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Tenzin Osel Hita’s Recent and Upcoming Dharma Talks
This summer Tenzin Osel Hita (the recognized incarnation of Lama Yeshe) gave a number of Dharma talks in FPMT centers and study groups in the United States. Starting in August Osel visited and spoke at Vajrapani Institute, Land of Medicine ... Read more »
Rinpoche Visits Tallest Maitreya Statue in Europe and Blesses All the Sentient Beings in the Caspian Sea
After the 100 million mani retreat concluded in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, in October, Lama Zopa Rinpoche made a day trip to Lagan, Kalmykia, near the Caspian Sea. Rinpoche when to visit the largest Maitreya Buddha statue in Europe and to ... Read more »
We Hope You Enjoy Our November e-News
Welcome to our November FPMT International Office e-News! This month you’ll find news about: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Honouring Lama Tsongkhapa, Featured Materials from FPMT Education Services, 1,000 Statues for His Holiness Sponsored, Fruitful FPMT Service Development, …and more! ... Read more »
Available in Print! Prayer to the Six-Syllable Great Compassionate One
“Your compassion is the source of happiness even of the animals and people that you meet in everyday life,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches in Prayer to the Six-Syllable Great Compassionate One, a translation of and commentary on Tsultrim Zangpo’s eloquent ... Read more »
Rinchen Jangsem Ling Retreat Centre Celebrated Saka Dawa with a Kuan Yin Retreat
In 2019 Rinchen Jangsem Ling Retreat Centre, the FPMT center in Triang, Malaysia, celebrated the month of Saka Dawa (June 4-July 2, 2019) by offering a Kuan Yin Retreat. (Kuan Yin is also known by the Sanskrit name Avalokitesvara and ... Read more »
Fifth Year of Support for Sambhota Tibetan School, Bylakuppe, India
Since 2014, the Social Services Fund has been offering grants to Sambhota Tibetan School Cauvery Valley Project (formerly called Central School for Tibetans CVP), located in Bylakuppe, South India. The school was established in 1971 to serve the children of ... Read more »
Available in Print! The Preliminary Practice of Altar Set-up & Water Bowl Offerings
“When performing offerings, you can offer to the merit field not only those offerings you have made at the altar and those mentally transformed, but also you can offer all the beautiful flowers, lakes, parks, the sun and moon—all the ... Read more »
Tushita Meditation Centre’s 2019 Highlights
Tushita Meditation Centre, the FPMT center in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, enjoyed visits from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Khyongla Rato Rinpoche in 2019. Ven. Tenzin Kunphen, spiritual program coordinator, and Maria Nobuko Corrales, creative project assistant, share those stories and ... Read more »
1,000 Tsa-Tsas of Lama Tsongkhapa Offered to Ganden Tripa Rinpoche to Offer to Others
Lama Tsongkhapa Day commemorates the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is observed on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar and, this year, which marks the 600th anniversary, falls on December 21. The Geluk International ... Read more »
Geshe Losang Tengye Passes Away at Institut Vajra Yogini
Geshe Losang Tengye, who played an important role in helping establish Tibetan Buddhism in the West, stopped breathing in his room at Institut Vajra Yogini in France on Friday, October 19. Geshe Tengye stayed in clear light meditation for five ... Read more »
Lhabab Duchen Is on November 19
Lhabab Duchen, one of the four great holy days of the Buddhist calendar, takes place this year on November 19. Lhabab Duchen celebrates Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s return to Earth from the God Realm of the Thirty-Three after teaching Dharma for ... Read more »