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Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: How to Arrange a Home for Someone Who Is Dying
Helping someone pass away in the most auspicious way possible is one of the greatest gifts we can offer at the most critical time of a person’s life. The FPMT Death and Dying Heart Practices and Advice webpage is a ... Read more »
50 Years of FPMT: Michelle Le Dimna’s Story
Michelle Le Dimna arrived in Kopan for the 1978 November Course and stayed in Nepal and India, following teachings and doing retreat, until February 1985. Michelle has spent about 40 years translating Dharma books into French and is an FPMT ... Read more »
Anniversary of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche Showing the Aspect of Passing Away: April 13
April 13, 2026 marks the three-year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away. As a reminder to students, Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away is a short text translated by Rinpoche that explains ... Read more »
The Third Gelug Monlam at Nalanda: An Immense Source of Rejoicing!
The Third Gelug Monlam Festival was held at Nalanda Monastery in France from 28 Feb to 4 March, 2026. Lama Zopa Rinpoche had expressed the wish to bring this special tradition to the West, and the first festival was held ... Read more »
FPMT Centers Offer Opportunities to Pray for Peace
Lama Zopa Rinpoche strongly encouraged his students to pray for world peace as widely as possible. All are welcome to explore the collection of resources we recently shared, which offers advice on prayers and practices to follow when the world ... Read more »
2025 Annual Review is Now Available!
FPMT International Office is happy to share this year’s Annual Review, “Advancing Our Guru’s Vision of a World Guided by Compassion and Wisdom.” As you will read in the many summaries included in the review, we continued to offer access ... Read more »
March 2026 Newsletter Now Available
In this month’s newsletter, we are delighted to share our 2025 Annual Review: Advancing Our Guru’s Vision of a World Guided by Compassion and Wisdom . We hope you will find many reasons to rejoice as you read the detailed ... Read more »
An Auspicious Weekend at ILTK: FPMT European Regional Meeting and Blessing of the Stupa Throne
On March 14, 2026, a deeply meaningful and joyful occasion unfolded at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Pomaia, Italy. The center hosted the FPMT European Regional Meeting and celebrated the blessing of the new Stupa of Enlightenment’s throne, dedicated to ... Read more »
Littlest Scholars Thriving at Maitreya Universal Education School, Bodhgaya
By Donna Lynn Brown Last year, I wrote an article describing how Maitreya Universal Education School, operated by Root Institute in Bodhgaya, India, is implementing child-focused, trauma-informed methods. That process is proceeding well. Its main leaders, volunteers Kabir and Duffer, ... Read more »
Preserving 50 Years of History: Chenrezig Institute’s Living Photo Archive
What begins as a box of old photographs can quietly become something much more — a living record of how the Dharma took root, spread, and touched countless lives. When Chenrezig Institute began preparing for its 50th Anniversary celebrations in ... Read more »
From a Personal Journey to Community Connection: A New Film about Chenrezig Institute
Chenrezig Institute was founded in 1974 on Eudlo land — 160 acres donated by devoted students of Lama Yeshe: Nick Ribush, Yeshe Khadro, and Tom and Kathy Vichta. With the approval of Trijang Rinpoche, who confirmed that the land was ... Read more »