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Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Overcoming Laziness
We recently shared news that Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s newest volume from Wisdom Publications, Perseverance: The Determination of the Bodhisattva is available. Today we offer you a chapter from this book made available from Wisdom titled “Overcoming Laziness.” In this transformative ... Read more »
Grants Offered Through FPMT Charitable Projects in 2023
Last week we shared FPMT International Office’s 2023 Annual Review, Repaying the Kindness, Looking to the Future. We hope you have enjoyed reading about our various accomplishments from the past year. Today we would like to bring your attention to ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Sharing Details of His Early Life and the Lawudo Cave
In a talk given to a few students in the Lawudo cave in 2015, Lama Zopa Rinpoche shared details of his early life. The Lawudo cave is the location where Rinpoche, in his past life as the Lawudo Lama Kunsang ... Read more »
Four Kadampa Deities Retreat: Enlightenment through Compassion
Recently we shared the addition to our Rinpoche Available Now page of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s 2003 twenty-three part teachings from a Four Kadampa Deities Retreat offered at Institut Vajra Yogini, France. The retreat focused on the four Kadampa deities, however, ... Read more »
Please Read Our March 2024 e-News
This issue of our monthly e-news brings you news, resources, and special announcements including: Reminder about the upcoming anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche passing away, A teaching by Lama Yeshe, Our 2023 Annual Review, An update from the FPMT Inc. ... Read more »
2023 Annual Review Is Now Available!
We are happy to share this year’s Annual Review, “Repaying the Kindness, Looking to the Future.” We invite you to take your time with the various reports as this was an unprecedented year and we have a lot to share ... Read more »
Heart Sutra: Practice and Instructions for Retreat
The Heart Sutra is the most widely known sutra of the Mahayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It is part of the Prajnaparamita Sutras, which is a collection of about 40 sutras composed between 100 BCE and 500 CE. The Heart ... Read more »
Anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche Showing the Aspect of Passing Away
April 13, 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away. We want to remind students about a text translated by Rinpoche, Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away which is a ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom: Making the Most of Your Life
In 1975 during their first trip to Europe, Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a weekend seminar in England, once again demonstrating their charisma and knowledge, and the profound effect of Buddha’s wisdom on Western people. This seminar was ... Read more »
Fulfilling Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Holy Wishes: Planting the Seed of the Gelug Monlam in the West
Since 1998, the Gelug Monlam—known as the Great Prayer Festival—has been held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in the tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa, who founded the festival in 1409. The Monlam is regarded as one the “four great activities” of Lama ... Read more »Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Four Kadampa Deities Retreat Teachings from 2003
From April 18 to May 11, 2003 Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave extensive teachings (twenty-three videos!) during the Four Kadampa Deities Retreat at Institut Vajra Yogini, France. The retreat focused on the four Kadampa deities, however, Rinpoche teaches on a broad ... Read more »







