Lama Zopa Rinpoche News & Advice

*Visit “Updates Regarding Lama Zopa Rinpoche” for news & resources since Rinpoche entered his final meditation, April 13.
 

Advice from Geshe Thupten Rinchen Rinpoche on the Passing of Lama Zopa Rinpoche

May 31 marked the forty-ninth day since Lama Zopa Rinpoche showed the aspect of passing away. A very moving and powerful puja occurred at Kopan Monastery with all the Kopan monks and nuns, hundreds of non-Tibetan students, and many Sherpa … Read more »


FPMT International Office has created this page of resources and advice for individuals and centers worldwide in response to the coronavirus pandemic. 

You can also find Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice and video teachings on thought transformation for the time of the coronavirus pandemic.

Advice from Geshe Thupten Rinchen Rinpoche on the Passing of Lama Zopa Rinpoche

May 31 marked the forty-ninth day since Lama Zopa Rinpoche showed the aspect of passing away. A very moving and powerful puja occurred at Kopan Monastery with all the Kopan monks and nuns, hundreds of non-Tibetan students, and many Sherpa … Read more »

FPMT.org offers a collection of practical advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche. You can also find Rinpoche's advice on a wide range of topics in the form of short talks and letters at the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.

Rinpoche Available Now (RAN)

Teachings of Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives teachings throughout the year at FPMT centers around the world. Many of these teachings are livestreamed – these video and audio recordings together with other resources are available as part of our Rinpoche Available Now (RAN) project.

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Watch Essential Extracts of Rinpoche's Teachings

Choose from a large collection of video extracts that represent the essence of Lama Zopa Rinpoche teachings.

Photo Galleries

Enjoy browsing our extensive FPMT photo galleries of Lama Zopa Rinpoche as he leads teachings and retreats around the globe. Galleries are added monthly. Archives include: Extensive Offerings at Kachoe Dechen Ling and Buddha Amitabha Pure Land, Paintings and Drawings, Animal Art, Lama Zopa Rinpoche selection of best photos, Lama Yeshe and Rinpoche old photos, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Rinpoche. View Photos »

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Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Zopa Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and meditator who for 30 years has overseen the spiritual activities of the worldwide network of 160-plus centers, projects and social services that form the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) which he founded with Lama Thubten Yeshe.

Read more about Lama Zopa Rinpoche including: news blog, photos, videos, and advice.

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Study & Practice News

Recommended Practices, Pujas, and Offerings for Saka Dawa 2023, June 4

Recommended Practices, Pujas, and Offerings for Saka Dawa 2023, June 4

We are fast approaching the auspicious merit-multiplying day of Saka Dawa Duchen—the fifteenth day of the fourth month in the Tibetan lunar calendar—which commemorates Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana. Saka Dawa Duchen is one of the four great holy ... Read more »

Charitable Activities

Two Hundred Thousand Praises to the Twenty-One Taras on Saka Dawa and a Vast Array of Practices

Two Hundred Thousand Praises to the Twenty-One Taras on Saka Dawa and a Vast Array of Practices

On Saka Dawa*, June 4, there will be two different recitations of the 100,000 Praises to the Twenty-One Taras, recited by over 4,000 sangha, at Sera Je and Sera Mey monasteries and Khachoe Ghakyil Ling Nunnery. This is the thirty-third ... Read more »

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Important Information About the 2023 Light of the Path Retreat at Kopan Monastery

Important Information About the 2023 Light of the Path Retreat at Kopan Monastery

As we have previously shared, this year’s Light of the Path retreat (LOP) at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, will take place as planned from September 3-17, 2023. Kopan shares that, “It will be a joyous celebration of Rinpoche’s life and teachings, ... Read more »

 

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