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Retreat Prayer Book and The Method at Australia 2018 Retreat
On March 30, the Australia 2018 retreat with Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins. The retreat, which takes place at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, will attract hundreds of FPMT students from around the world eager to receive teachings on Shantideva’s ... Read more »
New Video: Root Institute Celebrates Thirty Years of Benefiting Others
On January 14, 2018, FPMT center Root Institute for Wisdom Culture celebrated its thirtieth anniversary, which occurred on May 27, 2017. Over 150 guests attended the event, including Ling Rinpoche, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Khadro-la (Rangjung Neljorma Khandro Namsel Drönme), Dagri ... Read more »
Wisdom Publications Completes the Longest and Most Detailed Lamrim Commentary Available in English
In 1976, Geshe Lhundub Sopa, one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachers, began offering commentary to Lama Tsongkhapa’s Lamrim Chenmo. The lamrim, or “graduated path,” is a presentation of Shakyamuni Buddha’s teachings that detail the stages on the complete path to ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Makes Many Stops in Nepal
On February 25, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Losang Namgyal Rinpoche, the head lama of Nepal’s Tamang people, consecrated a newly built 45-foot (14-meter) tall Enlightenment Stupa in Pakarbas, Ramechhap, Nepal. The stupa was built by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche and the ... Read more »
New Video: Guru Bumtsog at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling
A new 15-minute video captures the sounds and scenes of a beautiful and auspicious 100,000 tsog offerings event for Guru Rinpoche done at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling, also called Kopan Nunnery, in December 2017. The Guru bumtsog took place in conjunction ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive Launches a New Multimedia Series on Guru Puja
As students of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, we may be familiar with the practice of Guru Puja, also known as Lama Chöpa. But how well do we understand its significance? Now a new, multimedia online series from Lama ... Read more »
Amitabha Buddhist Centre Creates Crown for Thousand-Arm Chenrezig Statue
Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) in Singapore is creating a gold crown for the 3.3-meter (10.8-feet) high Thousand-Arm Chenrezig statue that occupies ABC’s main altar. The crown is the newest addition to a project that has been ongoing for more than ... Read more »
Offering to Padmasambhava for World Peace
Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) is perhaps the most universally cherished realized being in all of Tibetan Buddhism. Padmasambhava came to Tibet from India in the 8th century and helped establish a pure lineage which is still practiced today by all four ... Read more »
Serving the Teachings of the Buddha
Lama Zopa Rinpoche composed a long and detailed letter for FPMT Annual Review 2017: Serving the Teachings of the Buddha . We’re happy to share part of Rinpoche’s four-page letter, which was written in January 2018 in Tso Pema, Himachal ... Read more »
We Invite You to Read the March FPMT International Office e-News
Welcome to the March edition of the monthly FPMT International Office e-News! This month we bring you: Highlights of Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, An Invitation to Read Our 2017Annual Review: Serving the Teachings of the Buddha, Rejoice in Our ... Read more »
Cultivating Mindfulness of Bodhichitta in Daily Activities
In Cultivating Mindfulness of Bodhichitta in Daily Activities, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offers students prayers, visualizations, and advice to help transform daily activities—such as standing up, using the toilet, brushing one’s teeth, dressing, or ascending a staircase—into causes for enlightenment. For ... Read more »