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Progress on Land of Medicine Buddha Mahabodhi Stupa Continues

Progress on Land of Medicine Buddha Mahabodhi Stupa Continues

Progress continues on Land of Medicine Buddha’s 39-foot-tall Mahabodhi stupa project in California. Earlier this year the community filled the final structural chamber of this stupa and celebrated by enjoying a picnic in the meadow after the work of the ... Read more »
Vows: Happy Restraints

Vows: Happy Restraints

“Discovering the suffering nature of samsara makes you very happy to restrain yourself from engaging in negative karma, in unrighteous actions,” declares Lama Zopa Rinpoche in his book Kadampa Teachings, adding, “The more you meditate, the more you discover that ... Read more »
Spanish Student Offers Rinpoche ‘Remembering the Three Jewels’ [Video]

Spanish Student Offers Rinpoche ‘Remembering the Three Jewels’ [Video]

Germán Rodríguez Vicente, a FPMT Masters Program Online student and student of Centro de Meditación Tushita in Spain, put together “Remembering the Three Jewels” as a video offering to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, which he agreed could be shared publicly. The ... Read more »
Lam-rim Resources for FPMT Students

Lam-rim Resources for FPMT Students

“The most unbelievably important thing in our life is lam-rim,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches in the module “Advice for Realizing Lam-rim,” which is part of Living in the Path, FPMT Education Services’ essential lam-rim program. “The practice of the three ... Read more »
Look! Purification!

Look! Purification!

“Merely seeing this mantra purifies 100,000 eons of negative karma,” says Lama Zopa Rinpoche, adding, “This is said by Buddha in the sutra Pagpa Chu Lung Rolpai Do.” Called the Pagpa Chu Lung Rolpai Do mantra or the “Just by ... Read more »
714 Monks Participate in Annual Gelug Exam at Gaden Lachi Monastery

714 Monks Participate in Annual Gelug Exam at Gaden Lachi Monastery

Each year the foremost scholars from the main Gelug monasteries come together for the annual Gelug examination and the Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund offers a grant to cover the basic expenses including food for participants. This September 714 monks participated ... Read more »
‘It Is Not Real’

‘It Is Not Real’

“We are completely hallucinating,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche says in his latest book, Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings, newly available from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive in print and digital formats. He continues: “This is the real situation we are faced ... Read more »
October 2016 FPMT International Office e-News: New Events Added to Rinpoche’s Schedule and More!

October 2016 FPMT International Office e-News: New Events Added to Rinpoche’s Schedule and More!

The October 2016 FPMT International Office e-News is out now! This month you’ll find: The latest updates to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s schedule,, Cultivating Mindfulness of Bodhichitta in Daily Activities by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, published by FPMT Education Services,, Inspiring advice ... Read more »
Rejoice! FPMT Mongolia Completes Fourth 100 Million Mani Retreat

Rejoice! FPMT Mongolia Completes Fourth 100 Million Mani Retreat

During August 1–30, FPMT Mongolia, a collection of FPMT centers, projects, and services in Mongolia, hosted its fourth 100 million mani retreat at Idgaa Choizinling Dratsang in Ulaanbaatar, the nation’s capital. “The participants in the gompa together with the home ... Read more »
‘This Is Going to Happen to You,’ A Living in the Path Teaching on Death [Video]

‘This Is Going to Happen to You,’ A Living in the Path Teaching on Death [Video]

In the Living in the Path module “Realizing the Lam-rim,” students can find “This Is Going to Happen to You,” a free course based on Pabongka Rinpoche’s Heart Spoon, one of the most graphic and heart-wrenching poems on death ever ... Read more »
‘This Is the Purpose of Our Life’

‘This Is the Purpose of Our Life’

“Every single sentient being … is our wish-granting jewel,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche instructs in his latest book, Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings, newly available from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive in print and digital formats. He adds, “This is the ... Read more »
Guru Rinpoche Statue Arrives at Lawudo

Guru Rinpoche Statue Arrives at Lawudo

“My wish is for FPMT to build many holy objects everywhere, as many as possible. Making it so easy for sentient beings to purify their heavy negative karma and making it so easy for sentient beings to create extensive merit. ... Read more »