LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE
Khen Rinpoche
Ven. Geshe Thubten Chonyi.
VISIT TO ITALY
September and October 2023
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche's video in support of the Monastery
a long story
40 years of history
For about forty years the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism has received the sincere interest of many Western practitioners and scholars in Italy.
Lama Yeshe and Geshe Jampa Gyatso came up with the idea of building a monastery for monks and nuns while they were together in Kopan, Nepal, in the late 70s. That vision is now taking shape in a disused quarry in Pomaia, about 2 km from the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute. We have found the ideal site to build the future monastery which will be built on the rock just like the monasteries of Tibet.
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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born on 6 July 1935 to a peasant family in the small village of Taktser, in northeastern Tibet. At the age of two he was recognized as the reincarnation of his predecessor.

Our Sangha is inspired by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, creators of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) and our guides.

Geshe Jampa Gyatso, resident teacher of the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute for 27 years, was our first abbot, and the main inspirer of the monastic community and of the Sangha Onlus Association.
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For the Swift Return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Continuous Recitation of the Names of Manjushri
As requested by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, we recite the Holy Names of Manjushri, for the speedy return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Khen Rinpoche's videos: Teachings, blessing of the land and settlement.
We are happy to share the video of the Teachings that our Abbot held in Pomaia on the Monastery Hill on September 30, 2023, on the text "The three main aspects of the path of Lama Tsongkhapa."
October 27: the Spirit of Assisi for World Peace
37 years after the first interreligious prayer meeting strongly desired by the then Pope John Paul II in which various religious leaders from all over the world joined, with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, to pray for peace, on Friday 27 October the appointment of the “Spirit of Assisi”.
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DHARMA NEWS FROM THE WORLD
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- Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchoe) – 7 December 2023
Ganden Ngamchoe, literally "Ganden Offering of the Twenty-fifth Day", is also known as the day of […]
- “This is the Bodhisattva way of life” – Eulogy of Lama Zopa Rinpoche – written by Ven. Robina Courtin
At 9.30 on April 13, in the Kopan monastery in Nepal, the most precious guru and spiritual director of the FPMT, Lama […]
- Continuously recite the Names of Manjushri for a speedy return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Starting from Lhabab Duchen, November 4, 2023, the IMI (International Mahayana Institute) has started a program to […]
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- Chanting the Names of Manjushri Continuously for Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Swift Return
Chanting the Names of Manjushri Continuously for Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Swift Return On Lhabab Duchen, the IMI […]
- The European Hindu Holy Inquisition
By Ani Jampa Sangmo I am going to write down the following short historical background because I wish to be aware […]
- How to Face Death without Fear
Death can come any minute. Are you prepared ?; a Zoom-lecture by Ven. Robina organized by the IMI in cooperation with [...]
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