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Grant Offered for Library at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Bylakuppe, India
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, located in Bylakuppe, Southern India, and seat to the Panchen Lama, has been growing significantly over the last few decades. A courtyard was added in 2012, a new prayer hall was completed in 2015, and construction of ... Read more »
Nalanda Monks Tour North America to Talk about Maitreya Pure Land Project
Two monks from Nalanda Monastery are currently touring North America to talk about a new project to create Maitreya Pure Land. The monastery, which is an FPMT affiliate located in the South of France, has an opportunity to buy neighboring ... Read more »
Nalanda Monastery’s New Project: Maitreya Pure Land
Nalanda Monastery is a community for Western Gelug monks located in a peaceful rural setting in the South of France about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Toulouse. The monastery, which is affiliated with FPMT, offers monastic students, as well as ... Read more »
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach LIVE from Moscow
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches on “How to Develop Bodhicitta in the Modern World (a commentary on Khunu Lama Rinpoche’s The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhichitta )” this weekend. Rinpoche’s teachings in Moscow, Russia, begin on Friday, October 25, and ... Read more »
Rinpoche’s Recommendations for the 600th Anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s Parinirvana on December 21
Lama Tsongkhapa Day, or Ganden Ngamchoe, is a celebration of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is celebrated on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. This year, Lama Tsongkhapa Day falls on December 21 ... Read more »
His Eminence Ling Rinpoche Welcomed to France
His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Ling Rinpoche arrived at the Toulouse airport in France on April 30, 2019. Rinpoche was welcomed by representatives from Nalanda Monastery and Institut Vajra Yogini, FPMT centers near Toulouse. Rinpoche remained in France through the ... Read more »
Monthly Offering of Gold and Robes to Precious Buddha Statue in Tibet
The extensive range of offerings, practices, and pujas that are offered in India, Nepal, and around the world through the Puja Fund on request from Lama Zopa Rinpoche is astounding. As Charitable Projects Coordinator, Ven. Holly Ansett, commented, “It is ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Leads 100 Million Mani Retreat in Elista, Kalmykia
On September 30, Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived in Elista, the capital city of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia. Rinpoche was enthusiastically greeted as soon as he stepped out of the airplane. Rinpoche was welcomed by the abbot of the monastery ... Read more »
Welcome to the October FPMT e-News!
We hope you enjoy our October FPMT International Office e-News. This month we bring you news about: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice about Changing Our View, Big Love in the New Issue of Mandala magazine!, New Practice Materials, Protecting the Environment ... Read more »
The Sanghata Sutra Available in Print
The Sanghata Sutra is a Mahayana sutra containing stories illustrating the power of the bodhisattva wish and the power of past and present actions to produce expansive results. Imbued with the blessings of Shakyamuni Buddha’s prayer, recitation of this sutra ... Read more »
16 Guidelines for Life Benefit Incarcerated Communities
In 2008, David Machles completed the 16 Guidelines for Life Level 1 course , an initiative of the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW), and later completed Levels 2 and 3. David is part of FDCW’s Universal Education community. ... Read more »