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Become a Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
“… When you abandon harm to others, you receive so much happiness from others, from life to life, for 100 lifetimes,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche advised. “Just by abstaining from harm to others one time you receive benefit for 100 lifetimes. [...]
Upcoming Events
2014
May 3 – Teaching on the 8 Verses of Thought Transformation, Kadampa Center, USA
May 4 – 18 - Light of the Path Retreat Kadampa Center, USA
Sept – Oct 2014
Sept 13 – 19 Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Bendigo, Australia – CPMT meeting (this meeting is only for FPMT directors, spiritual program coordinators, registered teachers, board members and coordinators)
Sept 25 – Oct 23 Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Bendigo, Australia - Bodhicaryavatara and Rinjung Gyatsa Retreat
Current Advice
How to Use Cooking in the Path
“The initial reason why people come to a Dharma center is not for the food but for the teachings and meditations; they are a little bored with the lives they have and are looking for something new. However, the conditions at the center, and especially the food, are a very important support for the teachings and meditations. Sometimes in the past when I would teach on impermanence, the hells and the eight worldly dharmas, people would get scared and leave; but if the food was good, they would stay. That’s one way to keep them!
So I will explain a short meditation for cooks.” …
Recent Photos
Rinpoche with members of the FPMT Board of Directors. Aptos, California. September 2013. Photo by Ven. Thubten Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, California, November 2013. Photo by Ven. Thubten Kunsang.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Tenzin Osel Hita, CA, September, 2013. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang
Total of Practices Being Offered to Rinpoche
THANKS TO ALL who participated in the practices requested to be done for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s health and long life back in April this year. On Dec 9th, an amazing total of practices will be offered to Rinpoche as part [...]
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in 1946 in Thami, in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, not far from the Lawudo cave where his predecessor had meditated for the last 20 years of his life. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is the Spiritual Director of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition and oversees all of its activities.
Read the latest News about Lama Zopa Rinpoche including: updates on his health, stories, videos, photos, schedule, blog, and advice.
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.
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Charitable Projects
Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) is perhaps the most universally cherished realized being in all of Tibetan Buddhism. Padmasambhava came to Tibet from India in the 8th century and helped establish a pure lineage which is still practiced today by all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism around the world. 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…
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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
Maitreya Project Kushinagar News!
Maitreya Project Trust is thrilled to announce that on the 13th of December, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh State, The Honourable Shri Akhilesh Yadev, will preside over a Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony on Maitreya Project land in Kushinagar, India. [...]FPMT Projects
Students begin 108 Nyung-Na Retreats Sponsored by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
On November 15, students began the first of 108 Nyung-Nä retreats at Institut Vajra Yogini, France. Ten of these students are sponsored by the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund. The retreats will be completed in June of 2014. The cost [...]Mandala Magazine
Photos from the 100 Million Mani Retreat in Mongolia
The new issue of Mandala features a first-hand report from the historic 100 Million Mani Retreat in Mongolia held in August 2013 in Ulaanbaatar. Lama Zopa Rinpoche led the month-long retreat, which was hosted by FPMT Mongolia. As part of Mandala’s [...]What 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.