Lama Zopa Rinpoche News & Advice

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

Death and Dying: Practices and Resources

Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche | September 26, 2023 -
Our time to practice Dharma is fleeting and we don’t know when we will die. Lama Zopa Rinpoche regularly encouraged us to think about impermanence and death so we don’t procrastinate doing our Dharma practice. Although death is definite, the … 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.

Death and Dying: Practices and Resources

Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche | September 26, 2023 -
Our time to practice Dharma is fleeting and we don’t know when we will die. Lama Zopa Rinpoche regularly encouraged us to think about impermanence and death so we don’t procrastinate doing our Dharma practice. Although death is definite, the … 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 offered teachings regularly at FPMT centers around the world. Many of these teachings are available as video and audio recordings together with other resources as a 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 led teachings and retreats around the globe. These 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 (1945-2023) was a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and meditator who for 39 years oversaw the spiritual activities of the extensive worldwide network of centers, projects and 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

Upcoming Online Courses Available from Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom

Upcoming Online Courses Available from Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom

The FPMT affiliate FDCW (Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom) brings us some wonderful initiatives, available to those interested in understanding their own mind and emotions and bringing compassion into daily life. In 1983 Lama Yeshe began formulating the idea ... Read more »

Charitable Activities

Rejoicing in Support Offered to Six Homes Serving Tibetan Elders in 2023

Rejoicing in Support Offered to Six Homes Serving Tibetan Elders in 2023

Since 2016, FPMT’s Social Services Fund has been offering vital support to elderly homes in India and Nepal that provide care for Tibetan refugee elders who have no one else to care for them. In 2023, we granted US$169,067.19 to ... Read more »

Community: Stories & News

Update on the Progress and Significance of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Stupa at Lawudo Gompa

Update on the Progress and Significance of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Stupa at Lawudo Gompa

Anila Ngawang Samten, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s sister, is constructing an eight level, 12-feet high and 11-feet wide Victory Stupa at Lawudo Gompa, Nepal, for the swift return and success of all Lama Zopa Rinpoche and FPMT’s projects. We are so ... Read more »

Updates from the FPMT Inc. Board

Update from the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors: August 24, 2023

Dear Friends, Years ago, at an FPMT Inc. Board meeting, someone used the expression: “Trust in God but tie up your camel”. The meaning is that although it is important to have faith in divine providence for a good outcome, … Read more »

 

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