recent News and Updates from FPMT International Office | Swift Return Prayers | Tributes and Condolences
Practices and Gatherings | Translations | Livestream
Recent News Updates from FPMT International Office
- Ven. Roger Kunsang’s Talk Regarding the Day of Lama Zopa Rinpoche Showing the Aspect of Passing Away
- May 2, 2023 – An Update from the FPMT Board: Meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on April 26
- April 28, 2023 – Photo Galleries of Ongoing Swift Return Prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
- April 27, 2023 – An Update on Important Events
- April 20, 2023 – Letter from Khenrinpoche Geshe Chonyi, Abbot of Kopan Monastery and FPMT Inc. Board Member
- April 18, 2023 – An Update from FPMT International Office
- April 16, 2023 – An Update from FPMT International Office
- April 15, 2023 – Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Meditation Has Finished
- April 14, 2023 – An Update from FPMT International Office
- April 13, 2023 – Lama Zopa Rinpoche has Entered His Final Meditation
Swift Return Prayers
With great rejoicing we have received a prayer which His Holiness the Dalai Lama composed for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, A Prayer for the Swift Return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
- Download from Box: Tibetan | English & Tibetan | Chinese & Tibetan | French | Mongolian | Portuguese | Spanish | Vietnamese.
- Download from FPMT website: Tibetan | English & Tibetan | Chinese & Tibetan | Mongolian | Portuguese | Spanish | Vietnamese
For the convenience of students, we have compiled a booklet consisting of His Holiness’s prayer (starting on page 5), along with a small collection of additional prayers for Rinpoche’s swift return, composed and offered spontaneously by other distinguished lamas with whom Rinpoche had a connection in this lifetime, including Khenzur Jhado Rinpoche, Rangjung Neljorma Khandro Tseringma, and Lelung Rinpoche—A Prayer for the Swift Return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche by His Holiness the Dalai Lama with additional prayers by other distinguished lamas:
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- Download from Box: English and Tibetan | German | Russian | Spanish
- Download from FPMT website: English & Tibetan | German | Russian | Spanish
Please note that this collection of swift return prayers is a work in progress and updated versions of the booklet will be released. Our aim has been to make these prayers accessible as soon as they are available. Further prayers may be added to subsequent editions of the collection and edits made to existing prayers.
Swift return prayers in other languages:
- Swift Return Prayer by Khenzur Jhado Rinpoche: Russian | Spanish | Vietnamese
- Swift Return Prayer by Khandro Kunga Bhuma: French | Italian | Portuguese | Russian | Spanish | Vietnamese
Tributes and Condolences
We have been moved by the outpouring of kind and heartfelt tributes, condolences, and notice of prayers being offered from great lamas, friends, and monastery officials around the world. We have created a page to honor these warm messages, photos, and activities.
Practices and Gatherings
Current Advice for FPMT Centers and Students
The following practices were suggested by Khenrinpoche Geshe Chonyi on April 18 for FPMT centers and students to do at this time. These are practices to be offered as one wishes, not everything here has to be done:
- Lama Chopa and Tsog Offering – every day, or every seventh day
- Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
- In Praise of Dependent Origination translation by Thubten Jinpa | translation by Gavin Kilty
- Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri
- King of Prayers
- Prayers for the Swift Return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, and other distinguished lamas
Practices and gatherings in Local FPMT Communities
We encourage you to check FPMT centers’ and study groups’ websites and social media pages for information regarding group prayers and practices being done in person and online. Visit our FPMT Center Directory to search for centers.
Translations
- Updates in Spanish: Lea estas actualizaciones en Español
- Updates in French: Nouvelles du Bureau international traduites en français
- Please see above in Swift Return prayers for translations of these prayers.
Please continue trying to fulfil Rinpoche’s holy wishes, especially to practice impermanence and bodhicitta in the context of the lamrim. Fulfilling the gurus’ holy wishes is a very important part of inviting the guru to return. May Rinpoche be reborn as quickly as possible in a place where he can be very quickly recognized and be of most benefit to sentient beings.