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Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Bangalore, India, December 2019. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
All good wishes of the season, from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and his International Office, to you!
Please go to our December FPMT International Office e-News in order to see our full greeting, and advice from Rinpoche.
We also bring you news about:
- Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Schedule
- Giving Where it’s Most Needed
- A Complimentary Module of Living in the Path
- A New FPMT Study Group
…and more!
Have the e-News translated into your native language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page.
The FPMT International Office e-News comes from your FPMT International Office. Visit our subscribe page to receive the FPMT International Office News directly in your email box.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Russia, October 2019. Photo by Ven. Holly Ansett.
Welcome to our November FPMT International Office e-News!
This month you’ll find news about:
- Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Honouring Lama Tsongkhapa
- Featured Materials from FPMT Education Services
- 1,000 Statues for His Holiness Sponsored
- Fruitful FPMT Service Development
…and more!
Have the e-News translated into your native language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page.
The FPMT International Office e-News comes from your FPMT International Office. Visit our subscribe page to receive the FPMT International Office News directly in your email box.
Rinpoche teaching and giving the Great Chenrezig Initiation, Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 5, 2019. Photo by Ven. Losang Sherab.
We hope you enjoy our October FPMT International Office e-News.
This month we bring you news about:
- Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice about Changing Our View
- Big Love in the New Issue of Mandala magazine!
- New Practice Materials
- Protecting the Environment Every Month
Have the e-News translated into your native language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page.
The FPMT International Office e-News comes from your FPMT International Office. Visit our subscribe page to receive the FPMT International Office News directly in your email box.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, USA, August 2019. Photo by Chris Majors.
We invite you to read our September FPMT International Office e-News.
This month we bring you news about:
1,000 Buddhas for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Training the Mind in Generosity
The Incredible Benefits of Working for the Center
Next Foundation Service Seminars
…and more!
Have the e-News translated into your native language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page.
The FPMT International Office e-News comes from your FPMT International Office. Visit our subscribe page to receive the FPMT International Office News directly in your email box.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with resident geshes Geshe Jamphel (Nalanda Monastery) far left, and Geshe Tenzin Loden (Institut Vajra Yogini), with Ven. Topgye, Nalanda Monastery, France, May 2019. Photo by Nicolas Balthazar.
We hope you enjoy the August FPMT International Office e-News, out now!
This month we bring you:
- The opportunity to help create a Zangdog Palri temple
- A new resource to help benefit animals
- News about the next Foundation Service Seminar
and more….
Have the e-News translated into your native language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page.
The FPMT International Office e-News comes from your FPMT International Office. Visit our subscribe page to receive the FPMT International Office News directly in your email box.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Latvia, June 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
We invite you to read our July FPMT International Office e-News!
This month we bring you opportunities to rejoice in:
The sponsorship by the FPMT Puja Fund
The generosity offered to our Work A Day for Rinpoche fundraiser
FPMT students experiencing FPMT Family Feeling
….and more!
Have the e-News translated into your native language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page.
The FPMT International Office e-News comes from your FPMT International Office. Visit our subscribe page to receive the FPMT International Office News directly in your email box.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, France, May 2019. Photograph by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
The FPMT International Office e-News for June is out now! This month we bring you:
- Updates about Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Schedule
- FPMT Ethical Policy in More Languages
- New from Mandala Publications
- Registration Date for Kopan Monastery’s One Month Lamrim Retreat
…and more!
Have the e-News translated into your native language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page.
The FPMT International Office e-News comes from your FPMT International Office. Visit our subscribe page to receive the FPMT International Office News directly in your email box.
Statue of Red Tara in FPMT International Office, Portland, Oregon, US. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
The Board of Directors of FPMT, Inc., has three new members: Ven. Lhundub Chodron, Peggy Bennington, and Debra Ladner.
Peggy Bennington was appointed to the board on March 5, 2019; Venerable Lhundub Chodron and Debra Ladner were appointed on May 5, 2019. They will serve three-year terms, which may be renewed.
“The board has been actively searching for new members for about a year. In particular we wanted to have people with long term knowledge of the FPMT organization, who also have professional skills and good knowledge of U.S. non-profit organizations,” Board of Directors Chair Andrew Haynes wrote in a recent announcement. “As with all new board members, the choices are ratified by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and approved by the current board members.”
“It is an exciting time for the board, and we are all looking forward to working with our enlarged team! I trust you will all join me in welcoming them to their new roles in offering service to the FPMT,” Andrew Haynes wrote.
You can read more about the new, and existing, board of directors members on fpmt.org.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Madrid, Spain, May 2019. Photo by Alexis Roitmann
We invite you to read the May FPMT International Office e-News!
This month we bring you:
- Highlights of Recent Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
- New Materials in German and Sinhalese
- Rejoicing about Volunteer Service in Mongolia
…and more!
Have the e-News translated into your native language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page.
The FPMT International Office e-News comes from your FPMT International Office. Visit our subscribe page to receive the FPMT International Office News directly in your email box.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching and giving initiations, Kopan Nunnery, Nepal, April 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
We hope you enjoy the April FPMT International Office e-News.
This month we bring you:
- Highlights of Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
- How FPMT Invests in Education in Nepal
- An Offer from the Foundation Store
…and more!
Have the e-News translated into your native language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page.
The FPMT International Office e-News comes from your FPMT International Office. Visit our subscribe page to receive the FPMT International Office News directly in your email box.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nepal, December 2018. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
We hope you enjoy our March FPMT International Office e-News!
This month we bring you:
- A beautiful portrait photo of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
- News about our Annual Review 2018!
- New Materials, including Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Recognizing the False I
- Updates from the Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program
…and more!
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FPMT International Office is happy to announce FPMT Annual Review 2018: Live with Compassion. The new annual review is available to read as an eZine and a downloadable PDF.
International Office, also called Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s office, helps fulfill the vision of FPMT’s founders Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, assists with the actualization of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast vision for the FPMT organization, and supports 164 centers, projects, and services in 40 countries that comprise the international FPMT network. Each year, International Office shares our accomplishments and rejoices in what has been achieved.
“From the bottom of my heart, thank you all numberless times for all your service, dedication, practice of holy Dharma with your body, speech, and mind, and for your devotion and good heart,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche writes in this year’s annual review.
In addition to advice from Rinpoche, the FPMT Annual Review 2018 includes an update from FPMT CEO Ven. Roger Kunsang, an overview of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s tireless Dharma activities, and highlights from International Office’s departments.
Please note: The FPMT Annual Review 2018 is available in digital format only, meaning it will not be printed and posted to FPMT centers, projects, and services.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche during a teaching organized by Gendun Drupa Center, Savièse, Switzerland, November 2018. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
We invite you to read FPMT Annual Review 2018: Live with Compassion, now available online in eZine and PDF formats:
https://fpmt.org/fpmt/annual-review/
See photo highlights from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s 2018:
https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/gallery/#2018
FPMT International Office is Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s office and works daily to achieve its mission of “preserving and spreading Mahayana Buddhism worldwide by creating opportunities to listen, reflect, meditate, practice, and actualize the unmistaken teachings of the Buddha, and based on that experience, spread the Dharma to sentient beings.”