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Resources for Learning FPMT Preferred Tunes and Pronunciations

Resources for Learning FPMT Preferred Tunes and Pronunciations

Education Services now has a variety of resources for those wishing to learn the FPMT preferred tunes and pronunciations for standard prayers, practices and mantras. Students can take advantage of these downloads and other available resources: Essential Buddhist Prayers Volume ... Read more »
Advice and Protection for Natural Disasters

Advice and Protection for Natural Disasters

Wildfires, typhoons, earthquakes and other natural disasters can affect FPMT students, centers, projects and services around the world. And Lama Zopa Rinpoche has given advice on practices for different natural disasters. This advice is always available on Rinpoche’s advice page ... Read more »
Amazing! Fourth Round of 108 Nyung Nä Retreats for Students in France

Amazing! Fourth Round of 108 Nyung Nä Retreats for Students in France

Six dedicated individuals have just finished 108 nyung nä retreats at Institut Vajra Yogini (IVY), France. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization is to sponsor others to complete 1,000 nyung nä retreats. Institute Vajra Yogini ... Read more »
Practicing Bodhichitta Is the Best Offering

Practicing Bodhichitta Is the Best Offering

“Bodhichitta is what makes life most beneficial for oneself and meaningful for every single sentient being that exists, because every single one is suffering and needs help,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche said to a student who asked, “What is the best ... Read more »
Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche Visits Hayagriva Buddhist Centre [VIDEO]

Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche Visits Hayagriva Buddhist Centre [VIDEO]

Long-time student Owen Cole shares exciting news about Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche’s recent visit to Hayagriva Buddhist Centre in Perth, Australia: Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche, the diminutive 12-year-old reincarnation of the great yogi and meditator Geshe Lama Konchog, has been secretly attending ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Spends Time with New York Sherpas

Lama Zopa Rinpoche Spends Time with New York Sherpas

When Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived in the United States in late July, he was received with a big Sherpa welcome. About two dozen Sherpas greeted Rinpoche at the airport with khatas, offerings and tea, even bringing a puja table. New ... Read more »
Support for Social Services Offered through Lamp of the Path, Mongolia

Support for Social Services Offered through Lamp of the Path, Mongolia

Lamp of the Path NGO, part of FPMT Mongolia, offers social services to some of the poor and homeless living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It has three main programs: a soup kitchen, which offers about 80 meals five days a week; ... Read more »
Check a Religion Like You Would Check Something You Want to Buy [VIDEO]

Check a Religion Like You Would Check Something You Want to Buy [VIDEO]

“Buddha said to examine his own teachings,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches in a new video on FPMT’s YouTube channel, recorded at Kopan Monastery in December 2014. “He advised bhikshus, the monks, ‘Learned ones take my teachings like gold: you burn, ... Read more »
News from Choe Khor Sum Ling

News from Choe Khor Sum Ling

Student Deepthy Shekhar from FPMT center Choe Khor Sum Ling in Bangalore, India, shared with Mandala their recent news: Choe Khor Sum Ling (CKSL) celebrated His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday on July 6, 2015 with an extensive Guru ... Read more »
It Is Very Strange That We Don’t Know What the I Is [VIDEO]

It Is Very Strange That We Don’t Know What the I Is [VIDEO]

“Whether a believer or non-believer, the most important thing is to actualize ultimate wisdom,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches in a new video available on FPMT’s YouTube channel. The teaching took place during Rinpoche’s July 2015 visit to Copenhagen, Denmark, organized ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Visits Khyongla Rato Rinpoche and New York City

Lama Zopa Rinpoche Visits Khyongla Rato Rinpoche and New York City

Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently traveled to New York state, where he is visiting Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, one of his teachers. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is receiving oral transmissions from Khyongla Rato Rinpoche during his visit. Lama Zopa Rinpoche will be teaching ... Read more »
Grant Offered to Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa for the Masters Program

Grant Offered to Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa for the Masters Program

The Masters Program (MP) is the FPMT’s most advanced study program. Based on Lama Yeshe’s unique vision for a comprehensive education, inspired by the traditional geshe studies at the great Gelugpa monastic universities, it was developed with the help of ... Read more »