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How to Make the Most of Celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday
On July 6, students, friends, and supporters around the world will observe the incredibly momentous occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s ninetieth birthday. We wanted to remind you of the vast resources available to you, to practice in the ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama: The Purpose of Life Is To Be Happy
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s ninetieth birthday is approaching on July 6, 2025, we hope to remember the unbelievable and unshakeable kindness of His Holiness. According to the Tibetan calendar, His Holiness’s birthday fell today, the fifth day of ... Read more »
June 2025 Enews is Now Available!
We are delighted to share the June 2025 enews with you. We share many causes for rejoicing including: Rejoicing in His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Prayers to stop wars, Valuable resources for students ... Read more »
Three Buffalos Liberated in Honor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Long Life and 90th Birthday
We are so happy to share with you that three young buffalos were saved from impending death in honor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s ninetieth birthday and for the health and long, long life of His Holiness. These buffalos ... Read more »
The Kindness of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan People
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s ninetieth birthday is approaching on July 6, 2025, we hope to remember the unbelievable and unshakeable kindness of His Holiness. “I thought that it would be important especially for Western people who had become ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice: Prayers to Stop War
In 2022, after the war in Ukraine started, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice on prayers and practices to do in order to pacify the threats of war. All are welcome to download the booklet, Prayers to Stop War. At the ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: A Simple Explanation of Karma
The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives offers a growing index of teaching excerpts from Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe . Perhaps this set of blog posts could be framed something like: In addition to the fascinating historical ... Read more »
Most Secret Hayagriva: A Deep Connection to FPMT
Hayagriva is the wrathful manifestation of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion. The practice of Most Secret Hayagriva is extremely powerful to grant help and support and to quickly pacify obstacles. Lama Zopa Rinpoche has said that one of the reasons ... Read more »
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program 9 Program Successfully Completed
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program (LRZTP) is an FPMT project in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. LRZTP has produced many gifted Dharma interpreters-translators for FPMT Dharma centers since its conception over twenty-three years ago. In addition to the two-year intensive training ... Read more »
Rejoicing in All the Pujas and Prayers Offered During Saka Dawa
During the twenty-four hours of Saka Dawa (June 11, 2025), which commemorates Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana, and when karmic results are multiplied by 300 million times as it commemorates Shakyamuni Buddha’s three major life events, The FPMT Puja ... Read more »
Twenty-One Taras Thangka Displayed in Melbourne Town Hall for Vesak
In 2014, Lama Zopa Rinpoche requested Peter Iseli to paint a very big ( 15 meters x 9 meters, 49 ft x 30 ft) Twenty-One Taras thangka. Peter and his wife Jangchub Iseli-Sangmo spent four years creating the thangka, one ... Read more »