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Rejoicing in the Support Provided to 8 Elder Care Homes in India in 2026
For senior Tibetan refugees living in exile, elderly homes are more than places of shelter – they are sanctuaries of respect, protection, and kindness in the final chapters of life. Many elders have no family backing and live with chronic ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Turn Daily Life with Your Partner into Dharma Practice
In this extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offers practical guidance for couples on how to transform daily life with a partner into a Dharma practice. This teaching is from Joyful Parents, Successful Children , “Making a Relationship Meaningful.” Edited by Venerable ... Read more »
High Lamas Tour FPMT Centers in Europe this Autumn: Save the Dates!
We are delighted to share that His Eminence Jhado Rinpoche and His Eminence Serkong Rinpoche are both offering teaching tours in Europe, including many FPMT centers. Please take a look at the full schedules and save the dates to take ... Read more »
Kopan Monastery and Nunnery Support Flood-Affected Families from Rasuwa
The devastating floods that struck the border area of Tibet and Nepal on August 26 have caused immense suffering. According to the latest Nepal Government report, as of September 2, 1,204 people had lost their lives, 4,216 people remained missing, ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe: Bringing Peace to the World Is Our Individual Responsibility
In this extract, Lama Yeshe emphasizes that “bringing peace to the world is an individual responsibility. If, as individuals, we were all to develop such a responsible attitude and behave accordingly, that would bring about world peace. The question remains, ... Read more »
Family Feeling News Roundup: August 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 »
The Sutra of Great Liberation: A Teaching for Difficult Times
Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche returned to the Sutra of Great Liberation more than once over the years, offering the oral transmission and commentary of this text to students facing hardship — in Singapore in 2018, and again from Kopan Monastery ... Read more »
Emergency Relief and Prayers for Nepal-Tibet Border
People around the world have been deeply saddened by the devastating flash floods and mudslides that struck Nepal on August 26. The disaster has caused loss of life, injuries, displacement, and extensive damage in the Nepal-Tibet border region near the ... Read more »
FPMT Inc. Board Update, August 27, 2026
“How can we make the best use of this perfect human rebirth, the precious human body that we have received just this once? How can we make it most beneficial, not only for ourselves but for those other, most precious, ... Read more »
Nepal–Tibet Border Flash Floods: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Natural Disasters
Over the years, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered various pieces of advice for prayers and practices to turn to when facing natural disasters. In light of the recent flash flood and mudslide along the Nepal–Tibet border, which struck the Rasuwa ... Read more »
Mani Retreat: Why Do I Have to Do This?
To celebrate the ongoing FPMT Global Mani Retreat which has brought together students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche from around the world to help fulfill one of Rinpoche’s most cherished wishes, we are sharing this excerpt from Teaching from the Mani ... Read more »