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Children Study the 16 Guidelines for Life and English in Mongolia
FPMT center Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling has begun offering children’s classes on the 16 Guidelines for Life, an initiative of the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW). These classes are taught to the children in the English language ... Read more »
Support Continues for Ngari Institute in 2018
Since 2014, the Social Services Fund has been supporting the school children and staff of Ngari Institute in Ladakh, India. This year, a grant for US$29,192.50 was offered to cover the costs of daily meals for eighty-three students and staff ... Read more »![Living in Vows Makes Your Life So Precious [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/18/living-in-vows-makes-your-life-so-precious-video/Lunch-before-flight-in-Delhi-with-Sangha-Tendar-Topgye-Tsundue-Lama-Zopa-Rinpoche-Tendar-and-Holly-Feb-7-2018-by-Ven.-Roger-Kunsang-320x240.jpg)
Living in Vows Makes Your Life So Precious [Video]
In a short video clip from a teaching given at the 2016 Light of the Path retreat, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the benefits of living in vows. Rinpoche teaches that taking vows is so powerful that it’s mentioned that right ... Read more »
New Video: The Six Shortcomings of Samsara
In this short video clip from a teaching given at the 2016 Light of the Path retreat, Lama Zopa Rinpoche urges us to liberate ourselves from samsara. Rinpoche instructs us that when our husband or wife meets somebody and has ... Read more »
We Invite You Into the June FPMT International Office e-News
We hope you will enjoy the June FPMT International Office e-News, out now! This month we bring you: Highlights of Recent Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, The Updated FPMT Mission Statement, Sutra of Golden Light Resources, News from our Foundation ... Read more »
New Ways to Learn Khadro-la’s Long Life Prayer for Lama Zopa Rinpoche (Video)
In 2016, Khadro-la (Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme) spontaneously composed a prayer for Lama Zopa Rinpoche, which was offered during a long life puja for Rinpoche held March 13, 2016, at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore. The English translation of ... Read more »
Buddha House Rejoices in Following the Guru’s Advice
FPMT center Buddha House, located in a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, recently received a visit from Lama Zopa Rinpoche who blessed the center’s new home. The Buddha House community shares the story with us: During the Bodhicaryavatara (A Guide ... Read more »
Jangchub Stupa Project at Shalu Monastery, Tibetan Cholsum Settlement, India
Shalu Monastery was founded by Chetsun Shetsun Jugney in 1027 A.D at Shalu Village near Shigatse town in Tibet and was consecrated by Atisha. The number of the monks studying there reached 7,700 at the peak of its opulence. During ... Read more »
‘Bringing Emptiness to Life,’ A Living in the Path Module
In the Living in the Path module “Bringing Emptiness to Life,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives detailed and very clear teachings on the extremely important subject of emptiness, the realization of which is necessary to achieve both liberation from samsara and ... Read more »
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program Welcomes New Teachers and Students
Yaron Bahir, director of FPMT project Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program in Dharamsala, India, shares his excitement about the newest cohort of Tibetan language translation students: March 16, 2018, was a special day for us in the Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo ... Read more »
Moving Long Life Puja Offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Bendigo, Australia
On May 12 a moving long life puja was offered by over four hundred students to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia, following the conclusion of an incredible six-week-long retreat. During the puja, ... Read more »