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Celebrate Chokhor Duchen and International Sangha Day on July 21, 2023
Chokhor Duchen, one of the four annual holy days of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha, takes place this year on July 21. On these holy days, the power of any meritorious action is multiplied by 100 million, as taught in the vinaya ... Read more »
Thought Transformation Teaching: Whatever You Are Doing, It Should Become Meditation on Emptiness
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered a teaching on October 30, 2020 from Kopan Monastery as the eightieth teaching from his Thought Transformation teaching series entitled, “Whatever You Are Doing, It Should Become Meditation on Emptiness.” The “I” exists, but only in ... Read more »
ABC, Singapore, Completes Twenty-one Tara Project as Advised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Recently, Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) in Singapore completed an ambitious holy object project advised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The project added statues of all the Twenty-one Taras, each standing twenty-four inches high, to the altar in ABC’s beautiful gompa. This ... Read more »
His Holiness Sees You All the Time
Today, July 6, the world celebrates His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 88th birthday. You can watch the message His Holiness shared earlier today, on the occasion of his birthday. A few hours after his discharge from a hospital in Singapore ... Read more »
Celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 88th Birthday on July 6
On July 6, 2023, the world celebrates His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 88th birthday! We’ve collected several resources for students to use in their celebration of His Holiness and in their ongoing Buddhist study. FPMT International Office wishes His Holiness ... Read more »
First Course in Hindi Taught at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India
We are pleased to share a significant event for Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala! For the first time, Tushita offered a course in Hindi, “Introduction to Buddhism,” led by Kabir Saxena. This course was held from June 7—15 with 120 students ... Read more »
Newly Available, Teachings of Lama Zopa Rinpoche from 2006, Australia
FPMT International Office has begun to process archived teachings of Lama Zopa Rinpoche that were not previously available on our Rinpoche Available Now page or on our YouTube channel. We started this project with teachings from June 2—3, 2006 at ... Read more »
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program Begins its Ninth Two-Year Course
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program (LRZTP), an FPMT project in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, had not been able to start a two-year Tibetan language and interpreters training course since the COVID pandemic . We are pleased to report that the ... Read more »
June 2023 e-News is Now Available!
This month’s e-news brings you important news, updates, and causes for rejoicing including: A moving overview of the long life puja offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and accompanying events in Dharamsala, Prayers and practices done at Kopan Monastery ... Read more »
Two Compositions by Lama Zopa Rinpoche Newly Available
We are very pleased to share two compositions by Lama Zopa Rinpoche that have been recently made available. Extensively referencing the words of the past masters to illustrate his point, Lama Zopa Rinpoche stresses in How This Human Life Becomes ... Read more »
49 Days of Prayers at Lawudo for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Swift Return
Two weeks after Lama Zopa Rinpoche entered his final meditation, FPMT students Paula Chichester and Alison Murdoch took the opportunity to return to Lawudo and join with Rinpoche’s family in some of the ceremonies taking place there. A week later ... Read more »