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Four Kadampa Deities Retreat: Enlightenment through Compassion

Four Kadampa Deities Retreat: Enlightenment through Compassion

Recently we shared the addition to our Rinpoche Available Now page of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s 2003 twenty-three part teachings from a Four Kadampa Deities Retreat offered at Institut Vajra Yogini, France. The retreat focused on the four Kadampa deities, however, ... Read more »
Please Read Our March 2024 e-News

Please Read Our March 2024 e-News

This issue of our monthly e-news brings you news, resources, and special announcements including: Reminder about the upcoming anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche passing away, A teaching by Lama Yeshe, Our 2023 Annual Review, An update from the FPMT Inc. ... Read more »
2023 Annual Review Is Now Available!

2023 Annual Review Is Now Available!

We are happy to share this year’s Annual Review, “Repaying the Kindness, Looking to the Future.” We invite you to take your time with the various reports as this was an unprecedented year and we have a lot to share ... Read more »
Heart Sutra: Practice and Instructions for Retreat

Heart Sutra: Practice and Instructions for Retreat

The Heart Sutra is the most widely known sutra of the Mahayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It is part of the Prajnaparamita Sutras, which is a collection of about 40 sutras composed between 100 BCE and 500 CE. The Heart ... Read more »
Anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche Showing the Aspect of Passing Away

Anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche Showing the Aspect of Passing Away

April 13, 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away. We want to remind students about a text translated by Rinpoche, Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away which is a ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: Making the Most of Your Life

Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: Making the Most of Your Life

In 1975 during their first trip to Europe, Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a weekend seminar in England, once again demonstrating their charisma and knowledge, and the profound effect of Buddha’s wisdom on Western people. This seminar was ... Read more »
Fulfilling Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Holy Wishes: Planting the Seed of the Gelug Monlam in the West

Fulfilling Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Holy Wishes: Planting the Seed of the Gelug Monlam in the West

Since 1998, the Gelug Monlam—known as the Great Prayer Festival—has been held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in the tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa, who founded the festival in 1409. The Monlam is regarded as one the “four great activities” of Lama ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Four Kadampa Deities Retreat Teachings from 2003

Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Four Kadampa Deities Retreat Teachings from 2003

From April 18 to May 11, 2003 Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave extensive teachings (twenty-three videos!) during the Four Kadampa Deities Retreat at Institut Vajra Yogini, France. The retreat focused on the four Kadampa deities, however, Rinpoche teaches on a broad ... Read more »
FPMT Inc. Board of Directors January/February 2024 Update

FPMT Inc. Board of Directors January/February 2024 Update

For some people the time of wishing one another a happy new year might have passed weeks ago. For others, however, it was more appropriate about six weeks later when February 10, 2024 marked the beginning of both the Tibetan ... Read more »
Days of Miracles and Days of Prayers for Rinpoche’s Swift Return in Bodhgaya

Days of Miracles and Days of Prayers for Rinpoche’s Swift Return in Bodhgaya

We share this moving account from Ven. Sarah Thresher about the prayers offered for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return during the Fifteen Days of Miracles in Bodhgaya, India. It’s common to hear chanting at the great place of enlightenment in ... Read more »
February 2024 e-News is Now Available

February 2024 e-News is Now Available

This issue of our monthly e-news brings you news, resources, and special announcements including: How to help actualize Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Stupa of Complete Victory, A teaching from Lama Yeshe: On Educating Children, A report on the Geshe Conference at ... Read more »
FPMT Geshe Conference at Kopan Monastery: A Family Feeling of Unity

FPMT Geshe Conference at Kopan Monastery: A Family Feeling of Unity

The new year began with an extremely important conference for FPMT geshes at Kopan Monastery from January 9-14, 2024. More than thirty geshes and geshemas plus five FPMT Inc. board members spent three days together engaged in a rich schedule ... Read more »