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His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Transformative Teachings, September 2022
Buddhist students around the world have learned to appreciate technology and the blessings of Zoom since the Covid-19 pandemic halted travel and large events or gatherings for most of us for nearly three years. In September, His Holiness the Dalai ... Read more »
Fifty-third Kopan Meditation Course is Underway!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has said, “Coming to a Kopan Course is the most important education of your Life.” On November 25, 2022, after a two year break due to the COVID restrictions and safety concerns, 175 students started the fifty-third ... Read more »
Magnificent New Forty-two Foot Stupa at Rabgayling Tibetan Settlement
The Rabgayling Tibetan Settlement in Hunsur, South India is home to the Rabgayling Old Aged Home, a care facility serving approximately twenty residents. FPMT Charitable Projects, through the Social Services Fund, has been supporting this home since 2015, providing grants ... Read more »
New Podcast Episode: #16 Meditate on Emptiness While Walking
There is a new episode of the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts Podcast. You can listen to the new episode on our website or find it in your favorite podcast app by searching for “Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts.” New ... Read more »
Practice Resources to Support Health
As many communities worldwide are entering flu season, we wanted to share some practice materials specific to supporting and protecting our health. Here are some available for download through the Foundation Store: The Dharani of the Goddess Parnashavari: Parnashavari, or ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Benefiting Turkeys on the U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday
Every year in the United States, tens of millions of turkeys are killed for the holiday of Thanksgiving, which is this Thursday, November 24, 2022. Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice in a 2018 teaching to help benefit the turkeys killed, ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Support Offered to Ordained Sangha in 2022
Providing support to sangha living in vows is one of the highest priorities for the FPMT organization and the Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund offers food, accommodation, health care and education to sangha living in nunneries and monasteries around the world. ... Read more »
The Importance of Remembering Impermanence and Death
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continually stresses the importance of remembering impermanence and death, preparing for our own deaths, and helping others at the time of death. In this teaching, given at Thekchen Choling in Singapore on September 1, Rinpoche reminds us ... Read more »
November e-News is Now Available!
Our November 2022 e-news is now available. This issue features news, updates, resources, opportunities, and causes for rejoicing, including: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recent meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama , Recently published teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche , News ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Life of Geshe Thubten Soepa: Protecting the Helpless
Geshe Thubten Soepa. 67, passed away at a hospital in Mysore, India, on November 2, 2022 from a heart attack. Geshe Soepa was well regarded as a scholar with extensive knowledge about both sutra and tantra, and not only well ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Merit-Multiplying Activities of All on Lhabab Duchen
We rejoice in all of the virtuous and merit-multiplying activities happening in FPMT centers, projects, and services around the world during this special time of Lhabab Duchen, November 15, when the entire FPMT mandala is creating extensive merit for others. ... Read more »