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Kopan Monastery School Students Held a Science Fair
On Sunday, January 13, 2019, Kopan Monastery School at FPMT’s Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, held their second-ever Science Fair. They invited the local community to come to the monastery to talk with the students and learn about their group ... Read more »
Rooms and Prayer Wheels Completed at Lugsum Elderly Home, Bylakkupe, India
Over two years, the Social Services Fund offered grants to support the building of ten new rooms for accommodation (we provided sponsorship for five of these rooms) and the construction of large and smaller prayer wheels on the property of ... Read more »
We Bring You Our February FPMT e-News
Out now – the February FPMT International Office e-News! This month we bring you: Lama Zopa Rinpoche Schedule Updates, Thanks from Rinpoche for the Sera Je Food Fund, We’re Seeking New Friends!, …and more! Have this translated into your native ... Read more »
Take a Look! Purifying the Cause of Samsara Door Card
Lama Zopa Rinpoche designed the Purifying the Cause of Samsara door card as an easy way for students to regularly purify negative karma. To use the card, place it above your door in order to benefit from the two main ... Read more »
Alcohol and Other Drugs Program at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion Benefits the Community
The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, a FPMT project near Bendigo in Victoria, Australia, has been running an Alcohol and Other Drugs Program for the past several months. Community service is one of the five FPMT Pillars of Service. Participants ... Read more »
The Benefits of Offering Food to Sangha: A Heartfelt Thank You from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Recently Lama Zopa Rinpoche shared a heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported the Sera Je Food Fund for twenty-seven years of operation. The food fund provided free meals to all of the monks of Sera Je Monastery for nearly ... Read more »
Happy Birthday, Tenzin Ösel Hita!
FPMT International Office wishes Tenzin Ösel Hita a very happy birthday and a long, healthy life. May his beneficial activities flourish and wishes come instantly into fruition! Tenzin Ösel Hita, the recognized reincarnation of FPMT founder Lama Yeshe, turns 34 ... Read more »
Our Heart Jewel, Our Wish-granting Gem
Six weeks after Lama Yeshe’s passing in 1984, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered a personal tribute to his guru, Lama Yeshe. Here’s an excerpt from “Our Heart Jewel, Our Wish-granting Gem,” first published in Wisdom, #2 1984: For those of us ... Read more »
Take a Look! Verses to Inspire Offerings Card
Composed and arranged by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, Verses to Inspire Offerings is a frameable one-page offering prayer card that Lama Zopa Rinpoche suggests can be displayed in one’s gompa or home. It reads in English and Tibetan: ... Read more »
Rolling Mantras at Maitreya Instituut Amsterdam
Each month Maitreya Instituut, an FPMT center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, organizes a mantra rolling activity facilitated by Ven. Jan Bijman (Konchog Phuntsok). Students learn about and roll mantras that they can then use to fill their own statues and ... Read more »
Remembering Lama Yeshe on Losar
The Tibetan New Year, Losar, falls on February 5 this year. For FPMT students, this day has additional significance as it commemorates the anniversary of the parinirvana of Lama Yeshe, who co-founded FPMT with Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Lama Yeshe’s heart ... Read more »