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The Benefits of Working for the Guru
Each year Lama Zopa Rinpoche receives about 1,500 letters and emails. In his replies to these letters, Rinpoche may offer essential advice, thanks and, if requested, life practices. Here is one letter Rinpoche sent in 2014, thanking a student who ... Read more »
Please Enjoy FPMT Annual Review 2014!
We’re pleased to announce that International Office’s FPMT Annual Review 2014: Preserving, Developing and Spreading the Mahayana Tradition is available for the worldwide FPMT community in eZine and PDF formats. “All the work we are doing in FPMT is to ... Read more »
The First Clear Step
On Losar morning last year, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave “a beautiful talk about the qualities of Lama Yeshe and the importance of the guru,”
Repaying the Kindness of Lama Yeshe and Celebrating Osel Hita
February is a month when the incomparable kindness of Lama Yeshe comes to mind. Thirty-one years ago this year, on Losar (celebrated on February 19 in 2015), FPMT’s precious founder, Lama Yeshe passed away. A year later, on February 12, ... Read more »
Dharma Practices Dates for Year of the Wood Sheep 2142
Dharma Practice Dates on FPMT.org is a collaborative project between FPMT International Office and Liberation Prison Project, an FPMT service offering Dharma support to interested prisoners around the world. Dharma Practice Dates is drawn from the Liberation Tibetan Calendar, prepared ... Read more »
Losar Greetings – and February E-News
Good wishes for Losar from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and all at FPMT International Office! We also hope you enjoy our February E-News, in which you will find: Updates to Rinpoche’s Schedule, Remembering the Kindness – Tenzin Osel Hita Turns 30!, ... Read more »
Skies of Thanks
Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote the following letter in 2014 to a benefactor and said that this message could be given to others who are generous and in this way bringing sentient beings to enlightenment. My very dear friend, This is ... Read more »
French Translation Services Successful Training
Thirteen members of the FPMT French Translation Services team met for a two-day training from February 14-15, 2015. The meeting was a mix of old and new translators and offered a rare opportunity for translators to meet each other in ... Read more »
New Online Feature Story from Mandala!
“Memorization: Beneficial Exercise for the Mind,” our online feature story for February, has just been published! American monk Ven. Tenzin Gache (Brian Roiter), who just finished his seventh year at Sera Je Monastic University, writes about the history and role ... Read more »
Life Is Short
Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote a letter, posted in 2012 on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, thanking a student for his concern regarding Rinpoche’s health and giving advice about the essence of lam-rim practice: My dear Sam, Life is very short. ... Read more »
Another Successful Year for the Sera Je Food Fund
Over the past year we have reported details about the incredible amount of food required to offer three nutritious meals daily to all of the monks studying at Sera Je Monastery (3,300 for breakfast, 2,500 for lunch and dinner). The ... Read more »