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Enlightened Experience Celebration (1) 1982: Precious Videos of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In 1982, FPMT hosted its first Enlightened Experience Celebration, (EEC1) which was held in India from January to June 1982, and hosted by International Mahayana Institute. The purpose of the first EEC was to gather students of Lama Yeshe and ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Support offered to Ordained Sangha in 2025
Supporting monks and nuns is one of the highest priorities for the FPMT organization, because the preservation of the Buddhadharma is dependent on the existence of Sangha. The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund (SOSF) was created to uphold this commitment by ... Read more »
Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchoe) is on December 14
Ganden Ngamchoe, literally “Ganden Offering of the Twenty-Fifth Day,” or Lama Tsongkhapa Day, is a celebration of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is celebrated on the twenty-fifth day of the tenth month of the Tibetan calendar. This year, ... Read more »
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translation Program Welcomes New Students for LRZTP 10
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program (LRZTP) is an FPMT project in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. LRZTP has produced many gifted Dharma interpreters-translators for FPMT Dharma centers since its conception over twenty-three years ago. In addition to the two-year intensive training ... Read more »
Opportunity to Join the FPMT Masters Program Teachings in 2026
The FPMT Masters Program in Buddhist Studies of Sutra and Tantra (MP) is FPMT’s most advanced education program, the realization of the vision of Lama Thubten Yeshe. Its mission is to provide a full-time, in-depth education for students of the ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: The Enlightenment Attitude
Lama Yeshe offered this teaching about the importance of bodhicitta and the mind of enlightenment when he was bestowing bodhisattva vows at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, on September 14, 1979. This discourse is now published in the LYWA book Knowledge-Wisdom: The ... Read more »
Annual Padmasambhava Large Thangka Raising and Guru Bumtsog in Honor of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
For the tenth year in a row, a very large thangka of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) has been displayed and an auspicious 100,000 tsog offering event (Guru Bumtsog) has taken place at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling (Kopan Nunnery). Every year this event ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Birthday is Observed on December 3
On December 3 we observe the birth date of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. A very large thangka of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) will be displayed and an auspicious 100,000 tsog offering event (Guru Bumtsog) will take place at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling (Kopan ... Read more »
Benefiting Turkeys During the Thanksgiving Holiday: Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Every year in the United States, tens of millions of turkeys are killed for the holiday of Thanksgiving, which is this Thursday, November 27, 2025. Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice in a 2018 teaching to help benefit the turkeys killed, ... Read more »
2026 Liberation Calendar Now Available
For twenty-seven years, the Liberation Prison Project has been producing the Liberation Tibetan calendar to support their work helping people in prison with their Buddhist practice. The calendar is a beautifully crafted guide grounded in authentic Tibetan lunar astrology and ... Read more »
Please Enjoy Our November E-news
Our November 2025 e-News is now available and brings many causes for rejoicing including: Progress on the Stupa of Complete Victory, Teachings and advice from Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, A generous offer for FPMT centers from the Lama ... Read more »







