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August 2025 e-News is Now Available!
Our August 2025 e-News is now available and brings many causes for rejoicing including: Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe, Support offered to eight schools in India and Nepal, Resources and opportunities for study and practice, Information about ... Read more »
Mind Protection: Mantra Resources for Daily Life
A mantra is a series of syllables, most often in Sanskrit, that is the subject of recitation, meditation, or other spiritual practice. The term “mantra” means “mind protection,” because mantras function to protect the mind from ordinary impure appearances as ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice: Overcoming Obstacles with Lojong
Recently we shared that 44 new 2004 videos of Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, are now available. Today we’d like to bring your attention to one of these precious teachings, Overcoming Obstacles with Lojong: Transforming ... Read more »
Eleven Students in Taiwan Receive Ornament for Clear Realization Completion Certificates
On June 25, 2025, eleven students at Jinsiu Farlin, the Taiwanese FPMT center based in Taipei, completed 16 years of study of Ornament for Clear Realization, an FPMT Masters Program text. To honor this remarkable achievement FPMT Education Services issued ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: Limitless Enjoyment and Freedom from Grasping
The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives offers a growing index of teaching excerpts from Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe. In addition to the fascinating historical narrative from students of Lama Yeshe, Big Love is also filled with ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice: The Importance of Retreat
De scribing the significance of one of his Vast Visions for the FPMT organization, supporting practice and realizations, Lama Zopa Rinpoche said, “Anybody who dedicates their life to achieving lamrim realizations with the goal to liberate numberless beings from the ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Grants Offered to Schools in India and Nepal in 2025
In the remote valleys and small local communities of India and Nepal, education is more than a classroom experience – it is a lifeline to opportunity, cultural preservation, and spiritual growth. FPMT’s Social Services Fund (SSF) continues to play an ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Recent Community Events at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa
Recently Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) hosted community events centered around the celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday and the Year of Compassion, and in observance of Chokhor Duchen. Carlota Pinheiro and Fabiana Lotito share details of ... Read more »
Most Secret Hayagriva Retreat at Nalanda Monastery: “An Incredibly Blessed Dimension”
A very rare opportunity of a two-week Most Secret Hayagriva Retreat occurred on grounds of Nalanda Monastery from July 11-28, 2 025. One participant described this retreat as an, “incredibly blessed dimension.” Hayagriva is the wrathful manifestation of Chenrezig, the ... Read more »
Forty-four New Video Teachings from 2004 Available from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In 2004, Lama Zopa Rinpoche covered many topics during a Ganden Lha Gyama retreat from September 3-30 at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy. The 44 teaching sessions covered the following topics, broadly: Integration of study and meditation, The importance of ... Read more »
Turning the Wheel of Dharma and International Sangha Day
Chokhor Duchen, one of the four annual holy days of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha, and FPMT International Sangha Day both take place this year on July 28. Please read about this special “Turning the Wheel of Dharma” merit-multiplying day, access all ... Read more »