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Buddhist Mind Science Comes to North America
From August 29 to September 6, 2026, Vajrapani Institute in California hosted the inaugural US retreat of Buddhist Mind Science: Activating Your Potential (BMS), led by Hans Burghardt and Marina Brucet, who created the program. The retreat was the centerpiece ... Read more »
Lhabab Duchen 2026 Around the FPMT Mandala
News Roundup Special Lhabab Duchen Edition: On November 1, 2026, the FPMT family celebrated Lhabab Duchen, one of the four great holy days of the Tibetan calendar. The day also marked the close of the FPMT Global Mani Retreat , ... Read more »
The Continuing Blessings of Thame Stupa in Solu Khumbu, Nepal
One of the great joys of creating holy objects is seeing them continue to benefit sentient beings for generations. Caring for them, making offerings, and ensuring they remain beautiful and accessible are also meaningful practices of compassion, generosity, devotion, and ... Read more »
2026 Planetary Crisis Summit at Nalanda Monastery: A Buddhist Approach For A Better Future
On September 5–6, 2026, Nalanda Monastery in France hosted the third Planetary Crisis Summit of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). The weekend brought together practitioners in the monastery’s gompa with FPMT centers, groups, and individuals ... Read more »
Updated Vajrayogini Practice Texts Available
We are pleased to share the following updated Vajrayogini practice texts! New Editions The long-awaited revised The Intermediate Practices of Vajrayogini – a Self-Initiation Manual , FPMT Vajrayogini Series, Volume 3, is now available at the Foundation Store! It contains ... Read more »
The Power of Mandala: A New Book by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Wisdom Publications has released The Power of Mandala: Creating and Offering the Universe, a new book by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Offering mandala is a powerful ritual that enables the practitioner to generate immeasurable merit. In this book, Rinpoche explains the ... Read more »
Rejoicing in 2,200 Buddha Statues Offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
On October 17, 2026, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) had the immense good fortune to offer another 100 statues of Shakyamuni Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsala, India, along ... Read more »
Family Feeling News Roundup: October 2026
The News Roundup is a digest of short community highlights from FPMT centers and individuals around the world, as part of our ongoing effort to nourish the “family feeling” and bring back the “News Around the World” and “News in ... Read more »
50 Years of FPMT. Tom and Kathy Vichta’s Story: Planting the Dharma in Australia
In 1974, Tom and Kathy Vichta helped organize the first lamrim course held in the West, at Diamond Valley in Queensland. From that course came Chenrezig Institute, bringing Tibetan Buddhism to Australia and becoming the first FPMT Center, now celebrating ... Read more »
Rejoicing as Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Stupa Nears Completion
The magnificent Stupa of Complete Victory that is being built at Kopan Monastery to create the causes for the swift return of our precious and kind guru, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, is nearing completion. We are so honored that His ... Read more »
Lhabab Duchen: A Day of Vast Offerings and Limitless Merit
On November 1, we celebrate Lhabab Duchen, one of the four great holy days in the Buddhist calendar, commemorating the day the Buddha Shakyamuni descended to Earth from the God Realm of the Thirty-Three after teaching the Dharma to the ... Read more »