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Rinpoche’s Art

Rinpoche’s Art

After Lama Zopa Rinpoche manifested a stroke in 2011, he stayed in a hospital in Bendigo, Australia. While there Rinpoche bought a painting that was part of a fundraiser for the hospital. Rinpoche returned to Bendigo in September 2014 for the CPMT 2014 meeting and the retreat ... Read more »
Ambulance, Mosquito Nets and Blankets Offered to Villagers in Kushinagar

Ambulance, Mosquito Nets and Blankets Offered to Villagers in Kushinagar

In early 2014 Lama Zopa Rinpoche, via the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund, offered a donation to Maitreya Project Kushinagar to be used toward the incredible humanitarian work they are now undertaking. Some of the money was used for a ... Read more »
Receive All New FPMT.org Posts Now in One Email

Receive All New FPMT.org Posts Now in One Email

Beginning today, all posts to the many news blogs on FPMT.org are now being distributed together in one email! If you have signed up in the past to receive one of our blogs like “Lama Zopa Rinpoche News,” “FPMT News ... Read more »
Blessing the Rabbits at Osel Labrang

Blessing the Rabbits at Osel Labrang

“It’s very important not only to have human rights, caring for and supporting humans, but also to be helping animals.” – Lama Zopa Rinpoche, “Animal Welfare,” Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive Read more “Advice for Non-harming” from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on ... Read more »
Giant 21 Taras Thangka by Peter Iseli Making Progress

Giant 21 Taras Thangka by Peter Iseli Making Progress

The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund sponsored the creation of a workshop where large thangkas can be created at Institut Vajra Yogini in France. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT is to create many large thangkas around ... Read more »
Two FPMT Centers Participate in First Swiss Buddhist Fesitval

Two FPMT Centers Participate in First Swiss Buddhist Fesitval

Francesca Paoletti from Longku Center in Switzerland sent Mandala news of the country’s first annual Swiss Buddhist Festival in early September 2014. The Swiss Buddhist Union, which encompasses most Buddhist groups in Switzerland, has launched its first Swiss Buddhist Festival ... Read more »
Rinpoche Begins Teaching at Choe Khor Sum Ling Centre

Rinpoche Begins Teaching at Choe Khor Sum Ling Centre

After spending part of December at Gaden Monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka, in South India to attend the Jangchup Lamrim teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche traveled to Sera Je Monastery, where he stayed at Osel Labrang. ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Amitabha Buddhist Centre

Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Amitabha Buddhist Centre

Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) in Singapore spent the last year celebrating its 25th anniversary. At the end of November 2014, Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited ABC and attended a special anniversary dinner attended by more than 600 people. The dinner included ... Read more »
The Benefits of Reciting Mani Mantra

The Benefits of Reciting Mani Mantra

Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote a letter to a student’s mother in September 2013, describing the benefits of reciting OM MANI PADME HUM: “I just arrived from Mongolia [in September 2013], where they did a 108 million mani retreat. There were ... Read more »
Please Rejoice in Daily Offering of Three Meals to Monks of Sera Je Monastery

Please Rejoice in Daily Offering of Three Meals to Monks of Sera Je Monastery

The Sera Je Food Fund offers 8,300 meals every single day to the monks studying at Sera Je Monastery. 3,300 monks are offered breakfast and 2,500 monks are offered lunch and dinner. Amazingly, approximately 65,900 pounds of rice are needed ... Read more »
Video Inspiration for the New Year!

Video Inspiration for the New Year!

FPMT.org now makes dozens of videos of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and other Buddhist teachers available for free to students anywhere in the world as part of its recently redesigned FPMT Video Resources page. Students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche can access ... Read more »
Maitreya Project Blanket Distribution Project

Maitreya Project Blanket Distribution Project

On January 5, 2015, Maitreya Project Kushinagar published an update on the blanket distribution initiative taking place in Kushinagar which was made possible by an appeal to donors the month prior. You can read this update which includes information about ... Read more »