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Guru Bumtsog 2026 – a Weekend of Wonder in Australia
On September 5-6, 2026 FPMT Australia and Langri Tangpa Centre organized 110,000 tsog offerings to Guru Rinpoche, also known as a Guru Bumtsog practice. This powerful practice, offered every two years, was led by Geshe Rabten from Atisha Centre , ... Read more »
A Pilgrimage of Unity: His Eminence Jhado Rinpoche in Sri Lanka
For many FPMT students, His Eminence Jhado Rinpoche needs little introduction. A former abbot of Namgyal Monastery — His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s own monastery in Dharamsala — and one of the most highly regarded lamas of the Gelug lineage, ... Read more »
More than Fifty Years of Ordination: An Interview with Ani Karin
As FPMT marks its 50th anniversary, we have been honored to share the important history of FPMT’s early students. Here Ven. Thubten Chokyi, Director of IMI (International Mahayana Institute) in conversation with Ani Karin Valham, goes through her road to ... Read more »
Recovery Efforts Continue Following the August Floods in Nepal
More than a month has passed since the devastating floods of August 26 in the Rasuwa-Bhotekoshi area, and the focus of humanitarian efforts has gradually shifted from search and rescue operations to relief, recovery, and helping families rebuild their lives. ... Read more »
A Summer of Connection: Serkong Rinpoche’s European Teaching Tour
His Eminence Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche embarked on a three-month European tour beginning in May 2026, we are delighted to share an overview of his visits to FPMT centers compiled by Rommy Johnson. There is a particular kind of joy that ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: On Religion
This extract comes from one of Lama Yeshe’s teachings during his 1975 visit to Australia, collected in The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind (2004), edited by Nicholas Ribush and published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, in Chapter Four: Attitude ... Read more »
Family Feeling News Roundup: September 2026
The News Roundup is a digest of short community highlights from FPMT centers and individuals around the world, as part of our ongoing effort to nourish the “family feeling” and bring back the “News Around the World” and “News in ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Fifteen Consecutive Years of Nyung Na Retreats at Institut Vajra Yogini
One of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) was to sponsor people who make a serious commitment in this life to complete 1,000 Nyung Na retreats. Institut Vajra Yogini ... Read more »
Supporting Practice and Rejoicing Across the FPMT Mandala
Across the FPMT mandala, students are creating the causes and conditions for Dharma practice to flourish — from long-term intensive solitary and group retreats to the construction and preservation of retreat centers where students can dedicate themselves to the path. ... Read more »
FDCW Facilitation Skills Training Program
In the vision of Lama Yeshe, Universal Education as a radical rethinking of education. He saw the need for “a new system of education because the old one is too dated for the intelligent people of today and produces a ... Read more »
Motivation for Mantra Recitation
The FPMT Global Mani Retreat is in its final month! Since its start on May 17, the retreat has included teachings from Khen Rinpoche Geshe Thubten Chonyi, a rare oral transmission and commentary from His Eminence Ling Rinpoche, and a ... Read more »