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Family Feeling News Roundup: August 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 »
The Sutra of Great Liberation: A Teaching for Difficult Times
Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche returned to the Sutra of Great Liberation more than once over the years, offering the oral transmission and commentary of this text to students facing hardship — in Singapore in 2018, and again from Kopan Monastery ... Read more »
Emergency Relief and Prayers for Nepal-Tibet Border
People around the world have been deeply saddened by the devastating flash floods and mudslides that struck Nepal on August 26. The disaster has caused loss of life, injuries, displacement, and extensive damage in the Nepal-Tibet border region near the ... Read more »
FPMT Inc. Board Update, August 27, 2026
“How can we make the best use of this perfect human rebirth, the precious human body that we have received just this once? How can we make it most beneficial, not only for ourselves but for those other, most precious, ... Read more »
Nepal–Tibet Border Flash Floods: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Natural Disasters
Over the years, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered various pieces of advice for prayers and practices to turn to when facing natural disasters. In light of the recent flash flood and mudslide along the Nepal–Tibet border, which struck the Rasuwa ... Read more »
Mani Retreat: Why Do I Have to Do This?
To celebrate the ongoing FPMT Global Mani Retreat which has brought together students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche from around the world to help fulfill one of Rinpoche’s most cherished wishes, we are sharing this excerpt from Teaching from the Mani ... Read more »
Remembering Margo van Greta: Inner Work and Service
Margo van Greta passed away on July 29, 2026. She died soon after receiving a diagnosis of late-stage cancer. Originally from the Netherlands, Margo had been involved with the Dharma since 1987. She studied and practiced with His Holiness the ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Creation of Holy Objects for All Beings: Grants Offered in 2026
Holy objects have always been at the heart of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast vision for benefiting sentient beings. Again and again, Rinpoche taught that holy objects are among the most powerful methods for bringing peace, wisdom, compassion, and liberation ... Read more »
Benefits of the Mani Retreat
To celebrate the ongoing FPMT Global Mani Retreat , which has brought together students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche from around the world to help fulfill one of Rinpoche’s most cherished wishes, we are sharing this excerpt on the Benefits of ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Happiness Comes from the Mind, Not from Outside
In this extract, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche explores why living beings, though they long for happiness, so often create the very causes of suffering instead. The teaching is drawn from a weekend seminar Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Thubten Yeshe ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Our Support for Essential Services and Health Care in 2026
FPMT Social Services Fund (SSF) continues Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vision of compassionate service by supporting projects that bring healthcare, education, and hope to those most in need. In 2026, we awarded US$136,103 in grants to seven organizations across India and ... Read more »