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Exploring Tara Practice: New Resources Now Available from the FPMT Store
The FPMT Store has recently published a new series of prayers and practices dedicated to Arya Tara, the swift and compassionate mother of all buddhas, drawn from the rich lineage of Tibetan Buddhist masters—including the First Dalai Lama, Kyabje Trijang ... Read more »
An Update from the FPMT Inc. Board, June 26, 2026
Today, we are sharing some follow-up information with you on topics we have mentioned in recent Board Updates. Executive Director and Strategic Plan: Following the resignation of our previous Executive Director, Ven. Roger Kunsang has kindly agreed to serve as ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: Transforming Our Surroundings
The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives offers a growing index of teaching excerpts from Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe. In addition to the fascinating historical narrative from students of Lama Yeshe, Big Love is also filled with ... Read more »
Twenty-Nine Years of Vesak: Amitabha Buddhist Centre’s Offering to the Community
From May 29 to 31, 2026, Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) held its twenty-ninth annual public Vesak celebration — marking the full moon day on which Buddhists around the world commemorate the Buddha’s birth in Lumbini, his enlightenment in Bodhgaya, and ... Read more »
Artist and Poet Lawrence Greenberg Passes Away
Lawrence Greenberg passed away recently at the age of 83 in Downey, California. The following words in celebration of Lawrence’s life were offered by Thubten Wongmo, Lawrence’s former wife. I n 1969, I met Lawrence at a wedding party in ... Read more »
Remembering Robert A.F. Thurman: Scholar, Teacher, and Friend of Tibet
Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman passed away on June 16, 2026, at the age of eighty-four, at his home in Woodstock, New York. Professor Robert Alexander Farrar (Bob) Thurman was widely regarded as America’s foremost scholar of Tibetan Buddhism and a ... Read more »
Saka Dawa 2026 Around the FPMT Mandala
News Roundup Special Saka Dawa Edition: May 17, 2026 marked the beginning of the holy month of Saka Dawa, which continued through June 15 and commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha. The most sacred day of the ... Read more »
Bringing the Sutra of Golden Light to 51 African Countries
Ruediger Knie, a devoted German student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, is undertaking a remarkable initiative: reciting the Sutra of Golden Light 21 times across 51 African countries. Lama Zopa Rinpoche made a personal vow to propagate this text and give ... Read more »An Update from the FPMT Inc. Board, June 15, 2026
**Please note that this is an update of the previous communications from June 10 and June 12. Dear Friends, As many of you know, Portland, Oregon hosts the headquarters of both FPMT and Maitripa College, an affiliate of FPMT. A ... Read more »
Upcoming Most Secret Hayagriva Retreats Continue a Commitment Established by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Hayagriva is the wrathful manifestation of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion. The practice of Most Secret Hayagriva is extremely powerful for granting help and support and for quickly pacifying obstacles. Both Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche had a special ... Read more »
Liberation Prison Project Partners With Edovo to Utilize Technology for Buddhist Studies in Prison
Liberation Prison Project – US, has partnered with Edovo, the largest learning platform for incarcerated people in the United States, to make Buddhist and meditation materials available to people in prison across the country. Technology has long been an integral ... Read more »