FPMT News

Wisdom Publications Announces New Website

Publishing Dharma books and materials is a central mission of FPMT Education. Eight publishers have taken this mission to task and we are thrilled to announce that FPMT’s oldest publisher, Wisdom Publications, has launched a new content-rich website. The clean [...]

Roof Repair Offered to Tenzin Osel Hita’s Teacher, Geshe Gendun Chompel

The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund recently offered US$14,463 for the roof repair of Tenzin Ösel Hita’s teacher, Geshe Gendun Chompel. Ösel requested that Lama Zopa Rinpoche help in this way because the roof was very old and extremely hot [...]

Animal Liberations for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Health

Ven. Roger Kunsang recently requested that all FPMT centers need to begin, or continue, regularly offering animal liberations for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s health and long life. The Animal Liberation Fund sponsors weekly animal liberations as well as large animal liberations [...]

Shakyamuni Buddha Puja eBook

Shakyamuni Buddha Puja – The Source of Good Collections: A Rite of Homage, Worship, and Prayer to the Teacher, the King of Sages, Remembering His Previous Lives and Biography by Ngawang Paldan is an extensive puja including elaborate offerings, praises [...]

Dry Food for Summer Rain Retreat Distributed

Each year, the monks in Sera Je Monastery observe the Yarney or “Summer Rain Retreat” for 45 days according to the Monastic Rules and Practices. This year’s Summer Rain Retreat ended on September 4, followed by about 10 days of [...]

Sera Je Food Fund’s Dramatic Impact on the Monks of Sera Je Monastery

In Mandala October-December 2013, Geshe Thubten Jinpa writes about the benefits of the Sera Je Food Fund, an FPMT Charitable Project dedicated to offering three meals a day to the 2,500 monks of Sera Je Monastery.  A 78-year-old monk walks back and forth two [...]

Open Your Heart to the Cost of Abundant Happiness

Sera Je Food Fund’s Dramatic Impact on the Monks of Sera Je Monastery By Geshe Thubten Jinpa A 78-year-old monk walks back and forth two times every day for the meal being served in the main prayer hall of Sera [...]

Lam-Rim Resources for Achieving Realizations of the Path

Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recently given new advice suggesting that students follow a lam-rim outline and meditate on each subject for two weeks or one month until all subjects have been studied. Rinpoche advised, “The amount of time for meditation [...]

Incredible Large Thangka Sponsored for Lawudo Retreat Center

One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT is for some FPMT centers to display huge thangkas and host festival days.   In 2011 Lama Zopa Rinpoche through the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund commissioned a 55 ft x 40 ft [...]

The Incredible Benefits of Prayer Wheels

Prayer wheels are filled with mantras traditionally printed on strips of paper and tightly rolled around the core. These days mantras are reproduced onto microfilm; the more mantras, the more powerful. Prayer wheels can be small enough to be held [...]