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Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: The Cycle of Death and Rebirth
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 »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Change Your View of Others by Practicing Patience
In 2018, during a teaching at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Lama Zopa Rinpoche shared advice on how to see those who harm you as your virtuous friend of patience. Rinpoche explains that if somebody makes you ... Read more »
50 Years of FPMT: Ven. Elisabeth Drukier’s Story
As FPMT has reached 50 years as an organization, we are taking the opportunity to celebrate the stories and contributions of all who have helped Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche establish centers, projects, services, and study groups around the ... Read more »
January 2026 e-News is Available!
We are delighted to share the January 2026 e-news with you. We share many causes for rejoicing including: Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, ILTK’s Remembering Lama Yeshe project, His Holiness the Dalai Lama attends Winter Debate at Drepung Monastery, Tara ... Read more »
FPMT Celebrates Fifty Years!
December 2025 marked 50 years since Lama Yeshe famously said, “We need an organization to keep this together.” Lama was reflecting on the success of a recent eight-and-a-half month tour of nine countries, the most extensive Lama Yeshe and Lama ... Read more »
Geshe Doga and Students from Tara Institute Attend Long Life Puja for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
On Christmas Eve 2025, a long-life puja was offered to His Holiness at Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, India, this year’s host of the Annual Winter Debate. Several thousand (mostly monks) attended this event. Cynthia Karena of Tara Institute (TI), Melbourne, ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Attends Annual Winter Debate at Drepung Monastery
As a tremendous blessing to all of the monks participating, His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended the annual Winter Jang Debate, held this year at Drepung Monastery, South India. Two-thousand monks participated from over twenty monasteries. This annual debate dates ... Read more »
100,000 Candles Lit at Rinchen Jangsem Ling, Malaysia
The grounds of Rinchen Jangsem Ling retreat center (RJL) in Triang, Malaysia, were illuminated by 102,647 tea lights during its recent 100,000 Light Offerings to Thousand-Armed Chenrezig on the evening of December 6, 2025, breaking a record for the most ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Practicing Compassion is Taking Care of Your Life
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave teachings at the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia. October 4-6, 2019. These teachings were preliminary to the Great Chenrezig Initiation offered during this time. He continued to teach during the 100 Million ... Read more »
Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa Captures Treasured Memories of Lama Yeshe
Over the course of 2025, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) in collaboration with Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA) celebrated what would have been the 90th birthday of the FPMT’s co-founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe. To honor his profound legacy, ILTK invited ... Read more »
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 »