Anniversary of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche Showing the Aspect of Passing Away
April 13, 2026 @ 4.00pm IST
Only in person!
April 13, 2026 marks the third anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away.
As a reminder to students, Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away is a short text translated by Rinpoche that explains the importance of making offerings on the anniversary of the passing away of one’s guru. It sets out the benefits of making offerings, how to make the offerings with six remembrances, and how to offer and dedicate the roots of virtue collected. Rinpoche specifically wanted to translate this text for the anniversary of Lama Yeshe’s passing, and it was a text that he wanted available for quite some time. We mention this to emphasize how important Rinpoche felt it was to offer these practices on the anniversary of the guru’s passing, for example, doing Lama Chopa and Tsog Offering as Rinpoche said in the Foreword.
As Rinpoche explains in the foreword of the text, Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away, “Making offerings on the death anniversary of a guru is an incredible practice in that it brings about the greatest purification of negative karma and collects the most extensive merit.”
This is an incredibly powerful time for these prayers as His Holiness confirmed in April 2025 that the reincarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been born, and is living in Nepal. His Holiness advised to continue reciting Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri as well as Migtsema practice.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Prayers & Practices
- Guru Puja with Tsog
- Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri
- King of Prayers
Everyone is welcome to join and there is no registration needed!
Offerings and donations are welcome.