FPMT News

38,931.14 Pounds of Rice & Flour Offered in One Month from the Sera Je Food Fund

In order for the Sera Je Food Fund to offer three meals per day to all 2,500 monks studying at Sera Je Monastery (3,300 monks join for breakfast), the Sera Je Kitchen must acquire, prep, cook, and clean-up after an ... Read full article

Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Medicine Buddha Mantra and Practice

Compiled from various teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Benefits of Medicine Buddha Mantra and Practice details the many blessings associated with engaging in Medicine Buddha practice. FPMT Education Services is happy to freely offer this compilation. The Medicine Buddha encompasses ... Read full article

US$10,000 Offered to Vajrapani Institute for Life-Sized Statue of Lama Yeshe

Lama Zopa Rinpoche was very happy to make an offering of US$10,000 toward a new life-sized statue of Lama Yeshe which Vajrapani Institute, Boulder Creek, CA, USA is having built. This will be the second life-sized statue of Lama Yeshe ... Read full article

Gold Leafing and Equipment Offered to 70 ft Statue of Padmasambhava

  The Padmasambhava Project for Peace is dedicated to fulfilling Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s goal of building many large statues of Padmasambhava around the world in order to create the cause for peace for all beings In October of 2013 the ... Read full article

The Perfect Human Rebirth By Lama Zopa Rinpoche

    Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s The Perfect Human Rebirth: Freedom and Richness on the Path to Enlightenment, edit by Gordon McDougall, is the third book in the FPMT Lineage Series published by the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. The FPMT Lineage ... Read full article

Update on the Stupa to Minimize Harm From the Elements

In order to minimize harm caused by possible earthquakes in California, USA; a stupa is being built near the Golden Gate Bridge, under the advice of Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drolma (Khadro-la).  This project is called the Stupa to Minimize ... Read full article

Long Life Puja Offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Drati Khantsen, Sera Je Monastery

On December 22, 2013 at the conclusion of this year’s oral transmission of Most Secret Hayagriva given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Sera Je Monastery’s Drati Khangtsen in India offered a long life puja to Lama Zopa Rinpoche.  Ven. Roger Kunsang, CEO ... Read full article

Purification for the New Year

As Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises, “If you want others to love you, you must first love others. If you benefit others, naturally they will benefit you. The cause and effect of karma is as simple as this. The Vajrasattva purification ... Read full article

Monthly Extensive Most Secret Hayagriva Puja Offered

Every month on the Tibetan 29th day, an important day to offer protector pujas, The Puja Fund sponsors about 40 of the most senior monks of Sera Je Monastery, who specialize in the practice of Most Secret Hayagriva, to offer ... Read full article

Annual Long Life Puja for His Holiness the Dalai Lama

FPMT has the incredible opportunity to be one of the main sponsors of the long life puja that will be offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the conclusion of this year’s Jangchub Lam-Rim teaching event at Sera Je ... Read full article