Please join us as we celebrate His Holiness’ Birthday by engaging in a compassion practice as part of the Global Mani Retreat, a world-wide meditation and mantra accumulation project, dedicated to His Holiness’ long life, and the the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s unmistaken reincarnation.

This is one thread in a larger weaving: thousands of practitioners across the FPMT network are reciting together through 2026, working toward Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast vision of 100 million mani recitations and dedicating the merit toward his swift return, the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the benefit of all beings.

Since the total number of mantras recited in the Global Mani Retreat sessions will be offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, please report your mantra count here: GLOBAL MANI RETREAT : MANTRA RECITATION COUNT / 線上觀音心咒閉關：持誦咒數統計.

As is indicated at that page, you can either: submit that form ONCE, at the conclusion of the retreat on November 1, 2026 – OR – submit your count in progressive stages, provided you do not repeat your previously reported numbers.

Besides attending this or any other online sessions conducted during the retreat, you are also welcome to conduct retreat sessions on your own using “A Short Sādhanā of the Compassion Buddha, Ārya Chenrezig” which can be found here

Alternative Sadhana Option: The Source of All Attainments: The Yoga of the Inseparability of the Guru and Avalokiteshvara