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Losar and 15 Days of Miracles– A Powerful Opportunity for Practice
The Fifteen Days of Miracles commemorate the special time when Guru Shakyamuni Buddha showed miraculous powers in order to subdue six tirthikas, or non-Buddhist teachers, who lacked faith in him, and to inspire more faith in his followers. It begins ... Read more »
Geshe Thubten Sherab: Long Retreat After Years of Service to Thubten Norbu Ling, Santa Fe
For the majority of Thubten Norbu Ling’s twenty-five year history in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, Geshe Thubten Sherab has served as joint-resident teacher. After a world teaching tour, Geshe Sherab will enter three year retreat at the beginning of ... Read more »
Reciting Sutras: Powerful Benefit for Oneself and Others
Sutras are records of teachings given by the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. The Buddha’s discourses were memorized by his disciples and later written down in various languages, the most complete collections of teachings being in Pali and Sanskrit. Because sutras contain ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: The Cycle of Death and Rebirth
The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives offers a growing index of teaching excerpts from Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe. In addition to the fascinating historical narrative from students of Lama Yeshe, Big Love is also filled with ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Change Your View of Others by Practicing Patience
In 2018, during a teaching at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Lama Zopa Rinpoche shared advice on how to see those who harm you as your virtuous friend of patience. Rinpoche explains that if somebody makes you ... Read more »
50 Years of FPMT: Ven. Elisabeth Drukier’s Story
As FPMT has reached 50 years as an organization, we are taking the opportunity to celebrate the stories and contributions of all who have helped Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche establish centers, projects, services, and study groups around the ... Read more »
January 2026 e-News is Available!
We are delighted to share the January 2026 e-news with you. We share many causes for rejoicing including: Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, ILTK’s Remembering Lama Yeshe project, His Holiness the Dalai Lama attends Winter Debate at Drepung Monastery, Tara ... Read more »
FPMT Celebrates Fifty Years!
December 2025 marked 50 years since Lama Yeshe famously said, “We need an organization to keep this together.” Lama was reflecting on the success of a recent eight-and-a-half month tour of nine countries, the most extensive Lama Yeshe and Lama ... Read more »
Geshe Doga and Students from Tara Institute Attend Long Life Puja for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
On Christmas Eve 2025, a long-life puja was offered to His Holiness at Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, India, this year’s host of the Annual Winter Debate. Several thousand (mostly monks) attended this event. Cynthia Karena of Tara Institute (TI), Melbourne, ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Attends Annual Winter Debate at Drepung Monastery
As a tremendous blessing to all of the monks participating, His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended the annual Winter Jang Debate, held this year at Drepung Monastery, South India. Two-thousand monks participated from over twenty monasteries. This annual debate dates ... Read more »
100,000 Candles Lit at Rinchen Jangsem Ling, Malaysia
The grounds of Rinchen Jangsem Ling retreat center (RJL) in Triang, Malaysia, were illuminated by 102,647 tea lights during its recent 100,000 Light Offerings to Thousand-Armed Chenrezig on the evening of December 6, 2025, breaking a record for the most ... Read more »