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Making Offerings to the Pretas
“How can you make your life beneficial for your most kind, precious mother sentient beings, especially the pretas, and receive all happiness of the three times, including liberation from samsara and the great liberation – peerless, full enlightenment?” asks Lama Zopa Rinpoche … Read full article
Upcoming Events
July 2014
5 – 6 Teaching: Making Life Meaningful, Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds, UK
10 Teaching: Enlightened Courage – The Buddha’s Path of Wise Compassion, Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London, UK
11 – 13 Heruka Five Deities Initiation, Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London, UK
16 a Long Life Puja will be offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London, UK
Sept – Oct 2014
September 6 Chenrezig Institute, Queensland, Australia – Talk on ‘Purification, Healing and Joyful Living’
September 7, 8, 9 Chenrezig Institute, Queensland, Australia – Great Chenrezig Initiation
September 13 – 19 Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Bendigo, Australia – CPMT meeting
September 20 – Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Bendigo, Australia – Public Talk on ‘The Bodhisattva Attitude’
Sept 25 – Oct 23 Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Bendigo, Australia - Bodhicaryavatara and Rinjung Gyatsa Retreat
Current Advice
Taking Care of Sentient Beings Is the Most Meaningful Life
Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote a thank-you letter to the volunteers who had made the recent Light of the Path retreat go so well. Rinpoche’s focus is on how meaningful it is to serve sentient beings:
“My very dear, very precious, very kind wish-fulfilling ones,
Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much for your really beautiful, amazing, joyful dedication; really beautifully done, all your service, well done!
Taking care of sentient beings from the heart: so this is the really most meaningful life. Cherishing sentient beings and serving them as well as serving the teachings of Buddha to educate sentient beings to practice and actualize the path, in order to free them from the oceans of samsaric sufferings, not only that, but to achieve the peerless happiness, the state of omniscient mind. … Therefore, what you are doing is most pleasing to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas, by cherishing sentient beings and taking care of them and serving them … wow … wow … wow.”
Read the full letter
Recent Photos
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy, June 9, 2014. Photo by Piero Sirianni.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama arriving in Italy, June 10, 2014. Photo by Piero Sirianni.
Waiting for His Holiness the Dalai Lama to arrive, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy, June 10, 2014. Photo by Ven. Thubten Kunsang.
Recent Video
Lama Zopa Rinpoche talking about the karma and emptiness of some amazing flower offerings at Kachoe Dechen Ling. 6 June 2014 Filmed by Ven.Roger Kunsang and Ven.Thubten Kunsang
uploaded: 2014-06-24 | length:9.25 min.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and meditator who for 30 years has overseen the spiritual activities of the worldwide network of 160-plus centers, projects and social services that form the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) which he founded with Lama Thubten Yeshe.
Read more about Lama Zopa Rinpoche including: updates on his health, news blog, photos, videos, schedule, advice and how to contact.
Education
Education is the very heart of FPMT. Through comprehensive study programs, practice materials, training programs, and scholarships, FPMT nourishes the development of compassion, wisdom, kindness, and true happiness in individuals.
Whether you are a beginner or an advanced practitioner, take the next step to take on your spiritual journey. Education Programs »
Charitable Projects
The Padmasambhava Project for Peace is dedicated to fulfilling Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s goal of building many large statues of Padmasambhava around the world in order to create the cause for peace for all beings. more…
Friends of FPMT
Offer your support for the work of FPMT International Office in developing education programs, publishing authentic Dharma materials, supporting FPMT centers, project and services. As a Friend of FPMT, you receive Mandala magazine as well as access to the FPMT Online Learning Center and more.
Online Learning
With over 50 modules available in English, Spanish and French, and more than 10,000 registered users, the FPMT Online Learning Center provides an enormous opportunity to learn. Students can engage in the comprehensive programs developed by FPMT Education Services without leaving home.
The Foundation Store
The Foundation Store provides a vast selection of Buddhist Study materials including Prayers & Practices, Home Study & Online Programs, and Dharma study Materials for Children.
Visit Meditation Supplies for a variety of Malas, Incense, Ritual Items, Accessories, and much more.
Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
LYWA is the Archive of FPMT. It contains the recordings and transcripts of Lama Thubten Yeshe’s and Kyabje Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings dating back to the early 1970s. You can read transcripts, view photos and listen to teachings. more…
News
Announcements
2014 International Merit Box Grant Award Winners!
The 2014 International Merit Box grant award winners have been chosen! Fifteen projects which further the mission of FPMT have gotten much-needed funding support thanks to the generosity of Merit Box practitioners. $54,743 in grants have be distributed for the ... Read full articleFPMT Projects
History in the Making: Supporting the Nepal Buddhist Federation
In 2006, for the first time in the history of the Nalanda Tradition, Nyingma, Kagyü, Sakya and Gelug traditions have formed an umbrella organization called Nepal Buddhist Federation (NBF). Since then, NBF has been engaging in many activities, including organizing ... Read full articleMandala Magazine
FPMT Education Services Updates Webpages
To help FPMT students around the world access the resources they need, FPMT Education Services have been working to restructure the pages, links and downloads on the FPMT Education Services sections of fpmt.org. You can find links to prayers and practices, sutras ... Read full articleWhat is the Foundation for the
Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition?
Die Stiftung zur Erhaltung der Mahayana-Tradition hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, diese buddhistische Tradition und ihre Werte weltweit zugänglich zu machen. Unsere Organisation bietet Unterweisungen des tibetischen Buddhismus, Meditation, soziale Dienstleistungen, Klausurzentren und Projekte, die dazu beitragen, diese Tradition zu erhalten. Sie hat ihre Grundlage in der Gelugpa-Überlieferung der Lehren des tibetischen Meisters Tsongkhapa, die wir in Form der Unterweisungen von Lama Yesche, des Gründers dieser Organisation, und unseres spirituellen Leiters Lama Zopa Rinpotsche weitergeben.
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La Fundación para la preservación de la tradición Mahayana (FPMT) se dedica a la transmisión de la tradición y valores budistas mahayana en todo el mundo a través de enseñanzas de budismo tibetano, meditación, servicio a la comunidad, centros de retiro y proyectos que preservan la tradición. La FPMT está basada en la tradición guelugpa de Lama Tsong Khapa del Tíbet, tal como nos han enseñado nuestro fundador, Lama Thubten Yeshe, y nuestro director espiritual, Lama Zopa Rimpoché.
A continuación puede ver una lista de los centros y sus páginas web en su lengua preferida.
La Fondation pour la Préservation de la Tradition du Mahayana (FPMT) est une organisation consacrée à la transmission dans le monde entier de la tradition et des valeurs du bouddhisme du mahayana, par l’enseignement, la méditation, les œuvres à caractère social, les centres de retraite et les projets qui préservent la tradition. La FPMT est fondée sur la tradition guéloukpa de Lama Tsongkhapa du Tibet, telle qu’elle a été enseignée par notre fondateur Lama Thoubtèn Yéshé et notre directeur spirituel, Lama Zopa Rinpoché.
Visitez le site de notre Bureau de traduction pour les traductions, conseils et nouvelles en français.
Voici une liste de centres et de leurs sites dans votre langue préférée
La Fondazione per la Preservazione della Tradizione Mahayana (FPMT), opera per diffondere in tutto il mondo i valori e la tradizione buddhista attraverso gli insegnamenti del buddhismo tibetano, la meditazione, i centri di ritiro, le attività a carattere sociale e vari progetti mirati a preservare la tradizione stessa. L’FPMT si basa sul lignaggio Gelugpa e sugli insegnamenti del maestro tibetano Lama Tzongkhapa così come sono stati trasmessi dal nostro fondatore Lama Thubten Yeshe e dal direttore spirituale, Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Di seguito potete trovare un elenco dei centri e dei loro siti nella lingua da voi prescelta.
The power of Rinpoche’s bodhichitta coupled with the effectiveness of Rinpoche’s projects makes the Merit Box an essential method for committed FPMT students to accumulate merit by practicing generosity towards the purest object, the Guru. more…
WORK A DAY
This year we celebrate Saka Dawa on June 4 and we are inviting you to contribute to Work a Day for Rinpoche, a fund that supports Rinpoche’s beneficial programs and projects. By dedicating your virtuous activities on Saka Dawa towards the realization of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s compassionate wishes and donating your salary from that day to the fund, you are able to make a meaningful contribution towards benefiting all beings.
is a magnificent 500ft/152m bronze statue in the form of Maitreya Buddha. The statue is being built to last at least 1,000 years, providing an enduring monument to the quality of loving-kindness. The purpose is to bring as much benefit as possible, for as long as possible – spiritually, in education and healthcare, and economically, through the direct and indirect creation of employment opportunities.