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Institut Vajra Yogini Has Completed 108 Nyung Na Retreats for the 12th Year!
Institut Vajra Yogini (IVY) in France has hosted its twelfth series of 108 Nyung Na retreats from November 2022 to June 2023. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization was to sponsor people who make a ... Read more »
H.H. the Forty-Second Sakya Trizin Rinpoche Offers Prayers at Kopan Monastery for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
On August 4, 2023, H.H the 42nd Sakya Trizin Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, eldest son of His Holiness Kyabgon Sakya Gongma Trichen Rinpoche, visited Kopan Monastery to offer prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return in front of Rinpoche’s holy body, ... Read more »
Life on the Road with Lama Zopa Rinpoche: No Rules Makes it Possible
Over the years, while traveling continuously with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ven. Roger Kunsang, CEO of FPMT and Rinpoche’s long-time attendant, would share stories of what it was like to be on the road with Rinpoche, and to witness and participate ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the Topic of Reincarnation
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discussed reincarnation in this archival video clip. During a quiet moment at the April 2011 retreat at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion near Bendigo, Australia, Rinpoche gave an informal talk that was recorded by Ven. Thubten ... Read more »
Mitigating Severe Conditions of the Elements
No matter where we live in the world, facing severe conditions resulting from the weather or natural disaster effects us all. Every year, hundreds of disasters of the elements occur around the world due to drought, floods, extreme weather, extreme ... Read more »
Quotes for Life from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In 2021 Ven. Tenzin Namdrol from Kopan Monastery told Christine Schnoell, SPC of Panchen Losang Chogyen center in Vienna, Austria, that Lama Zopa Rinpoche liked the digital cards that she had posted on Facebook, of various quotes of his with ... Read more »
Thought Transformation Teaching: The Whole World Exists in Nothing More Than Mere Name
Rinpoche began this teaching, given on November 6, 2020, reminding us that the I does not exist from its own side, because it is a dependent arising. The I has been appearing to our minds as if it exists from ... Read more »
July 2023 e-News is Now Available!
This month’s e-news brings you important news, updates, and causes for rejoicing including: Recently shared teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, An Update from the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors, Geshe Tenzin Legtsok receives geshe degree, Rejoicing in offering to 10,000 ... Read more »
Congratulations to Geshe Tenzin Legtsok on Completion of His Geshe Degree at Sera Je Monastery!
Ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2001, Geshe Tenzin Legtsok is an American Buddhist monk who just completed the Geshe Studies Program at Sera Je Monastic University in Karnataka, South India. This means he has studied the five ... Read more »
An Update from the FPMT Inc. Board: July 2023
Video: Meet the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors Following the 49 day period of Rinpoche’s passing, FPMT Inc. board members took the opportunity while together at Kopan to greet the FPMT community in a video, offering FPMT students a chance ... Read more »
Essential Extract: Importance of Studying and Applying Lamrim in Daily Life
During the 2018 November Course at Kopan Monastery, Lama Zopa Rinpoche outlined how to reach enlightenment based on the lamrim and the importance of studying it. Rinpoche emphasized that merely knowing the lamrim is not enough; it needs to be ... Read more »