Recent pictures of Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche taken by Valerie

1. "Phuntsok Rinpoche in school"

2. "Phuntsok Rinpoche in Kopan Debate Award"

Phuntsok Rinpoche in class in kopan

Photos taken by Ven Losang Drolma

Recent pictures of Phuntsok Rinpoche taken by Nyudrup Tsering (Geshe Zopa's youngest brother).

Recent pictures of Phuntsok Rinpoche taken by Ernest Pok

To all students and friends of the late Great Mahasiddha Geshe lama Konchog,

15th Oct marks the 9th Anniversary of Geshe Lama Konchog’s passing.

We have arranged to do Guru Puja, Tsog Offering prayers in Kopan Monastery, Tara Puja at Kopan Nunnery, 16 Arhats Puja in Sera Lhowa Khangtsen and Medicine Buddha Puja at Sera Je Tsawa Khangtsen. These pujas will include extensive tea, bread and cash offering to all the sanghas.

We have also arranged to make extensive light offerings and prayers at Holy Places in India, Nepal and Tibet. Food offering is made to the poor around India. Fred and Cindy will be organizing animal liberation in Singapore.

All these merits will be dedicated to all students and friends of Geshe Lama Konchog and Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche.

With lots of prayers and best wishes,

Phuntsok Labrang.

Dear students and friends of Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche,

“Tashi Delek and prayers to all from Phuntsok Rinpoche”.

For your information, Phuntsok Rinpoche has just completed his one and a half month summer retreat and would like to dedicate his merits to everyone who’s directly or indirectly connected to him.

Rinpoche also managed to have a short but fun packed holiday after his retreat, and despite all that excitement, he continued to dedicate his merits to everyone. He is now back to school and he is enjoying very much both his studies and with his classmates. Rinpoche is also looking forward to having some fun time on his birthday on Oct 28.

Wesak 2009 Message

To all my students, dharma brothers, sisters and friends from all over the world,

Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche sincerely pray and wish everyone a most happy Wesak month (Sakadawa) and he also wishes and pray that may everyone have a most wonderful, meaningful and enlightening Wesak month too.

Rinpoche will dedicate all his merits and prayers to whoever that is connected to the late Great Mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog and himself, to have the most happy, most healthy, most successful, greatest and most meaningful Wesak and the rest of the days, weeks, months and many years to come.

Rinpoche will be doing lots of recitation of Guru Shakyamuni Buddhas mantra, read and meditate on Guru Shakyamuni Buddha's life story followed by lots of candle light offerings, flower offerings, nectar offerings and pujas to all Buddhas and holy beings. He will also practice generosity by feeding vegetables/food to animals, visit holy places and make extensive offerings during this Wesak month.

Rinpoche said that he will dedicate all his merits for everyone's happiness and meaningful life.

With lots of prayers,
Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche
Phuntsok Labrang Kopan.

Recent pictures taken in December 2008.

2009 Tibetan and Chinese New Year

After my retreat in mid December, I went back to Kopan Monastery and the first thing I did was to see Phuntsok Rinpoche. He immediately asked me why I didn’t call to wish him happy birthday which was in October. I told him I was in retreat. It seems many people called to wish him plus there was a celebration organized for him in Kopan Monastery. I felt very happy and touched with his complaint, as this only showed his love, care and concern for me and every single moment while I was in retreat, I felt his blessings with his enlightened mind.

I had a wonderful time with him for two whole weeks and I was extremely overjoyed with his enthusiasm and interest in his studies. For your information, he started school beginning of this year and he is doing very well. He loves school and his English language has improved tremendously that he is now able to communicate with others directly. In fact his vocabulary and pronunciation is better than mine.

He is also more matured, able to memorize different prayers and practices, Tibetan language, mathematics, science ...etc. subject which I never had a chance to study. I am so happy with his progress. He continues to love living in the compound of Kopan Monastery. In one recent incident during the visit of LDC group, they invited him and other young lamas for lunch. It was a Friday morning but he gently declined due to school. Our little lama said “Lunch is not important as my school”. I must admit I’m so impressed.

Khen Rinpoche and I was outside the Kopan coffee shop and we both tried to convince him to take a day off from school for lunch with the LDC group but he still insisted lunch was not important and decided to stay in school. The other little lamas ended up joining us and Phuntsok Rinpoche ended up having potatoes for lunch.

Later that day when I went back, he asked me if I enjoyed lunch. I replied ... “Of course I did, we had lunch in Hyatt Kathmandu. How about you?” Little Phuntsok Rinpoche replied “Of course I did... I enjoyed my potatoes”.

He’s grown up, still chubby, playful but lots of interest in study. He’s also very cute, very loving and very funny. Every body loves his unique character...I love it too. ;-D

I just want to share this with all students and friends of Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche who cares for him and who’s interested to know how he is doing. He is happy and doing great.

On behalf of Phuntsok Rinpoche, I like to wish everyone and pray, may the coming Chinese and Tibetan new year be filled with good health, prosperity, laughter, happiness and enlightenment.

I have organized extensive pujas and prayers offering during this great Mulam Festival in Nepal, the 15 days of Buddha’s miracle merit multiplying day which is solely dedicated for the long life and fulfilment of all the holy wishes of His Holiness Dalai Lama, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Khen Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup, Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche, all holy beings and students, friends and supporters of the Great Mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog.

Happy new year.

Geshe Tenzin Zopa