Animal Care

Below are projects for protecting and benefiting animals around the world.

• Animal Liberation Fund
• Animal Liberation Sanctuary
• MAITRI Animal Care Programme

FPMT Charitable Projects

FPMT’s Charitable Projects include beneficial initiatives such as: offering food to ordained Sangha; providing scholarships to study Buddhist philosophy; offering to the main teachers of the Lama Tsongkhapa tradition and sponsoring annual debates; offering grants for social services such as to old age homes, schools, hospitals and monastic institutions; providing comprehensive Dharma programs; translating Dharma texts; sponsoring holy objects: statues, stupas and prayer wheels, and saving animals

Community Centers

FPMT Mongolia Lamp of the Path

Started in 2005 Lamp of the Path NGO (LOP) was established to provide much needed social welfare activities on behalf of FPMT Mongolia. These  activities are centered in the “ger district” of Amgalan on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar. With winter temperatures sometimes below minus 40 Celsius, the warmth of compassion that Lamp of the Path provides is a welcome respite for the homeless.

Currently Lamp of the Path offers several beneficial programs including a soup kitchen, which offers approximately 40-50 meals five days a week along with a health clinic that offers free health services to the very poor once a week.

Health Care Projects

MAITRI Charitable Trust

MAITRI is engaged in the eradication of leprosy, the control of TB, the medical assistance and care for expecting mothers and new born babies, the life-saving assistance to malnourished small children, the promotion of awareness regarding leprosy, TB, HIV/AIDS, hygiene, and birth control, the education of children and adults in rural areas, the rehabilitation of disabled people, the provision of opportunities to women and other underprivileged persons,the promotion of a holistic development in villages, the rescuing and care of animals in Bodhgaya , India.

Shakyamuni Buddha Clinic

Shakyamuni Buddha Clinic began in 1991 as a destitute home within the grounds of Root Institute, as one of its social service projects, and has evolved into a community health care programme with a wide range of medical and rehabilitative services and community-based health educational activities.

The clinic operates six days a week with a full-time employed team of 17 personnel consisting of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and support staff, in addition to visiting doctors.

With kindness and compassion, every month our clinic staff care for between 2,000 and 2,200 patients.

The Maya Daya Medical Clinic

Established by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 1992 with the aim to provide proper health-care services to the population living around Kopan Monastery and in neighboring villages. Prior to its inception there was no hospital nor clinic in the area, and people had to go on long journeys to receive medical treatment. Maya Daya Clinic is open 3 days a week, 2 hours each day. There are a Nepali doctor and two dedicated Kopan monks as the Clinic staff. Since it opened its doors to the public, Maya Daya Clinic has received thousands of local patients, monks and nuns among them.

Hospice Services

Hospice means providing emotional support and companionship for those facing life threatening illnesses. The following hospices assist the terminally ill and their families through loving kindness and qualified health care.

• Karuna Hospice Service, Australia
• Cittamani Hospice Service, Australia
• Tong Nyi Nying Je Ling – Pure Land of Medicine Buddha project, Denmark
• Amitabha Hospice Service, New Zealand
• Potala Hospice, Spain
• Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha Hospice Service, Australia
• Tara Home, USA

To Request Prayers for the Sick

• In order to request prayers for someone who is sick please email and mention the sick person’s full name. The Sangha at Rinpoche’s house will dedicate for them during regular animal liberation practices and Nalanda Monastery will dedicate when  making long life tsa-tsas.
• If you would like to make a donation for this service please go to the Animal Liberation Fund and Stupa Fund.
• For advice on what are the best practices you can do at this time, Lama Zopa Rinpoche always recommends Medicine Buddha practice and Using Sickness for the Path.
• To request prayers for a sick person, Kopan Monastery offers this service.

Prayers for the Dead

We are very happy to offer support to FPMT students at the most crucial time of death, by giving the names of students who have died to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and FPMT Sangha communities, with the request for their prayers. In addition a stupa tsa tsa is created and dedicated for each person who has passed away. This is a service which Lama Zopa Rinpoche specifically requested International Office to offer to all FPMT students, because death is the most critical time when students need help.

Support for People in Prison

Many centers around the world offer support for incarcerated people via the Liberation Prison Project program. The Liberation Prison Project offers spiritual advice and teachings, as well as Dharma books and materials, to people in prison interested in exploring, studying and practicing Buddhism. Since 1996 the project has supported the Buddhist practice of over 20,000 men and women in prisons around the world to transform their lives.

The main office of Liberation Prison Project is in the US. We also currently have programs in England, France, Italy, Mongolia and New Zealand, and support prisoners in Asia and Africa.

Universal Education based Schools

Maitreya School

Maitreya School started in April 2012 with an initial intake of 62 children, the school has successfully added a new class each year. There is now a total of 268 students (138 girls & 130 boys) in a total of 9 classes ranging from Upper Kindergarten to Class 8. The school currently employs 10 full-time teachers including the principal. The main language medium for the school is English.

Tara Redwood School

Tara Redwood School offers a global curriculum rooted in its original framework, the 7 Steps to Knowledge, Strength, and Compassion, developed and refined over nearly 35 years.

Our educational program brings together the child-centered principles of Montessori and the Creating Compassionate Cultures  methodology. Through this integrated approach, we nurture strong academic foundations, emotional intelligence, and the core values that help children grow into thoughtful, confident, and compassionate individuals.

Tibetan Welfare

Yeshe Norbu Appello per il Tibet

For over 40 years, Yeshe Norbu Onlus has been providing solidarity and material support to the Tibetan people amidst cultural and religious invasions and repression