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Karma Triyana Dharmachakra

See What's at KTD in Coming Months!   Pre-Publication Copy of the KTD Program Brochure   Program calendar with descriptions! Front section with prices and bios KTD BLOG Virtual Stupa Tour with Actual Merit!   Details here.     The White Tara Shrine Update May Lein Ho gives us a short status report on this fabulous project. Of the 154 White Tara Statues that make up the Shrine for Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche's 90th Birthday:   All the 12-inch Statues are sold.   Five 6-inch statues are still available   Thirty-five 8-inch statues remain.   Donation toward the 24-inch statue in any amount is available.   Suggested: A statue would be a terrific group project for a KTC or other group that has worked with Rinpoche these past many years, and it would serve as a powerful blessing for a group shrine.    White Tara Statue Request Form here.      KTD Website  KTD Blog  H.H. Karmapa's Website One of Ten Reviews Now on Amazon for"The Heart is Noble"    "There is no one who better explains what compassion is all about and how to practically implement it in everyday life, whether one is a Buddhist or not. This exceptional book is another pearl in his rosary of writings and a source of inspiration for everyone who wishes themselves and others a better life." Mahakala and Protectors Statue Filling and Shrine Dedication     KTD has received their Mahakala and Protector statues and are in the process of preparing them for installation in KTD's protector shrine room.   Lama Karma Drodhul describes the scene: "We are preparing to fill the Mahakala statue and need to do a lot of pujas before we fill it. We have all the Karme Ling Lamas and Lama Tashi Dondup with our Guru Khenpo Rinpoche and Khenpo Ugyen Tenzin. I am hanging in there there with jet lag! May there not be any obstacles for practicing Dharma! Karmapa Chenno!    Slideshow of the rolling and filling process  Highly Recommended Photos on Facebook    Lama Tashi Dondup came in to assist prior to teaching 'Death and Our Journey Through the Bardo' this weekend, April 19 - 21. Fish Story  After three years, the fish in the KTD Pond are back! Whether due to providence - or the compassionate goldfish life release Bodhi Kids did last year - we are happy to see them! Earth Day at KTD This Weekend Robyn Glenney with KTD's New Compost Bin Robyn Glenney has been a Residential Volunteer at KTD for the past few months. She has returned home but is still interested in helping KTD.    Robyn writes: Some of you know that I wanted to keep volunteering for some environmental/sustainability projects. As it turns out, this Sunday is the day before Earth Day!  Since KTD has a tradition of raising awareness of the natural environment on Earth Day, we thought it would be great to get people involved and outdoors this weekend.  I am thinking that we can start the main work day at 9:30 after shamatha, but for those attending Lama Tashi's teaching I can schedule a little walk to go over some environmental issues on the KTD grounds and the meanings behind working on them. For those interested in working on something for any amount of time that day, here is an overview of some projects: By Sunday, I expect it will be finally warm enough for "spring cleaning." If I may paraphrase His Holiness Karmapa in the film "Never Give Up," cleaning up our surroundings allows us to clean up our mind. I see the old scrap piles behind the kitchen as the first priority to be cleared away. We will shovel out the pile and bring it to the new compost bin to mix with other materials and hopefully make a better home for our decomposers. This will be a huge help to the health and general atmosphere of that hillside. Also, several areas of the grounds have been tended as gardens, all of which are ready for some clearing and preparation for spring. Hopefully we'll have the opportunity to put in some new plantings, as well. Finally, there are some spots where there is evidence of old projects that were abandoned. We may not get to picking everything up, but especially near the Dharma Path it would be nice to reduce the man-made clutter and clear up some more room for other living things. Please check the KTD blog at ktdblog.wordpress.com for more on environmental projects.   Blog entry for this week  If you have suggestions or questions, email me back here. See you soon! Thanks. Robyn Glenney Million Mani - How to Join and Log Manis All the info is here.

Click here to view this email in your browser. FPMT International Office News April 2013 If you received this from someone else, or unformatted, visit our subscribe page to receive this newsletter directly. You can have this translated into your preferred language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page. Lama Zopa Rinpoche lights a large butter lamp in Kopan Monastery Gompa, after arriving from the airport at 11:45 p.m. Rinpoche did three long prostrations and then offered khatas to the main statues, including the Lama Yeshe statue, Nepal, March 2013. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang. Lama Zopa Rinpoche's News: New Advice: Dharma is Needed for the Happiness of Sentient Beings Rinpoche's Schedule International Office News: Education Services News: ItalianBasic Program Online Success! FPMT Charitable Projects: Offering to the 2,600 Monks of Sera Je Monastery News from Mandala Publications Friends of FPMT For Center, Project and Service Directors, SPCs, Teachers and Board Members: Feedback about Advice Regarding Spiritual Teachers Foundation Store Offer: 40% Off Discovering Buddhism DVDs! FPMT World: Rejoice! Tushita Delhi Celebrates Dharma with His Holiness the Dalai Lama Jade Buddha Benefits Many in Penang Opportunities to Offer Service in FPMT Impermanence at Work Lama Zopa Rinpoche's News: New Advice: Dharma is Needed for the Happiness of Sentient Beings Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the following advice to Ven. Thubten Dondrub, whois resident teacher at Buddha House, Australia and videoed the talk, while waiting for a flight to Hong Kong at Kuala Lumpur Airport in Malaysia. An excerpt follows – please read the full advice here. "Good morning, good afternoon, maybe good night! Thank you very much; thank you so much for your prayers for me, for sentient beings, for Buddha, from where all sentient beings receive their happiness. For sentient beings to have not only temporary happiness – when we say 'happiness,' should not think only temporary happiness, only samsara happiness – don't think [that] – we must think ultimate happiness, liberation from samsara forever, then peerless happiness – full enlightenment. So when I recite the long version of the Six Session [Guru Yoga], instead of happiness I say 'enlightenment,' full enlightenment, the cause of enlightenment. I change that [word because] it helps my mind to think of highest happiness, true happiness. Just to say 'happiness' normally means temporary happiness, makes one think of temporary happiness. And we have had temporary happiness numberless times from beginningless rebirths. Why we have the center is to have happiness for sentient beings – to increase, to develop happiness for sentient beings." Find a full range of advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Rinpoche's Advice page.Go to the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive for lots more advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Lama Zopa Rinpoche meets the directors, spiritual program coordinators and board members of the FPMT centers and service in Malaysia, March 2013. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang. Rinpoche's Schedule Please contact the hosts directly for any questions regarding the event. Subscribe to our RSS feed on Rinpoche's Schedule to receive updates automatically as soon as they are available! 2013 May 3 – Presiding at the opening ceremony for Khensur Lama Lhundrup's stupa, Kopan Monastery, Nepal August1 – 30 100 Million Mani Retreat, FPMT Mongolia November/December– Teaching during the one-month course (Nov. 9 – Dec. 9), Kopan Monastery, Nepal: Rinpoche's teaching dates to be confirmed 2014 May 11 – 25 Light of the Path retreat, Kadampa Center, USA Late 2014 Retreat with Rinpoche and CPMT meeting, The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Maiden Gully, Australia International Office News: Education Services News: Italian Basic ProgramOnline Success! The Italian-language Basic Program Online offered by Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) in Italy had its first-ever final exam this March. All 10 participating students passed – a huge achievement for all involved! Kind thanks to Basic Program Online tutor Vania Tesser, who provided students with the care, support and inspiration needed to get this far, and many other staff at ILTK who contributed over the course of five years. This is an FPMT milestone: previously we had no homestudy students completing a Basic Program and final exam in any language other than English. Congratulations to all! FPMT Charitable Projects: Offering to the 2,600 Monks of Sera Je Monastery Have you ever wondered how to offer food to the 2,600 monks studying at Sera Je Monastery? Learn more and see what an offering of this magnitude looks like. News from Mandala Publications Lama Zopa Rinpoche relaxes and enjoys the gardens after walking back from dinner after teaching in Hong Kong, March 2013. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang. Keep current with the worldwide FPMT mandala by reading Mandalaonline! Our daily blog shares news and updates from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the more than 160 FPMT centers, projects and services around the world as well as timeless stories from the Mandalaarchive. Recent features include new posts from Ven. Roger to his popular blog "Life on the Road with Lama Zopa Rinpoche;" a story from the Mandala archive about Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche's extraordinary journey to Antarctica in 2006 to bless the world's waterways; plus exclusive interviews and stories from the latest issue of Mandala and much more. Friends of FPMT Become a Friend of FPMT and stay connected to all the FPMT has to offer including the FPMT Online Learning Center, Mandala Publications and many complimentary resources offered at the free FPMT Membership level. For Center, Project and Service Directors, SPCs, Teachers and Board Members: (This advice is specifically for those offering service in the roles listed above.) Feedback about Advice Regarding Spiritual Teachers Lama Zopa Rinpoche having dinner at his brother Sangay Sherpa's house (Sangay is director of Lawudo Retreat Centre) and eating thor, made from a deep-rooted wildflower in the Himalayas, for the first time since he was a child, Nepal, April 2013. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang. Some years ago due to popular request we made available a short informative document on how to relate to the spiritual teacher,written by Ven. René Feusi. Our wish was that this would help students at all FPMT centers, and most particularly new students, by answering so many of the frequently asked and essential questions on how to properly relate to a spiritual teacher, ensuring that students coming to your center would be well informed and protected from mistakes. We asked you to please display this very informative booklet publically for all to see. Now we would like to know if you have been finding this booklet helpful. Please let Tom and Claire know, together with any other related feedback. Thank you! Foundation Store Offer: 40% Off Discovering Buddhism DVDs! Get 40% off our most popular and wonderful Discovering Buddhism series on DVD. Available with subtitles in English, French, Spanish, and German. For those centers who order more than 30 copies, no matter where and how far you are, the Foundation Store will offer free shipping on top of the 40% discount! These special bulk orders should be addressed to Diana Ospina. FPMT World: Rejoice! Tushita Delhi Celebrates Dharma with His Holiness the Dalai Lama His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Dr. Renuka Singh (director of Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre) at Tushita's 20th Delhi Dharma Celebration, India, March 2013. Photo courtesy of Ven. Kabir Saxena. Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre in Delhi has now hosted 20 Dharma Celebrations with His Holiness the Dalai Lama! The 20th Delhi Dharma Celebration, co-hosted with Tibet House, felt especially meaningful, reports Ven. Kabir Saxena, SPC at Tushita: "Approximately 4,000 people attended the event on March 9, which was held in front of a beautiful Buddha statue that was sponsored by His Holiness and offered as a gift to the Indian people two decades ago in gratitude for the gift of Dharma. This year there were about 70 volunteers from Ladakh, and there were also volunteers from Jawahar Lal Nehru University where Tushita director Dr. Renuka Singh teaches. So this means that young people are being exposed to His Holiness and the 'Three Principal Aspects of the Path to Enlightenment,' which was the topic for the afternoon. Photos from the event show a very energetic and beaming His Holiness and a focused audience who sat through a hot afternoon with rapt attention." Jade Buddha Benefits Many in Penang Daniel Yeoh, director of Chokyi Gyaltsen Center in Penang, Malaysia, reports: "We have benefitted so many people in Penang on just the first two days of the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace [tour], including 1,500 school kids who came in batches of buses. I estimated about 8 to 10 thousand people visiting the Jade Buddha on the second day." Opportunities to Offer Service in FPMT We have resident teacher opportunities at Ganden Yiga Chözin, Pokhara, Nepal and Tong-nyi Nying-Je Ling, Copenhagen, Denmark. Land of Calm Abiding, USA is looking for a director. Nalanda Monastery, France is looking for a qualified Tibetan-English interpreter for Basic Program; while Root Institute, India needs a school manager, a physiotherapist, and nurses. Please check out these and other exciting opportunities to offer service as a volunteer or as paid staff in FPMT centers, projects and services around the world! Impermanence at Work Ganden Buddhist Meditation Centre, Latvia We welcome new co-SPCs – Alona Kononovica and Oskars Mickevics With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Rita Veilande Gendun Drubpa Centre, Canada We welcome new resident teacher – Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi Hayagriva Centre, Australia We welcome new SPC – Jude Carter With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Susan di Bona Longku Center, Switzerland We welcome new SPC – Regula Burri With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Anastasia Perov Nagarjuna C.E.T. Barcelona, Spain We welcome new SPC – José Moya With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Dolores Banti Pamtingpa Center, USA Tel: +1 (509) 486 1021 We welcome new director – Kim Jacobs With grateful thanks to outgoing director – Julia Sanderson Thubten Kunkyab Study Group, Mexico Dr. Martínez del Río 201-15, Col. Doctores Del. Cuauhtémoc, CP 06720, Mexico City Tel: +52 (55) 6545 1882 Vajrapani Institute, USA Tel: +1 (800) 531 4001 With love, FPMT International Office