Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
The FPMT is an organization devoted to preserving and spreading Mahayana Buddhism worldwide by creating opportunities to listen, reflect, meditate, practice and actualize the unmistaken teachings of the Buddha and based on that experience spreading the Dharma to sentient beings. We provide integrated education through which people’s minds and hearts can be transformed into their highest potential for the benefit of others, inspired by an attitude of universal responsibility and service. We are committed to creating harmonious environments and helping all beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and compassion. Our organization is based on the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught to us by our founders Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.
Die Stiftung zur Erhaltung der Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) ist eine Organisation, die sich weltweit für die Erhaltung und Verbreitung des Mahayana-Buddhismus einsetzt, indem sie Möglichkeiten schafft, den makellosen Lehren des Buddha zuzuhören, über sie zur reflektieren und zu meditieren und auf der Grundlage dieser Erfahrung das Dharma unter den Lebewesen zu verbreiten.
Wir bieten integrierte Schulungswege an, durch denen der Geist und das Herz der Menschen in ihr höchstes Potential verwandelt werden zum Wohl der anderen – inspiriert durch eine Haltung der universellen Verantwortung und dem Wunsch zu dienen. Wir haben uns verpflichtet, harmonische Umgebungen zu schaffen und allen Wesen zu helfen, ihr volles Potenzial unendlicher Weisheit und grenzenlosen Mitgefühls zu verwirklichen.
Unsere Organisation basiert auf der buddhistischen Tradition von Lama Tsongkhapa von Tibet, so wie sie uns von unseren Gründern Lama Thubten Yeshe und Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche gelehrt wird.
La Fundación para la preservación de la tradición Mahayana (FPMT) es una organización que se dedica a preservar y difundir el budismo Mahayana en todo el mundo, creando oportunidades para escuchar, reflexionar, meditar, practicar y actualizar las enseñanzas inconfundibles de Buda y en base a esa experiencia difundir el Dharma a los seres.
Proporcionamos una educación integrada a través de la cual las mentes y los corazones de las personas se pueden transformar en su mayor potencial para el beneficio de los demás, inspirados por una actitud de responsabilidad y servicio universales. Estamos comprometidos a crear ambientes armoniosos y ayudar a todos los seres a desarrollar todo su potencial de infinita sabiduría y compasión.
Nuestra organización se basa en la tradición budista de Lama Tsongkhapa del Tíbet como nos lo enseñaron nuestros fundadores Lama Thubten Yeshe y Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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L’organisation de la FPMT a pour vocation la préservation et la diffusion du bouddhisme du mahayana dans le monde entier. Elle offre l’opportunité d’écouter, de réfléchir, de méditer, de pratiquer et de réaliser les enseignements excellents du Bouddha, pour ensuite transmettre le Dharma à tous les êtres. Nous proposons une formation intégrée grâce à laquelle le cœur et l’esprit de chacun peuvent accomplir leur potentiel le plus élevé pour le bien d’autrui, inspirés par le sens du service et une responsabilité universelle. Nous nous engageons à créer un environnement harmonieux et à aider tous les êtres à épanouir leur potentiel illimité de compassion et de sagesse. Notre organisation s’appuie sur la tradition guéloukpa de Lama Tsongkhapa du Tibet, telle qu’elle a été enseignée par nos fondateurs Lama Thoubtèn Yéshé et Lama Zopa Rinpoché.
L’FPMT è un organizzazione il cui scopo è preservare e diffondere il Buddhismo Mahayana nel mondo, creando occasioni di ascolto, riflessione, meditazione e pratica dei perfetti insegnamenti del Buddha, al fine di attualizzare e diffondere il Dharma fra tutti gli esseri senzienti.
Offriamo un’educazione integrata, che può trasformare la mente e i cuori delle persone nel loro massimo potenziale, per il beneficio di tutti gli esseri, ispirati da un’attitudine di responsabilità universale e di servizio.
Il nostro obiettivo è quello di creare contesti armoniosi e aiutare tutti gli esseri a sviluppare in modo completo le proprie potenzialità di infinita saggezza e compassione.
La nostra organizzazione si basa sulla tradizione buddhista di Lama Tsongkhapa del Tibet, così come ci è stata insegnata dai nostri fondatori Lama Thubten Yeshe e Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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“护持大乘法脉基金会”( 英文简称：FPMT。全名：Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition) 是一个致力于护持和弘扬大乘佛法的国际佛教组织。我们提供听闻，思维，禅修，修行和实证佛陀无误教法的机会，以便让一切众生都能够享受佛法的指引和滋润。
護持大乘法脈基金會”（ 英文簡稱：FPMT。全名：Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ）是一個致力於護持和弘揚大乘佛法的國際佛教組織。我們提供聽聞，思維，禪修，修行和實證佛陀無誤教法的機會，以便讓一切眾生都能夠享受佛法的指引和滋潤。
When I talk of being detached, what I mean is to be simpler, more easy-going. Detachment doesn’t mean totally renouncing everything. It means that you loosen your grip and be more relaxed.
The Foundation Store is FPMT’s online shop and features a vast selection of Buddhist study and practice materials written or recommended by our lineage gurus. These items include homestudy programs, prayers and practices in PDF or eBook format, materials for children, and other resources to support practitioners.
Items displayed in the shop are made available for Dharma practice and educational purposes, and never for the purpose of profiting from their sale. Please read FPMT Foundation Store Policy Regarding Dharma Items for more information.
We offer a vast range of education courses and programs, fulfilling the needs of beginners to advanced practitioners. All FPMT education courses and programs embody FPMT Wisdom Culture.
New to Buddhism? Want to see what Buddhism is all about or just use its teachings to improve your daily life? FPMT’s introductory courses are short courses that allow students to try out different meditation techniques, learn the basics of Tibetan Buddhism, and explore essential advice for the time of death and for making life meaningful.
Buddhist Meditation 101
What You Learn: The Buddhist Meditation 101 course presents: Basic meditation techniques for complete beginners. The meaning and purpose of meditation in a Tibetan Buddhist context. What mind is and how it works. How to use meditation to lessen destructive emotions and develop positive ones to become a kinder and wiser human being.
What You Learn: The Buddhism in a Nutshell course presents: Basic Buddhist philosophy and principles within a Tibetan Buddhist context for complete beginners. The four noble truths and the path to enlightenment through developing wisdom and compassion. Simple meditation instructions are also provided.
Duration: Five to ten sessions.
How to Participate: Find our online Buddhism in a Nutshell course as part of the Online Learning Center. Alternatively, check whether the course is offered at your closest FPMT center.
Buddhist Mind Science
What You Learn: The Buddhist Mind Science course presents: Buddhist philosophy and practices with an emphasis on the practical integration of its teachings in daily life. A dialogue between the Buddhist and scientific perspectives when applied to the fields of study on meditation, the mind, compassion, or well-being, amongst others. A repertoire of tools, including meditation and contemplation techniques, to contribute to living meaningful, beneficial, and happier lives.
Duration: Seven modules with five to six sessions per module.
How to Participate: Refer to the dedicated page of this Buddhist Mind Science course for details.
Heart Advice for Death & Dying
What You Learn: In the Heart Advice for Death and Dying course, you will be introduced to the following: How to overcome the fear of thinking and talking about death. Awareness of the reality of your own and others’ death helps you live life in a more meaningful way. Methods to help yourself and others face death peacefully and even joyfully.
The Foundational FPMT Education Programs present the opportunities to engage in a deeply experiential tradition of study and practice, based on the teachings of the Buddha that were further systematized and elaborated on by great teachers of Tibet, such as Lama Tsongkhapa, and passed from teacher to student up to this present day. They are suitable for those who wish to go deeper in their learning and exploration of Buddhist concepts and practices in their daily life.
Discovering Buddhism
What You Learn: The Discovering Buddhism program offers an experiential taste of teachings and practices in the Tibetan Mahayana Buddhist tradition based on the lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment. It includes guided meditations and intensive practice days to integrate the teachings and make life most meaningful.
Duration: Thirteen modules over two years and a fourteenth module of personal integration practices.
How to Participate: The program is offered in at FPMT centers worldwide and online. Find Discovering Buddhism Online as part of the Online Learning Center in English and French. Module 2, “How to Meditate” is available free to the public. Alternatively, check whether the course is offered at your closest FPMT center.
Living in the Path
What You Learn: The Living in the Path program is an online program offered at our Online Learning Center that features quintessential lamrim teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. These are taken from various teaching events from 2009 onward. Meditations, mindfulness practices, and service practices drawn from the teachings make it easy to integrate them into daily life.
Duration: Flexible; a total of 20 stand-alone modules include three major sections on Taking the Essence of a precious human life; Practice Instructions on common prayers; and Realizing the Lamrim on gaining realizations of different topics on the stages of the path to enlightenment.
How to Participate: Find Living in the Path as part of the Online Learning Center. The majority of the modules is available free of charge.
Exploring Buddhism
What You Learn: The Exploring Buddhism program is a topical exploration of Buddhist philosophy and practices for developing deeper understanding of main Buddhist concepts and their relationship to practice and realization. Essential preparation for approaching in-depth Buddhist philosophical study, such as the FPMT Basic Program.
The In-Depth FPMT Education Programs are designed for students who are ready to commit themselves to long-term study and practice. They offer a structured approach to Dharma education over a prolonged period of time. With their distinctive feature of being text-based, taught by geshes or senior Western teachers with a background of extensive textual study, they introduce students to the abundance of philosophical detail that characterizes Lama Tsongkhapa’s Gelugpa tradition.
FPMT Basic Program
What You Learn: The FPMT Basic Program is a comprehensive, practice-oriented transmission of the Buddhadharma designed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for committed students who are ready to progress beyond foundational level study and practice.
Duration: Nine main and three supplementary subjects over five years.
How to Participate: The program is offered in a variety of formats, residential and non-residential, in FPMT centers worldwide. Alternatively, it is also available as BP Online as part of the FPMT Online Learning Center.
FPMT Masters Program
What You Learn: The FPMT Masters Program provides an intensive, full-time study of Buddhist sutra and tantra, based on the unique vision of Lama Thubten Yeshe and developed with the help of the late Geshe Jampa Gyatso. Inspired by the Geshe Studies in traditional Gelug monastic universities, it provides serious students of Lama Tsongkhapa’s tradition greater depth of study and practice and the opportunity to become qualified FPMT teachers.
Duration: Six years of study with integrated practice, training, and service components, and one year of retreat.
Maitripa College offers a Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies, a Master of Divinity Degree, Continuing Education courses, and community programming. Founded upon the three pillars of scholarship, meditation, and service, its contemplative learning curriculum combines modern academic and traditional Tibetan Buddhist disciplines.
Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies (MA)
What You Learn: The MA degree offers a superior, integrated education in Buddhist Studies. It is designed for students seeking an in-depth and critical understanding of Buddhist thought in the context of both traditional and academic scholarship. The degree couples meditative experience of the path and Buddhist principles into active service in partnership with a core philosophical curriculum designed to ground the student in Buddhist principles, logic, philosophical arguments, and meditative techniques. The curriculum was designed by Yangsi Rinpoche with the support of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and serves as the foundation for establishing a fully accredited Buddhist university in the United States.
Duration: Two to three years (44 credits).
Language Requirement: 6 credits (can be fulfilled by the Classical Tibetan Language Intensive offered each summer).
How to Participate: Maitripa College is located in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Masters of Divinity (MDiv)
What You Learn: Maitripa College offers a robust, 72 credit Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree under the direction of Yangsi Rinpoche, Geshe Lharampa. The MDiv is a professional degree focused on a Buddhist approach to cultivating intellectual, spiritual, and professional skills in order to work as an agent of positive change in the world.
The Maitripa College MDiv degree attends to the personal, scholarly, and pastoral competencies required for chaplaincy or spiritual leadership through innovative coursework, personal spiritual formation, and opportunities for internship or clinical pastoral education unit and an action-research final project. The Maitripa College MDiv degree is the only Buddhist chaplaincy training program in North America recognized by the Association of Professional Chaplains as fulfilling both the theological educational and Endorsement criteria for graduates who wish to become national Board Certification Chaplains.
Duration: Three to five years (72 credits).
Language Requirement: None.
How to Participate: Maitripa College is located in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Translator and Interpreter Training
The Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Programme is a 4-year Tibetan language training program aimed at providing native speaker interpreters for FPMT centers worldwide. The program consists of two years of classroom study in Dharamsala, India, followed by two years of training at an FPMT center as an interpreter for the resident geshe.
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program
What You Learn: Classical and colloquial Tibetan.
Duration: Four years; two years of intensive classroom study in Dharamsala, India, followed by two years training in a Dharma center as an interpreter for a Tibetan geshe.
Students who complete an FPMT foundational or in-depth education program are eligible to apply for teacher registration. FPMT registered teachers can offer introductory courses, foundational programs, and in-depth programs or subjects in FPMT centers, study groups, projects, and services around the world. Contact FPMT Teacher Services for more details.
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What You Learn: The Buddhist Mind Science course presents: Buddhist philosophy and practices with an emphasis on the practical integration of its teachings in daily life. A dialogue between the Buddhist and scientific perspectives when applied to the fields of study on meditation, the mind, compassion, or well-being, amongst others. A repertoire of tools, including meditation and contemplation techniques, to contribute to living meaningful, beneficial, and happier lives.
What You Learn: The Exploring Buddhism program is a topical exploration of Buddhist philosophy and practices for developing deeper understanding of main Buddhist concepts and their relationship to practice and realization. Essential preparation for approaching in-depth Buddhist philosophical study, such as the FPMT Basic Program.
