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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.
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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.
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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.
A continuación puede ver una lista de los centros y sus páginas web en su lengua preferida.
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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.
Visitez le site de notre Editions Mahayana pour les traductions, conseils et nouvelles du Bureau international en français.
Voici une liste de centres et de leurs sites dans votre langue préférée
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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.
Di seguito potete trovare un elenco dei centri e dei loro siti nella lingua da voi prescelta.
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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。
我们全力创造和谐融洽的环境， 为人们提供解行并重的完整佛法教育，以便启发内在的环宇悲心及责任心，并开发内心所蕴藏的巨大潜能 — 无限的智慧与悲心 — 以便利益和服务一切有情。
FPMT的创办人是图腾耶喜喇嘛和喇嘛梭巴仁波切。我们所修习的是由两位上师所教导的，西藏喀巴大师的佛法传承。
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護持大乘法脈基金會”（ 英文簡稱：FPMT。全名：Found
ation 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。 我們全力創造和諧融洽的環境，
為人們提供解行並重的完整佛法教育，以便啟發內在的環宇悲心及責 任心，並開發內心所蘊藏的巨大潛能 — 無限的智慧與悲心 – – 以便利益和服務一切有情。 FPMT的創辦人是圖騰耶喜喇嘛和喇嘛梭巴仁波切。
我們所修習的是由兩位上師所教導的，西藏喀巴大師的佛法傳承。 察看道场信息:
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By eliminating the self-pitying imagination of ego, you go beyond fear. All fear and other self-pitying emotions come from holding a self-pitying image of yourself.
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2026 FPMT Global MANI Retreat
Resources | Online Teachings and Group Practice | Retreat in Mongolia | Mantra Report | FAQ
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization was to hold 100 Million Mani retreats.
“This is one of my dreams, to have 100 Million Mani Retreats each year and for it to continue forever, even after I die, even after the people living now die. Those who are working, offering service now—to continue even after they die; to continue for as long as the country exists.” — Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The regional and national coordinators of FPMT are working with FPMT International Office to support a GLOBAL MANI RETREAT. This retreat will bring together our FPMT community on a scale we have not attempted before … a hugely exciting collective effort, which we pray will promote even greater harmony, cohesion, and understanding between us all. How timely then, that it was FPMT’s 50th anniversary last December! Surely after 50 years, it is now opportune for all of us to come together, as the global organization that FPMT has become, to devote our collective time and effort to Dharma practice and dedicate ourselves to the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s unmistaken reincarnation.
The 2026 GLOBAL MANI RETREAT is scheduled to commence on the first day of Saka Dawa month (Sunday, May 17, 2026), and conclude on the final Buddha Day for this year, Lhabab Duchen (Sunday, November 1, 2026). This retreat will be something unprecedented for our global FPMT family. By coming together in fellowship and harmony, we pray to extract the very essence of this precious human rebirth, and dedicate all our efforts for the happiness of all dear sentient beings and for all our holy gurus to remain until the state of enlightenment is achieved.
To be a deeply enriching and powerfully beneficial experience, the GLOBAL MANI RETREAT will comprise several synergistic components, including :
- MAJOR ONLINE TEACHINGS BY HIGH LAMAS: For powerful blessings and inspiration.
- ONLINE GROUP PRACTICE SESSIONS BY TEACHERS DRAWN FROM EVERY REGION OF THE FPMT ORGANIZATION: To build strong family feeling and maintain the retreat’s momentum.
- INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE AT HOME – Participants are encouraged to recite the
Chenrezig sadhana and recite the Mani mantra daily, in their own time and place, for
the duration of this retreat. - GROUP PRACTICE IN A 100 MILLION MANI RETREAT: Participants are encouraged to join the annual 100 MILLION MANI RETREAT hosted by FPMT MONGOLIA, but this is not compulsory. (2026 Mongolia retreat dates have not yet been set.)
FPMT Centers and Study Groups are also welcome to organize their own Mani retreats anytime within this retreat period if they wish, as a further contribution in practice and mantra recitation.
Upon the conclusion of this GLOBAL MANI RETREAT, we will offer the total number of MANI mantras recited to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Details and opportunities will be updated here as they become available.
What an incredible opportunity for the entire FPMT organization to join together in this powerful collection of merit, harmony, and blessings for the entire world!
Chenrezig Mani Retreat Materials Sadhanas and a collection of teachings on the mani sadhana.
Details to come prior to May 17!
Opportunity to report mantras will be added once the retreat begins on May 17.
WHO CAN JOIN THIS FPMT GLOBAL MANI RETREAT?
This retreat is open to all students who meet the minimum requirement of having taken refuge in the Three Jewels.
WHAT IS THE RETREAT FORMAT?
The retreat will consist of the following synergistic components, in order to offer a deeply enriching and powerfully beneficial experience:
- MAJOR ONLINE TEACHINGS BY HIGH LAMAS – For powerful blessings and inspiration.
- ONLINE GROUP PRACTICE SESSIONS BY TEACHERS DRAWN FROM EVERY REGION OF THE FPMT ORGANIZATION – To build strong family feeling and maintain the retreat’s momentum.
- INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE AT HOME – Participants are encouraged to recite the Chenrezig sadhana and recite the Mani mantra daily, in their own time and place, for the duration of this retreat.
- GROUP PRACTICE IN A 100 MILLION MANI RETREAT – Participants are also encouraged to join the annual 100 MILLION MANI RETREAT hosted by FPMT MONGOLIA, but this is not compulsory. We will share further updates once the 2026 Mongolia retreat dates are set.
- Centers and Study Groups are also welcome to organize their own Mani retreats anytime within this retreat period if they wish, as a further contribution in practice and mantra recitation.
WHICH SADHANA WILL WE BE USING?
We will use the “Short Sadhana of the Compassion Buddha, Arya Chenrezig”, as compiled for off-site participants in a 100 Million Mani retreat on the basis of instructions by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
A link to this Sadhana will be uploaded to the FPMT GLOBAL MANI RETREAT webpage prior to retreat launch.
WHAT IF I CANNOT DO THE SADHANA PRACTICE EVERYDAY?
While you are highly encouraged to complete at least ONE Chenrezig sadhana on every day of the retreat, this is not compulsory. Please just practice as much as you are able to, with the pure motivation to bring benefit to all sentient beings; and, in particular, to dedicate for the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the success of all his holy projects.
HOW DO I COUNT AND REPORT THE MANI MANTRAS I RECITED?
Only those Mani mantras recited within the practice of the sadhana are to be included in your final count. A link to the “GLOBAL MANI RETREAT Mantra Count” google form will be posted on the FPMT GLOBAL MANI RETREAT webpage upon retreat launch.
As the final day of the Retreat is on 1st November 2026 (Lhabab Duchen), please submit your final mantra counts latest by 8:00am (UTC), 2nd November 2026.
ARE THERE ANY DIET RESTRICTIONS?
Retreat Advisor KHEN RINPOCHE GESHE CHONYI has advised that if you are planning to attend any of the Chenrezig Group Practice sessions, it is highly recommended that you be vegetarian* for that day. Better still, take the 8 Mahayana Precepts on that morning.
For all the other days that you plan to complete at least one Chenrezig sadhana, it is good for you to be vegetarian* at least for the meal that you take prior to the sadhana.
* “Vegetarian” in this case means ”no black foods” in addition to “no meat”. Black foods include garlic, onion, leeks, chives, egg, radish.
HOW CAN WE PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE SESSIONS?
All online sessions will be conducted via ZOOM, with meeting link to be posted on the FPMT GLOBAL MANI RETREAT webpage prior to retreat launch.
Livestream to other platforms will also be announced at this time.
CAN WE ACCESS THE RECORDINGS IF WE MISS ANY OF THE ONLINE SESSIONS?
In accordance with advice received, recordings of online sessions will NOT be made available for later viewing.
We therefore encourage you to recognize the amazing preciousness and rarity of this retreat, and make every effort to join the sessions.
WHAT LANGUAGE WILL THE ONLINE SESSIONS BE CONDUCTED IN?
MAJOR TEACHINGS BY HIGH LAMAS: Either TIBETAN (with English translation), or ENGLISH, depending on the lama.
CHENREZIG GROUP PRACTICE SESSIONS: All Group Practice sessions will be conducted in ENGLISH.
For both the Major Teachings & Group Practice sessions, other language translations will be announced in due course.
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