Rejoicing in Lama Zopa Rinpoche

On Thursday, April 13th, we shared the incredibly heart-breaking news that Rinpoche stopped breathing and entered meditation at about 9.30am Nepal time. Lama Zopa Rinpoche stayed in meditation for 2 days and on April 14 at 10 p.m., Rinpoche ended his meditation.

Since then many great teachers have composed prayers for his swift return.

Please download A Prayer for the Swift Return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche by His Holiness the Dalai Lama with additional prayers by other distinguished lamas (English and Tibetan). to make request for his swift return to us, to continue to benefit all beings.

We are happy to announce that we have received new precious advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in May 2024 regarding practices for creating the causes for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s reincarnation. Venerable Roger Kunsang met with His Holiness during his recent visit to Dharamsala, India. His Holiness explained that it is important to continue with practices as previously advised as well as protector prayers and practices outlined below.

All of these practices listed below (except for the Retreat Prayer book) are available as one-click downloads without the need to log into a Foundation Store account. Simply select the “one-click download” link located above the description of each practice.

As Previously Advised:

New Advice!

  • Perform rituals invoking the four activities of the Dharma protectors Mahakala, Kalarupa (i.e. Dharmaraja), and Shri Devi (i.e. Palden Lhamo)

Do kangso (fulfillment and amendment) rituals if you are able to and have received an appropriate highest yoga tantra initiation. Copies of the relevant texts are available on request.

As these elaborate rituals may be more difficult to perform, students can recite the following prayers to the three protectors:

  • Praise to Six-Armed Protector Mahakala

  • Praise to Achieve the Inner Kalarupa (Dharmaraja)

  • Torma Offering to Palden Lhamo

  • Praise to Palden Lhamo: Requesting the Four Activities

These prayers can be found in the following booklets:

Additional Kalarupa ritual:

Additional prayers to Palden Lhamo:


Please join us in following this advice from His Holiness for the swift return of our precious guru Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

We will continue reciting Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri each week on Thursdays online at 7:45 am while 8:25 am. You can enter the zoom meeting by clicking the upcoming event link below.

Here is the link to the prayer: Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri. 

Here also is an audio clip of Lama Zopa Rinpoche reciting the Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri: https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/chanting-names-manjushri-manjushri-nama-samgiti-audio

If you have the appropriate High Yoga Tantra Tantric initiations and would like to lead a weekly practice for the community please get in touch with our SPC Chrissie spc@jamyangleeds.co.uk

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