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100,000 Candles Lit at Rinchen Jangsem Ling, Malaysia

100,000 Candles Lit at Rinchen Jangsem Ling, Malaysia

The grounds of Rinchen Jangsem Ling retreat center (RJL) in Triang, Malaysia, were illuminated by 102,647 tea lights during its recent 100,000 Light Offerings to Thousand-Armed Chenrezig on the evening of December 6, 2025, breaking a record for the most ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Practicing Compassion is Taking Care of Your Life

Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Practicing Compassion is Taking Care of Your Life

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave teachings at the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia. October 4-6, 2019. These teachings were preliminary to the Great Chenrezig Initiation offered during this time. He continued to teach during the 100 Million ... Read more »
Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa Captures Treasured Memories of Lama Yeshe

Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa Captures Treasured Memories of Lama Yeshe

Over the course of 2025, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) in collaboration with Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA) celebrated what would have been the 90th birthday of the FPMT’s co-founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe. To honor his profound legacy, ILTK invited ... Read more »
Precious Commentary on the Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa

Precious Commentary on the Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa

FPMT Education Services is pleased to present this volume of teachings on the six yogas of Naropa by Gyume Khenzur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, A Detailed Commentary on the Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa. Lama Zopa Rinpoche held Khenzur ... Read more »
Amitabha Buddhist Centre and Tara Lanka Join Efforts to Offer Aid to Flood Victims in Sri Lanka

Amitabha Buddhist Centre and Tara Lanka Join Efforts to Offer Aid to Flood Victims in Sri Lanka

In a collaborative effort between Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC), Singapore; Tara Lanka Study Group, Sri Lanka; and dedicated selfless volunteers, disaster relief was offered to those devastated by recent floods in Sri Lanka. Ven. Tenzin Lekdon of Tara Lanka Study ... Read more »
Dharma Discourses on Vegetarianism: A Translation from Geshe Tenzin Namdak

Dharma Discourses on Vegetarianism: A Translation from Geshe Tenzin Namdak

Several years ago Lama Zopa Rinpoche requested Geshe Tenzin Namdak to translate sections of Geshe Thubten Soepa’s book on vegetarianism, Dharma Discourses on Abandoning Killing, Harming and Consuming the Meat of Innocent Sentient Beings, titled ‘The Melody of Willows Bending ... Read more »
Purification is the Answer!

Purification is the Answer!

With the new year approaching, many of us are reflecting on the past year— rejoicing in the blessings we received, and also assessing mistakes we have made in relation to ourselves and others. Fortunately, we have methods at our disposal ... Read more »
Fifty Years of FPMT: Dr. Nick Ribush Remembers

Fifty Years of FPMT: Dr. Nick Ribush Remembers

December 2025 marks 50 years since Lama Yeshe famously said, “We need an organization to keep this together,” during an eight-and-a-half month tour of nine countries–the most extensive Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche would ever make. What an unbelievable ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe on Christmas: Timeless Teaching and Video

Lama Yeshe on Christmas: Timeless Teaching and Video

Around Christmas time between 1971 and 1975, Lama Yeshe gave several talks related to Christmas to the Western students at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in case some of them were missing their families and being at home at that festive time ... Read more »
Enjoy the Holiday Season With Compassion

Enjoy the Holiday Season With Compassion

This holiday season, all of us at FPMT International Office would like to offer our warmest wishes for you to actualize true joy, peace, love, and compassion in your heart. “The sun of real happiness shines in your life when ... Read more »
Seasons Greetings from FPMT International Office: Our December Newsletter is Available

Seasons Greetings from FPMT International Office: Our December Newsletter is Available

Warmest wishes, happiest of holidays, and a happy new year to you from all of us at FPMT International Office! Our December e-news is now available and brings many causes for rejoicing including: Teachings and precious video of Lama Yeshe ... Read more »
Enlightened Experience Celebration (1) 1982: Precious Videos of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Enlightened Experience Celebration (1) 1982: Precious Videos of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche

In 1982, FPMT hosted its first Enlightened Experience Celebration, (EEC1) which was held in India from January to June 1982, and hosted by International Mahayana Institute. The purpose of the first EEC was to gather students of Lama Yeshe and ... Read more »