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February 2026 E-Newsletter is Now Available
Welcome to this month’s e-newsletter! We at FPMT International Office wish all of our dear friends and supporters a most happy and healthy Tibetan New Year of the Fire Horse! We have entered an incredibly powerful period through March 3, ... Read more »
An Update from the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors: February, 2026
Dear Friends, Losar Tashi Delek! It is the beginning of the Tibetan New Year, and there is still so much to convey about the last one! Today, we are sharing our progress on developing the Strategic Plan, appointing our new ... Read more »
Warmest Losar Greetings for the Year of the Fire Horse!
Losar Tashi Delek! Happy Tibetan New Year to all our dear friends! With love from everyone at FPMT International Office The Great Prayer Festival during the Fifteen Days of Miracles—from the first day of the Tibetan new year, Losar, (February ... Read more »
Richard Gere’s Moving Tribute to Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Last year we shared a very moving moving and heartfelt interview with Richard Gere on the qualities of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Today we are resharing this video for those who may have missed it. Richard Gere, a long-time friend ... Read more »
Losar and 15 Days of Miracles– A Powerful Opportunity for Practice
The Fifteen Days of Miracles commemorate the special time when Guru Shakyamuni Buddha showed miraculous powers in order to subdue six tirthikas, or non-Buddhist teachers, who lacked faith in him, and to inspire more faith in his followers. It begins ... Read more »
Geshe Thubten Sherab: Long Retreat After Years of Service to Thubten Norbu Ling, Santa Fe
For the majority of Thubten Norbu Ling’s twenty-five year history in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, Geshe Thubten Sherab has served as joint-resident teacher. After a world teaching tour, Geshe Sherab will enter three year retreat at the beginning of ... Read more »
Reciting Sutras: Powerful Benefit for Oneself and Others
Sutras are records of teachings given by the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. The Buddha’s discourses were memorized by his disciples and later written down in various languages, the most complete collections of teachings being in Pali and Sanskrit. Because sutras contain ... Read more »
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 »