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Update from the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors: August 24, 2023
Dear Friends, Years ago, at an FPMT Inc. Board meeting, someone used the expression: “Trust in God but tie up your camel”. The meaning is that although it is important to have faith in divine providence for a good outcome, ... Read more »
FPMT East & Southeast Asia Hosts Successful Virtual Mani Retreat!
When FPMT East & Southeast Asia first planned a Virtual Mani Retreat for this year, it was intended to be on a small scale and to complement the main programs with Lama Zopa Rinpoche as part of his Singapore and ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Why the Guru Shows the Aspect of Making Mistakes
In this short yet powerful advice, Why the Guru Shows the Aspect of Making Mistakes, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discussed some of the key points of the practice of guru devotion, focusing on the concept of tshul, “showing the aspect”: because ... Read more »
Upcoming Online Courses Available from Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom
The FPMT affiliate FDCW (Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom) brings us some wonderful initiatives, available to those interested in understanding their own mind and emotions and bringing compassion into daily life. In 1983 Lama Yeshe began formulating the idea ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Short Meditation on Emptiness
We are so fortunate that Lama Zopa Rinpoche left us with many opportunities to benefit from his teachings and advice. In this short impromptu video clip from 2009, Rinpoche shares a meditation on emptiness on top of a rock in ... Read more »
Karma, Reality, and Belief: A Teaching by Lama Yeshe
This timeless advice from Lama Yeshe is excerpted from a teaching on karma given by Lama Yeshe at Chenrezig Institute, Queensland, Australia, on 28 June 1976: We often talk about how we waste our lives following the eight worldly dharmas ... Read more »
Institut Vajra Yogini Has Completed 108 Nyung Na Retreats for the 12th Year!
Institut Vajra Yogini (IVY) in France has hosted its twelfth series of 108 Nyung Na retreats from November 2022 to June 2023. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization was to sponsor people who make a ... Read more »
H.H. the Forty-Second Sakya Trizin Rinpoche Offers Prayers at Kopan Monastery for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
On August 4, 2023, H.H the 42nd Sakya Trizin Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, eldest son of His Holiness Kyabgon Sakya Gongma Trichen Rinpoche, visited Kopan Monastery to offer prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return in front of Rinpoche’s holy body, ... Read more »
Life on the Road with Lama Zopa Rinpoche: No Rules Makes it Possible
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 »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the Topic of Reincarnation
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discussed reincarnation in this archival video clip. During a quiet moment at the April 2011 retreat at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion near Bendigo, Australia, Rinpoche gave an informal talk that was recorded by Ven. Thubten ... Read more »
Mitigating Severe Conditions of the Elements
No matter where we live in the world, facing severe conditions resulting from the weather or natural disaster effects us all. Every year, hundreds of disasters of the elements occur around the world due to drought, floods, extreme weather, extreme ... Read more »