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“Unimaginable” Benefits: The Sutra of Great Liberation is Now Available in English!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is reported to have spoken of the Sutra of Great Liberation as early as 2006, though it was especially in the later years of his teachings that Rinpoche gave prominence to the inconceivable benefits of engaging with ... Read more »
Upcoming Teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Leh, Ladakh
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be offering teachings at Shewatsel Teaching Ground in Leh, Ladakh, India on July 21-23, 2023 at the request of the Ladakh Buddhist Association and the Ladakh Gonpa Association. The events will be broadcast live ... Read more »
Offering to Ten Thousand Sangha and Pujas Sponsored on Chokhor Duchen
Chokhor Duchen (commemorating Shakyamuni Buddha’s first turning of the wheel of Dharma) occurs on July 21, 2023. Based on the wishes and advice of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, on that day, we are making a monetary offering to over ten ... Read more »
Life on the Road with Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Thubten Thapkye and Jangsem– Two Fortunate Snakes!
Over the years, while traveling continuously with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ven. Roger Kunsang, CEO of FPMT and Rinpoche’s long-time attendant, would share stories of what it was like to be on the road with Rinpoche, and to witness and participate ... Read more »
Celebrate Chokhor Duchen and International Sangha Day on July 21, 2023
Chokhor Duchen, one of the four annual holy days of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha, takes place this year on July 21. On these holy days, the power of any meritorious action is multiplied by 100 million, as taught in the vinaya ... Read more »
Thought Transformation Teaching: Whatever You Are Doing, It Should Become Meditation on Emptiness
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered a teaching on October 30, 2020 from Kopan Monastery as the eightieth teaching from his Thought Transformation teaching series entitled, “Whatever You Are Doing, It Should Become Meditation on Emptiness.” The “I” exists, but only in ... Read more »
ABC, Singapore, Completes Twenty-one Tara Project as Advised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Recently, Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) in Singapore completed an ambitious holy object project advised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The project added statues of all the Twenty-one Taras, each standing twenty-four inches high, to the altar in ABC’s beautiful gompa. This ... Read more »
His Holiness Sees You All the Time
Today, July 6, the world celebrates His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 88th birthday. You can watch the message His Holiness shared earlier today, on the occasion of his birthday. A few hours after his discharge from a hospital in Singapore ... Read more »
Celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 88th Birthday on July 6
On July 6, 2023, the world celebrates His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 88th birthday! We’ve collected several resources for students to use in their celebration of His Holiness and in their ongoing Buddhist study. FPMT International Office wishes His Holiness ... Read more »
First Course in Hindi Taught at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India
We are pleased to share a significant event for Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala! For the first time, Tushita offered a course in Hindi, “Introduction to Buddhism,” led by Kabir Saxena. This course was held from June 7—15 with 120 students ... Read more »
Newly Available, Teachings of Lama Zopa Rinpoche from 2006, Australia
FPMT International Office has begun to process archived teachings of Lama Zopa Rinpoche that were not previously available on our Rinpoche Available Now page or on our YouTube channel. We started this project with teachings from June 2—3, 2006 at ... Read more »