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Precious Commentary on the Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa

Precious Commentary on the Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa

FPMT Education Services is pleased to present this volume of teachings on the six yogas of Naropa by Gyume Khenzur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, A Detailed Commentary on the Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa. Lama Zopa Rinpoche held Khenzur ... Read more »
Amitabha Buddhist Centre and Tara Lanka Join Efforts to Offer Aid to Flood Victims in Sri Lanka

Amitabha Buddhist Centre and Tara Lanka Join Efforts to Offer Aid to Flood Victims in Sri Lanka

In a collaborative effort between Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC), Singapore; Tara Lanka Study Group, Sri Lanka; and dedicated selfless volunteers, disaster relief was offered to those devastated by recent floods in Sri Lanka. Ven. Tenzin Lekdon of Tara Lanka Study ... Read more »
Dharma Discourses on Vegetarianism: A Translation from Geshe Tenzin Namdak

Dharma Discourses on Vegetarianism: A Translation from Geshe Tenzin Namdak

Several years ago Lama Zopa Rinpoche requested Geshe Tenzin Namdak to translate sections of Geshe Thubten Soepa’s book on vegetarianism, Dharma Discourses on Abandoning Killing, Harming and Consuming the Meat of Innocent Sentient Beings, titled ‘The Melody of Willows Bending ... Read more »
Purification is the Answer!

Purification is the Answer!

With the new year approaching, many of us are reflecting on the past year— rejoicing in the blessings we received, and also assessing mistakes we have made in relation to ourselves and others. Fortunately, we have methods at our disposal ... Read more »
Fifty Years of FPMT: Dr. Nick Ribush Remembers

Fifty Years of FPMT: Dr. Nick Ribush Remembers

December 2025 marks 50 years since Lama Yeshe famously said, “We need an organization to keep this together,” during an eight-and-a-half month tour of nine countries–the most extensive Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche would ever make. What an unbelievable ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe on Christmas: Timeless Teaching and Video

Lama Yeshe on Christmas: Timeless Teaching and Video

Around Christmas time between 1971 and 1975, Lama Yeshe gave several talks related to Christmas to the Western students at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in case some of them were missing their families and being at home at that festive time ... Read more »
Enjoy the Holiday Season With Compassion

Enjoy the Holiday Season With Compassion

This holiday season, all of us at FPMT International Office would like to offer our warmest wishes for you to actualize true joy, peace, love, and compassion in your heart. “The sun of real happiness shines in your life when ... Read more »
Seasons Greetings from FPMT International Office: Our December Newsletter is Available

Seasons Greetings from FPMT International Office: Our December Newsletter is Available

Warmest wishes, happiest of holidays, and a happy new year to you from all of us at FPMT International Office! Our December e-news is now available and brings many causes for rejoicing including: Teachings and precious video of Lama Yeshe ... Read more »
Enlightened Experience Celebration (1) 1982: Precious Videos of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche

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

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

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 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 »