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Seasons Greeting and Welcome to Our December e-News
FPMT International Office wishes you a most joyous holiday season and new year. We are very pleased to share with you our December 2022 e-news which is packed with news and teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, causes for rejoicing, resources ... Read more »
Kopan Lamrim Course 2022 Teaching 1: By Studying Buddha Dharma, You Come to Know Yourself
In this first teaching Rinpoche offered to the fifty-third lamrim meditation course at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, on December 7, 2022, Rinpoche thanked everyone for coming to Nepal to learn lamrim (the gradual path to enlightenment) and get to know the ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Activities Supported by the FPMT Education & Preservation Fund in 2022
In 2022, US$121,634 in grants from the FPMT Education and Preservation Fund were provided to activities promoting the dialogue between Buddhist teachings and modern education and sciences, as well as translations of Dharma texts from Tibetan into Hindi and Bengali. ... Read more »
Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchoe) Is on December 18
Ganden Ngamchoe, literally “Ganden Offering of the Twenty-Fifth Day,” is also known as Lama Tsongkhapa Day. It is a celebration of the anniversary of the parinirvana of Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), the founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. This ... Read more »
New Podcast Episode: #17 Give Away Your Body, Enjoyments, and Merit to Others
There is a new episode of the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts Podcast. You can listen to the new episode on our website or find it in your favorite podcast app by searching for “Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts.” New ... Read more »
Kopan Monastery’s Birthday Celebration for Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Upcoming Long Life Puja
Birthday Celebration On Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday, December 3, the Kopan community, joined by monks and nuns, locals, and November Course participants, offered a Sixteen Arhats long-life puja to Rinpoche, and organized a joyous celebration for FPMT’s spiritual director, which ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Achievements of Sangye Sherpa, Longtime Director of Lawudo Retreat Center
This letter below by Frances Howland was originally published in the Love Lawudo Newsletter #14, November 2022. It celebrates the service of Sangye Sherpa, the brother of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and the development of the Lawudo Gompa and Retreat Center ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaching from Kopan Monastery – Join in the Livestreams!
Yesterday Lama Zopa Rinpoche officially started teaching from the fifty-third lamrim meditation course at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. In this teaching Rinpoche discussed the importance of the lamrim teachings and he stressed to the participants how meaningful it is for ... Read more »
Blessing Sentient Beings in the Ocean
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered this video teaching on July 8, 2022 from Bedok Jetty, a popular fishing and walking pier, in Singapore. In this intimate video, Rinpoche shares prayers and mantras which are most beneficial for blessing beings in the ... Read more »
Big Love Summit 2022
We recently announced that the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW) will now serve as the FPMT organization’s official hub for the Universal Education for Compassion and Wisdom (UECW) Pillar of Service, to provide secular tools inspired by Dharma ... Read more »
A Most Happy Birthday and Long Life to Lama Zopa Rinpoche!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday is celebrated on December 3. We invite you to join the entire FPMT community as we rejoice in another year of Rinpoche’s compassionate and inspiring life, and transformative teachings. A celebration for Rinpoche will begin at ... Read more »