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Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Morning Prayers and Motivation
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered extensive precious advice on how to start each day with the best motivation to be of most benefit to others and ourselves. In this collection of prayers and advice, Morning Prayers and Motivation, Rinpoche places particular ... Read more »
Lhabab Duchen is on November 4, 2023!
Lhabab Duchen, one of the four great holy days of the Buddhist calendar, takes place this year on November 4. Lhabab Duchen celebrates Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s return to Earth from the God Realm of the Thirty-Three after teaching Dharma for ... Read more »
October 2023 e-News Is Now Available
Our October e-News is now available! This is a very special issue with many important and inspiring announcements including: New advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama regarding the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, A moving obituary of Lama ... Read more »
Advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Swift Return
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has offered us all the precious advice to recite Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri continuously for a few months, for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s reincarnation. We request all students of Lama ... Read more »
FPMT Translation Services: A Report on Projects
We are so happy to share this recent report from the FPMT Translation Services team: FPMT Translation Services was created in order to facilitate the translation of Tibetan texts used within the FPMT organization into English. Through the collaboration with ... Read more »
FPMT Inc. Board of Directors September/October Report: Working on our Future
Our intention with the board updates is to offer you a more comprehensive view of what the board has been thinking and where we are planning to go – so that we, the FPMT family, can travel together. In this ... Read more »
Stupa of Complete Victory for Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery
We are sharing big news about the undertaking of a new project: The Stupa of Complete Victory for Lama Zopa Rinpoche. This magnificent stupa will be 42 ft high (12.8 meters) and is being built at Kopan Monastery and is ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: Universal Love, The Purpose of Meditation
Universal Love is a collection of Lama Yeshe’s teachings on the yoga method of Maitreya, which he taught at Maitreya Institute, Holland, in 1981. Also included are some introductory lectures on Buddhism from Lama’s 1975 teachings in the USA. This ... Read more »
“Joyful Feelings” from the Foundation Service Seminar Retreat at Kopan Monastery
The Foundation Service Seminar (FSS) is the “FPMT immersion retreat.” It provides essential information and nourishment for all serving, or wishing to serve, in the FPMT organization. The FSS Retreat explores how to best offer our skills and qualities in ... Read more »
The Sutra of Golden Light: A Powerful Sutra for World Peace
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has said about the Sutra of Golden Light, “This text is very precious; it brings peace and happiness and is very powerful to stop violence. By hearing this text, one’s karma is purified.” Rinpoche made a personal ... Read more »
Rejoice in Offering 458 Buddha Statues to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
We have incredibly joyous news to share! Last week the remaining 458 Buddha statues from the 1,000 Buddha statues that were made for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and offered during the long life puja in ... Read more »