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Lama Zopa Rinpoche News & Advice
A Most Happy Birthday and Long Life to Lama Zopa Rinpoche!
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.
Current Events
August 20 - September 3 2023
Light of the Path Retreat, hosted by Kadampa Center, USA
Will be scheduled for 2024
Bodhicaryavatara and Rinjung Gyatsa Retreat, including the initiation of Guhyasamaja. The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Bendigo, Australia
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Benefiting Turkeys on the U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday
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.
Additional Video Resources
Essential Extracts of Lama Zopa 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 »
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, schedule, advice and how to contact.
FPMT News
Study & Practice News
Practice Resources to Support Health
As many communities worldwide are entering flu season, we wanted to share some practice materials specific to supporting and protecting our health. Here are some available for download through the Foundation Store: The Dharani of the Goddess Parnashavari: Parnashavari, or ... Read more »Charitable Activities
Rejoicing in Support Offered to Ordained Sangha in 2022
Providing support to sangha living in vows is one of the highest priorities for the FPMT organization and the Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund offers food, accommodation, health care and education to sangha living in nunneries and monasteries around the world. ... Read more »Community: Stories & News
Big Love Summit 2022
We recently announced that the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW) will now serve as the FPMT organization’s official hub for the Universal Education for Compassion and Wisdom (UECW) Pillar of Service, to provide secular tools inspired by Dharma ... Read more »Education
Education is the very heart of FPMT. Through comprehensive study programs, practice materials, training programs, and scholarships, FPMT nourishes the development of compassion, wisdom, kindness, and true happiness in individuals.
Whether you are a beginner or an advanced practitioner, take the next step to take on your spiritual journey. Education Programs »
Charitable Projects
The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund provides support to ordained Sangha (monks and nuns) as well as monasteries and nunneries. Funds are used to provide support for food, accommodation, education, health care and retreat needs for Sangha. more…
Friends of FPMT
Friends of FPMT members help us make the Dharma accessible to thousands of students, expand our programs and publications, and support our service to local FPMT communities around the world. Members also receive access to online studies, downloadable prayers, practices, ebooks, and a subscription to Mandala! Learn more and join…
Online Learning
With over 50 modules available in English, Spanish and French, and more than 10,000 registered users, the FPMT Online Learning Center provides an enormous opportunity to learn. Students can engage in the comprehensive programs developed by FPMT Education Services without leaving home.
The Foundation Store
The Foundation Store is FPMT’s online shop and features a vast selection of Buddhist study and practice materials written or recommended by our lineage gurus.
Browse our online programs, practices and prayers in PDF and ebook formats, materials for children, and other resources; the majority of which are offered using a generosity-based system.
Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
LYWA is the Archive of FPMT. It contains the recordings and transcripts of Lama Thubten Yeshe’s and Kyabje Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings dating back to the early 1970s. You can read transcripts, view photos and listen to teachings. more…
