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Solar Eclipse on August 12: An Opportunity to Generate Extensive Merit!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche often spoke about solar and lunar eclipses, which are considered auspicious for practice and provide opportunities to accumulate merit manyfold. As stated in the vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic, the karmic results of actions are ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Happiness Starts When We Renounce This Life
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s book How to Practice Dharma: Teachings on the Eight Worldly Dharmas deals with the eight worldly dharmas, essentially how desire and attachment cause us to create problems and suffering and how to abandon these negative minds in ... Read more »
Remembering Rinpoche: LYWA Invites Students to Share Their Treasured Memories
December 3, 2026, marks what would have been the 80th birthday of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. To honor his profound and enduring legacy, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA) has launched a special project to honor the Lamas’ legacy for future generations: ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: On the Buddha of Compassion
In this teaching from 1976, Lama Thubten Yeshe gives a commentary on The Inseparability of the Spiritual Master and Avalokiteshvara: A Source of All Powerful Attainments , a practice composed by His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama when he was ... Read more »
Remembering Barbara Vautier, Whose Life Was Transformed at Kopan
Barbara Vautier, an early student of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche since the third Kopan course, passed away on July 1, 2026 in California. “Kopan course changed the way in which I approach life,” said Barbara. “My ... Read more »
Global Mani Retreat: Two Months of Practice in Fulfilling Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Wish
Since launching on May 17, 2026—the first day of Saka Dawa month—the FPMT Global Mani Retreat has brought together students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche from around the world to help fulfill one of Rinpoche’s most cherished wishes: “This is one ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: A Spiritual Response to Wars and Violence
First published in the March–May 2002 issue of Mandala magazine, “An Open Letter to a President” was later included in Teachings from the Medicine Buddha Retreat , published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive and edited by Ven. Alisa Cameron (2009). ... Read more »
Family Feeling News Roundup: July 2026
The News Roundup is a digest of short community highlights from FPMT centers and individuals around the world, as part of our ongoing effort to nourish the “family feeling” and bring back the “News Around the World” and “News in ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Grants Offered to Schools in India and Nepal in 2026
Education remains one of the most powerful ways to transform lives, preserve culture, and create lasting opportunities for future generations. In 2026, the FPMT Social Services Fund (SSF) continued its commitment to supporting vulnerable students in some of the most ... Read more »
FSS Fosters Collaboration and Shared Purpose at ILTK
From June 10 to 14, 2026, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) in Italy hosted a Foundation Service Seminar (FSS), bringing together twenty-four participants from across the FPMT mandala. Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT)’s Istituto Lama Tzong ... Read more »
Two Maitreya Statues, One Vast Vision: Updates from Kushinagar and Bodhgaya
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions is to build 1,000 statues of Maitreya Buddha around the world. Two such projects are currently underway: one in Kushinagar, one in Bodhgaya. Maitreya Buddha Project in Kushinagar, overseen by the Maitreya Project ... Read more »