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An Update from the FPMT Inc. Board, June 15, 2026
**Please note that this is an update of the previous communications from June 10 and June 12. Dear Friends, As many of you know, Portland, Oregon hosts the headquarters of both FPMT and Maitripa College, an affiliate of FPMT. A ... Read more »
Upcoming Most Secret Hayagriva Retreats Continue a Commitment Established by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Hayagriva is the wrathful manifestation of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion. The practice of Most Secret Hayagriva is extremely powerful for granting help and support and for quickly pacifying obstacles. Both Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche had a special ... Read more »
Liberation Prison Project Partners With Edovo to Utilize Technology for Buddhist Studies in Prison
Liberation Prison Project – US, has partnered with Edovo, the largest learning platform for incarcerated people in the United States, to make Buddhist and meditation materials available to people in prison across the country. Technology has long been an integral ... Read more »
From the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors: Current Changes at FPMT International Office
We are sharing an update on some recent changes within the FPMT International Office team that impact the entire FPMT organization. Welcome to Our New Education Services Director! We are happy to announce that Ven. Lobsang Gyaltsen is joining our ... Read more »
One Hundred Million Mantras: FPMT’s Global Retreat Grows
The FPMT Global Mani Retreat launched on May 17, 2026, the first day of Saka Dawa month, bringing together practitioners from around the world in a collective effort to accumulate one hundred million recitations of OM MANI PADME HUM. One ... Read more »
Family Feeling News Roundup: May 2026
The News Roundup is a digest of short community highlights from FPMT centers and individuals around the world, as part of our effort to bring back the “News Around the World” and “News in Brief” sections previously featured in the ... Read more »
Twenty-One Taras in Australia: Tara Institute Displays Large Thangka for the Fourth Year!
As part of his Vast Vision for the FPMT organization, Lama Zopa Rinpoche expressed a heartfelt aspiration: “ My wish is for the big centers in FPMT to have these large thangkas.” To bring that vision to life, the Lama ... Read more »
50 Years of FPMT: Venerable Jamyang Wangmo’s Story
Venerable Jamyang Wangmo—also known as Jampa Chokyi—is the author of The Lawudo Lama . Born in Spain in 1945 and trained in law, she traveled to India and Nepal and took ordination as a Buddhist nun in 1972. A watercolor ... Read more »
Saka Dawa Duchen 2026 — Sunday, May 31
This year, Saka Dawa Duchen falls on Sunday, May 31—the fifteenth day of the fourth month in the Tibetan lunar calendar. One of the four great holy days of the Tibetan calendar, this holy day commemorates the three major life ... Read more »
May 2026 Newsletter is Now Available!
This month’s newsletter brings you news, opportunities, and reasons to rejoice. Saka Dawa month is upon us, starting on May 17 and continuing through May 31 on Saka Dawa Duchen, one of the four great days of the Tibetan calendar, ... Read more »
Remembering Louis De Santis, A Kind and Generous Heart
Louis De Santis passed peacefully after a lengthy illness on April 15, 2026 in Santa Fe, USA The following words celebrating Louis De Santis’ qualities have been shared by the Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center in Santa Fe, where he ... Read more »







