FPMT eNews

Lama Zopa Rinpoche offering a teaching before the 2016 Amitabha Buddha Festival, Buddha Amitabha Pure Land, Washington State, USA. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.

This month’s e-news brings you important news, updates, and causes for rejoicing including:

• An update on the Stupa of Complete Victory
• Teachings from Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• An update from the FPMT Board of Directors
• Newly available and revised materials for your practice
• News on the recent Amitabha Buddha Festival in Washington State
• Grants for healthcare and essential services in 2024
• Changes and opportunities within the FPMT organization
• An update on Land of Medicine Buddha’s 100,000 Stupa project
• How to help the devastating situation in Thame

And so much more! 

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Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), is a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service. 

Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang, date uncertain. From the LYWA collection.

This month’s e-news brings you important news, updates, and causes for rejoicing including:

• How to help the devastating situation in Thame
• Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe
• Information on this year’s Kopan November Course
• Writing out the Prajnaparamita for as long as FPMT exists
• An update on regional consultations paving the way for CPMT 2025
• Newly available and revised materials for your practice
• Changes and opportunities in the organization

And so much more! 

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Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Pomaia, Itay, 2014. Photo by Ven. Thubten Kunsang.

This month’s e-news brings you important news, updates, and causes for rejoicing including:

• Introducing the Unmistaken Incarnation Fund
• Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe
• Upcoming public teachings with  His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Support offered to Sangha in 2024
• Awarded Merit Box grants for 2024
• News from FPMT centers and study groups
• Resources for your study and practice
• Opportunities and changes within the organization

and much more! 

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Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nepal, 2011. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.

This month’s e-news brings you important news, updates, and causes for rejoicing regarding:

• Ongoing prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return
• Progress on Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Stupa of Complete Victory
• Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe
• News about  His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• A recent update from our Board of Directors
• Obituaries
• Resources for your study and practice
• Opportunities and changes within the organization
  and much more! 

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Ven. Roger Kunsang meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, May 17, 2024. Photo courtesy of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

This month’s e-news brings you important news, updates, and causes for rejoicing regarding:

• Nonstop prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return
• Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe
• News about and advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Ongoing support to elderly Tibetans
• Recent anniversary pilgrimage to Lawudo 
• Center and regional news
• Resources for your study and practice
• Opportunities and changes within the organization
  and much more! 

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Lama Zopa Rinpoche with flowers, October 2003. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.

This month’s e-news brings you important news, updates, and causes for rejoicing regarding:

• An update on the Stupa of Complete Victory at Kopan Monastery
• Teachings from Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Meritorious activities on Saka Dawa for the entire FPMT organization
• A report on the Heart Sutra Retreat at Kopan Monastery
• Center and regional news
• Resources for your study and practice
• Opportunities and changes within the organization

and much more! 

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The first copy of a special limited edition of 300 copies of the Sutra of Great Liberation, printed in English by Amitabha Buddhist Centre students for the occasion of the commemoration of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away, was offered to the holy body of Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, April 12, 2024. Photo courtesy of ABC.

This month’s e-news brings you important news, updates, and causes for rejoicing regarding:

• One year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away
• Teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe
• Heart Sutra Retreat at Kopan Monastery
• Grants offered through FPMT Charitable Projects in 2023
• Asia Regional Consultations at Kopan Monastery
• International Merit Box Project – collection season has started for this year’s grants
• Opportunities and changes within the organization

and much more! 

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Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, March 25, 2023. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.

This issue of our monthly e-news brings you news, resources, and special announcements including:

• Reminder about the upcoming anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche passing away
• A teaching by Lama Yeshe
• Our 2023 Annual Review
• An update from the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors
• Newly available and revised materials
• Changes and opportunities in the organization

And much more!

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Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), is a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.

Photo of Lama Zopa Rinpoche under the bodhi tree at the seat of enlightenment during prayers for Rinpoche’s swift return at the Bodhgaya stupa organized by Root Institute during the Days of Miracles, India, February 12, 2024. Photo by Ven. Sarah Thresher.

This issue of our monthly e-news brings you news, resources, and special announcements including:

• How to help actualize Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Stupa of Complete Victory
• A teaching from Lama Yeshe: On Educating Children
• A report on the Geshe Conference at Kopan Monastery
• FPMT Education and Preservation Fund Grants in 2023
• Recent holy objects created for the success of FPMT
• Newly available and revised materials
• Opportunities and changes within the organization

And much more!

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Lama Zopa Rinpoche, July 2021, Kopan Monastery, Nepal. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.

FPMT International Office wishes you a happy and auspicious new year! 

This issue of our monthly e-news brings you news, resources, and special announcements including:

• News about Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Stupa of Complete Victory
• Wisdom Publications releases a new book by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• A teaching by Lama Yeshe
• News about the 2024 Geshe Conference
• Activities of the Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund in 2023
• Newly available and revised practice materials
• Opportunities to Visit Lawudo and holy places of Rinpoche in 2024
• Changes and opportunities within the FPMT organization

and much more! 

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Lama Zopa Rinpoche, December 22, 2022. Boudhanath, Nepal. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.

Our December e-News is now available!

This issue brings you news, resources, and special announcements including:

• New photo gallery of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• A teaching by Lama Yeshe
• An update from the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors
• News from FPMT Charitable Projects
• Newly available and revised study and practice materials
• Opportunities and changes in the FPMT organization

and much more!

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Consecration of the Victory Stupa built for Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Lawudo, Nepal, November 4, 2023. Photo by Ven. Tenzin Michael.

Our November e-News is now available!

This issue brings you news, resources, and special announcements including:

• 31-foot Amoghapasha above Lawudo
• White Tara oral transmission and visualization from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Daily and Lifetime practice advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Compassion and Emptiness teaching by Lama Yeshe
• Auspicious activities on Lhabab Duchen at Lawudo
• Support to Tibetan elders in 2023
• New materials for your practice
• Changes and opportunities within the FPMT organization

and much more!

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