Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
The FPMT is an organization devoted to 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 spreading the Dharma to sentient beings. We provide integrated education through which people’s minds and hearts can be transformed into their highest potential for the benefit of others, inspired by an attitude of universal responsibility and service. We are committed to creating harmonious environments and helping all beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and compassion. Our organization is based on the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught to us by our founders Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.
Die Stiftung zur Erhaltung der Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) ist eine Organisation, die sich weltweit für die Erhaltung und Verbreitung des Mahayana-Buddhismus einsetzt, indem sie Möglichkeiten schafft, den makellosen Lehren des Buddha zuzuhören, über sie zur reflektieren und zu meditieren und auf der Grundlage dieser Erfahrung das Dharma unter den Lebewesen zu verbreiten.
Wir bieten integrierte Schulungswege an, durch denen der Geist und das Herz der Menschen in ihr höchstes Potential verwandelt werden zum Wohl der anderen – inspiriert durch eine Haltung der universellen Verantwortung und dem Wunsch zu dienen. Wir haben uns verpflichtet, harmonische Umgebungen zu schaffen und allen Wesen zu helfen, ihr volles Potenzial unendlicher Weisheit und grenzenlosen Mitgefühls zu verwirklichen.
Unsere Organisation basiert auf der buddhistischen Tradition von Lama Tsongkhapa von Tibet, so wie sie uns von unseren Gründern Lama Thubten Yeshe und Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche gelehrt wird.
La Fundación para la preservación de la tradición Mahayana (FPMT) es una organización que se dedica a preservar y difundir el budismo Mahayana en todo el mundo, creando oportunidades para escuchar, reflexionar, meditar, practicar y actualizar las enseñanzas inconfundibles de Buda y en base a esa experiencia difundir el Dharma a los seres.
Proporcionamos una educación integrada a través de la cual las mentes y los corazones de las personas se pueden transformar en su mayor potencial para el beneficio de los demás, inspirados por una actitud de responsabilidad y servicio universales. Estamos comprometidos a crear ambientes armoniosos y ayudar a todos los seres a desarrollar todo su potencial de infinita sabiduría y compasión.
Nuestra organización se basa en la tradición budista de Lama Tsongkhapa del Tíbet como nos lo enseñaron nuestros fundadores Lama Thubten Yeshe y Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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L’organisation de la FPMT a pour vocation la préservation et la diffusion du bouddhisme du mahayana dans le monde entier. Elle offre l’opportunité d’écouter, de réfléchir, de méditer, de pratiquer et de réaliser les enseignements excellents du Bouddha, pour ensuite transmettre le Dharma à tous les êtres. Nous proposons une formation intégrée grâce à laquelle le cœur et l’esprit de chacun peuvent accomplir leur potentiel le plus élevé pour le bien d’autrui, inspirés par le sens du service et une responsabilité universelle. Nous nous engageons à créer un environnement harmonieux et à aider tous les êtres à épanouir leur potentiel illimité de compassion et de sagesse. Notre organisation s’appuie sur la tradition guéloukpa de Lama Tsongkhapa du Tibet, telle qu’elle a été enseignée par nos fondateurs Lama Thoubtèn Yéshé et Lama Zopa Rinpoché.
L’FPMT è un organizzazione il cui scopo è preservare e diffondere il Buddhismo Mahayana nel mondo, creando occasioni di ascolto, riflessione, meditazione e pratica dei perfetti insegnamenti del Buddha, al fine di attualizzare e diffondere il Dharma fra tutti gli esseri senzienti.
Offriamo un’educazione integrata, che può trasformare la mente e i cuori delle persone nel loro massimo potenziale, per il beneficio di tutti gli esseri, ispirati da un’attitudine di responsabilità universale e di servizio.
Il nostro obiettivo è quello di creare contesti armoniosi e aiutare tutti gli esseri a sviluppare in modo completo le proprie potenzialità di infinita saggezza e compassione.
La nostra organizzazione si basa sulla tradizione buddhista di Lama Tsongkhapa del Tibet, così come ci è stata insegnata dai nostri fondatori Lama Thubten Yeshe e Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
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“护持大乘法脉基金会”( 英文简称：FPMT。全名：Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition) 是一个致力于护持和弘扬大乘佛法的国际佛教组织。我们提供听闻，思维，禅修，修行和实证佛陀无误教法的机会，以便让一切众生都能够享受佛法的指引和滋润。
護持大乘法脈基金會”（ 英文簡稱：FPMT。全名：Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ）是一個致力於護持和弘揚大乘佛法的國際佛教組織。我們提供聽聞，思維，禪修，修行和實證佛陀無誤教法的機會，以便讓一切眾生都能夠享受佛法的指引和滋潤。
When you meet miserable conditions, it is extremely important to use skillful means. In other words, there is a meditation to mix with whatever suffering you experience. When you apply the teachings in this way, all sufferings are mixed with virtue. All experiences of suffering become virtue.
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. These items include homestudy programs, prayers and practices in PDF or eBook format, materials for children, and other resources to support practitioners.
Items displayed in the shop are made available for Dharma practice and educational purposes, and never for the purpose of profiting from their sale. Please read FPMT Foundation Store Policy Regarding Dharma Items for more information.
The Exploring Buddhism Program (EB) is a new program developed by FPMT Education Services to offer an in-depth treatment of selected topics of Buddhist philosophy and practice. This program prepares one to engage in more advanced Buddhist studies, such as the FPMT Basic Program, through introducing key Buddhist philosophical concepts and connecting them to the context of practice and realization.
It also familiarizes one with text-based explanations by introducing short texts in its curriculum, such as the popular Foundation for All Good Qualities and Three Principal Aspects of the Path by Je Tsongkhapa, Eight Verses of Thought Transformation by Langri Tangpa, and Seven Point Mind Training by Geshe Chekawa.
The program is now in its pilot phase of development and is being offered at selected FPMT centers, either on-site and/or online. Feedback will be gathered from teachers and students to revise and further enhance its effectiveness. A list of participating centers can be found at the end of this page.
The Exploring Buddhism curriculum currently consists of seven modules.
Exploring the Mind and Exploring the Truths teach the principal levels of reality together with the potential to bring about changes in our minds that culminate in achieving full enlightenment. These two modules also explore the common ground between the universal aspects of Buddhist mind science and philosophy and those of contemporary science.
Exploring Meditation helps to bridge the two topics by introducing the means to carry out the exploration and familiarization needed to bring about positive changes through the practice of meditation.
To proceed on the stages of the path to enlightenment it is important to get a good understanding of this entire spiritual journey. Then, in order to develop our full potential, we need to engage in its associated mind training and the bodhisattva vows. Exploring the Path and Exploring Mind Training explain these points of the Buddhist path.
As a support for developing realizations, it is also important to engage in prayers and practices in order to purify negative karma and accumulate a vast store of merit.Exploring Common Prayers and Practices provides explanations of how to do various prayers and practices commonly done by individual students and performed in FPMT centers. Exploring the Preliminary Practices teaches how to do the nine preliminary practices of the Gelug tradition in Tibetan Buddhism as well as additional preliminary practices often recommended by our Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, with the intention that students become familiar with them, feel inspired to do them, and gain confidence that they will be able to do them correctly.
FPMT Centers Offering the Exploring Buddhism Program (Pilot)
Co-hosting, online only, Teacher: Don Handrick Dharmakaya Center, Reno, NV, US GendunDrubpa Centre, Williams Lake, BC, Canada Ocean of Compassion Buddhist Center, Campbell, CA, US Exploring the Mind: May 19 – June 30, 2021 Exploring Meditation: July 14 – August 18, 2021 Exploring the Truths: September 1 – October 13, 2021 Exploring the Path: November 3 – December 15, 2021 Exploring Mind Training: January 12 – February 23, 2022 Exploring Mind Training (Bodhisattva Vows): March 9 – April 27, 2022 Exploring Common Prayers and Practices: April 23-24, May 7-8, May 18, May 21-22, May 25, 2022 (co-taught with Ven Yonten)
Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London, UK (on-site & online), Teacher: Geshe Tenzin Namdak Exploring the Mind: October 16-17 & November 13-14, 2021 Exploring Meditation: April 23-24 & May 21-22, 2022 Exploring the Truths: June 25-26 & July 16-17, 2022 Exploring the Path: September 17-18, October 15-16 & November 12-13, 2022
Co-hosting, online only, Teacher: Don Handrick Ksitigarbha Tibetan Buddhist Center, Taos, NM, US Osel Shen Phen Ling, Missoula, MT, US Tse Chen Ling, San Francisco, CA, US Thubten Norbu Ling, Santa Fe, NM, US Exploring the Mind: September 7 – October 12, 2021 Exploring Meditation: November 2 – December 7, 2021 Exploring the Truths: January 4 – February 22, 2022 Exploring the Path: March 15 – April 26, 2022 Exploring Mind Training: May 17 – July 5, 2022
Co-hosting, online only, Teacher: Ven Lhundub Tendron and Don Handrick (2022) Guhyasamaja Center, Centreville, VA, US Kadampa Center, Raleigh, NC, US Lama Yeshe Ling, Burlington, ON, Canada Shantideva Center, Brooklyn, NY, US Thubten Kunga Ling, Deerfield Beach, FL, US Exploring the Mind: September 2 – October 21, 2021 Exploring Meditation: November 4 – December 16, 2021 Exploring the Truths: January 6 – February 25, 2022 Exploring the Path: March 17 – April 28, 2022 Exploring Mind Training: May 19 – June 30, 2022
Co-hosting, on-site & online, Teacher: Ven Thubten Norbu Nyingje Kunkyab Study Group, Salamanca, Mexico Khamlungpa Center, Guadalajara, Mexico Exploring the Mind: October 23-24, November 27-28 & December 11-12, 2021; January 22-23, 2022 Exploring Meditation: March 26-27, April 23-24 & May 28-29, 2022 Exploring the Truths: July 23-24, August 27-28, September 24-25 & October 22-23, 2022 Exploring the Path: November 26-27 & December 10-11, 2022
Vajrayana Institute, Sydney, Australia (on-site & online), Teacher: Wai Cheong Kok Exploring the Mind: February 2 – April 13, 2022 Exploring Meditation: April 20 – June 29, 2022 Exploring the Truths: August 3 – October 12, 2022 Exploring the Path: October 19 – December 14, 2022
Hayagriva Buddhist Centre, Perth, Australia (on-site & online), Teacher: Ven Thubten Chokyi Exploring the Mind: May 6 – August 19, 2022 Exploring Meditation: September 9 – September 30, 2022
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