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Lama Zopa Rinpoche Visits the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Centre, Kathmandu
On March 2, 2017, Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited the new location of FPMT’s center in Kathmandu, Nepal, known as the Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Centre (HBMC). HBMC was established in 1982 by Lama Yeshe and offers teachings and meditation. In recent ... Read more »
Prajnaparamita Project Enters Fifteenth Year
According to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, one of the main ways to create the cause needed to build the large Maitreya Buddha statue in India, is to write out the Prajnaparamita Sutra in pure gold. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast ... Read more »
Thubten Rigsel Rinpoche Enthroned at Kopan Monastery
Monday March 6—today—is the start of the enthronement celebrations for the reincarnation of Kopan Monastery’s beloved long-time abbot, Khensur Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup. The official enthronement of Thubten Rigsel Rinpoche took place this morning (Nepal time) in the main Kopan gompa, ... Read more »
Please Rejoice in a Year of Charitable Giving!
In 2016, FPMT Charitable Projects provided grants totaling US$3,512,326 toward various beneficial activities, including offering food to ordained Sangha and children; providing Buddhist philosophy scholarships; sponsoring beneficial pujas and practices; monthly offerings to the main teachers of the Lama Tsongkhapa ... Read more »
Purification Practice during the Fifteen Days of Miracles
We are currently amid a group of Buddha Multiplying Days and wanted to bring your attention to some resources available for students interested in purification practices during this time. Days one through fifteen of the first month of the Tibetan ... Read more »
Please Rejoice! FPMT Annual Review 2016: Working to Benefit Sentient Beings as Infinite as the Sky
International Office has just released FPMT Annual Review 2016: Working to Benefit Sentient Beings as Infinite as the Sky, a collection of warm-hearted messages, beautiful photos, and informative reports reflecting International Office’s activities in 2016. FPMT Annual Review 2016 includes ... Read more »
New Book! ‘A Spiritual Revolution: The History of Lama Tzong Khapa Institute’
In December 2016, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) published A Spiritual Revolution: The History of the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute of Pomaia (in Italian, Una rivoluzione spirituale: La storia dell’Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa di Pomaia). The 120-page hardcover coffee table ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Celebrates Tibetan New Year at Kopan Monastery
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived the night of February 25 at Kopan Monastery in Nepal to join in the Losar (Tibetan New Year) celebrations there. He had traveled from Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala, India, where he visited briefly. On his ... Read more »![The Cats of Sera Je—And Their Friend [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/24/the-cats-of-sera-je-and-their-friend-video/IMG_0580-cat-320x248.jpg)
The Cats of Sera Je—And Their Friend [Video]
Ven. Gyalten Lekden, an International Mahayana Institute (IMI) monk who studies at Sera Je in South India, reports on some of his most beloved housemates. Cats. And more cats. The cats are strays that Ven. Lekden has taken to feeding ... Read more »
Losar Greetings and e-News!
Warm good wishes for Losar (Tibetan New Year) from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and all at Rinpoche’s FPMT International Office! Our Losar greetings are part of our February FPMT International Office e-News, in which you’ll also find: An Overview of Lama ... Read more »
Advice for Practice on Lunar and Solar Eclipses
Lunar and solar eclipses are auspicious days for practice and provide opportunities for accumulating increased merit. Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that the merit generated on lunar eclipses is multiplied by 700,000 and on solar eclipses is multiplied by 100 million. ... Read more »