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Practices for Thanksgiving Day Turkeys and Remembering Gratitude
In 2007, Lama Zopa Rinpoche shared what he and some FPMT students did to benefit the millions of turkeys that are killed in the US for Thanksgiving Day. Rinpoche has long been a proponent of vegetarianism and thanks anyone who ... Read more »
An Update on Tenzin Ösel Hita
On October 21-22, Tenzin Ösel Hita attended teachings in Milan, Italy, with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His Holiness taught on Lama Tsongkhapa’s Three Principal Aspects of The Path and In Praise to Dependent Origination. While in Italy Ösel gave ... Read more »
Snake Does Three-Week Retreat with Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche did extensive practices during November 2016 at Buddha Amitabha Pure Land to benefit animals—even one small snake who inadvertently ended up “in retreat” there! “It says in Sutra Requested by [Lodro] Gyatso, ‘Even if they explained for ... Read more »
Mandala Online: Reflections on Teaching Buddhism
Can university professors help to spread the Dharma? Professor and long-time Dharma teacher Roger Jackson thinks so, and takes the view that scholars of Buddhist studies have plenty to offer to Dharma centers. He discusses this and other issues concerning ... Read more »
Welcome to the November FPMT E-News!
We invite you to read the November edition of the monthly FPMT International Office e-News – out now! Some highlights: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice about the benefits of serving a Dharma center,, Updates from FPMT Education Services,, What’s in the ... Read more »
FPMT Wisdom Culture
Every organization has its own distinctive culture. Around the world, in FPMT centers, projects and services, reflected in policies, charitable giving, and educational programs, FPMT “Wisdom Culture” remains at the heart of all activity. Wisdom Culture signifies a fusion of ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for After the US Election
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has offered some advice in the wake of the recent election in the United States: My most dear, most kind, most precious wish-fulfilling ones, In regard to the recent election in the United States, I wanted to ... Read more »
15,600 Sangha Joining in Group Prayer This Lhabab Duchen, November 20
Every year on Lhabab Duchen (Buddha’s Descent from Tushita) the Puja Fund sponsors prayers, pujas, offerings to Sangha all over the world, as well as offerings to holy objects in India, Nepal, and Tibet. This year, Lhabab Duchen, one of ... Read more »
For the Love of Beings: Filling the World with Mantras
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been busy in recent weeks filling the world with mantras! At Buddha Amitabha Pure Land in Washington State in the United States, in order to bless sentient beings on the land there and in the water ... Read more »
A New Mandala Magazine!
Mandala magazine is in the mail! The exciting new issue is winging its way this very minute to supporters of the Friends of FPMT program as well as to students who receive it through the FPMT centers and projects that ... Read more »
FPMT North America Holds August 2016 Regional Meeting
“FPMT North America held it’s annual regional meeting on August 15-16, 2016, during the Light of the Path retreat in Black Mountain, North Carolina,” reported regional coordinator Drolkar McCallum. “About forty people attended, representing eighteen FPMT centers, projects and services ... Read more »