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Live Your Life to Generate Bodhicitta

Live Your Life to Generate Bodhicitta

Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins this short video, which was recorded in December 2017, by emphasizing that the most important thing in our life should be to generate and increase our bodhicitta. This is how we can best help ourselves and ... Read more »
Freedom Through Correct Knowing: A New Collaboration from Sera Jey Translation and Sera IMI House

Freedom Through Correct Knowing: A New Collaboration from Sera Jey Translation and Sera IMI House

We are pleased to share news about a book that is a unique collaboration between the monks of Sera Jey Monastery Translation Department and Sera IMI House. Just released by Wisdom Publications, Freedom though Correct Knowing; Khedrup Jé’s Interpretation of ... Read more »
Acting in the Middle Path

Acting in the Middle Path

Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935–1984), who founded the FPMT organization with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, was able to translate Tibetan Buddhist teachings into clear ideas that resonated with the Western students he met and taught in the 1970s and ’80s. These teachings ... Read more »
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach Live in Singapore in August!

Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach Live in Singapore in August!

We are delighted to share information about Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s upcoming teachings and initiations at Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC), Singapore this month. The first part of this program will be streamed live, and we invite you to join students around ... Read more »
Rejoice in Amazing Prayers on Chokhor Duchen and Extensive Offerings to the Sangha

Rejoice in Amazing Prayers on Chokhor Duchen and Extensive Offerings to the Sangha

This year on August 1 we celebrate Chokhor Duchen, one of the four annual holy days of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha which commemorates Buddha’s first turning of the wheel of Dharma and on which merit generated is multiplied one hundred million ... Read more »
Thought Transformation Teachings 128:  The Foundation of Thought Transformation Is to Understand the Kindness of Sentient Beings

Thought Transformation Teachings 128: The Foundation of Thought Transformation Is to Understand the Kindness of Sentient Beings

Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation. Here is a summary of a teaching given on June 26 from Kopan Monastery, Nepal, at the request of Telo Tulku Rinpoche, Ganden Tendar Ling FPMT Buddhist Center, Aryadeva FPMT ... Read more »
Thought Transformation Teachings 127:  The Foundation of Thought Transformation Is to Stop Harming Others

Thought Transformation Teachings 127: The Foundation of Thought Transformation Is to Stop Harming Others

Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation. Here is a summary of a teaching given on June 25 from Kopan Monastery, Nepal, at the request of Telo Tulku Rinpoche, Ganden Tendar Ling FPMT Buddhist Center, Aryadeva FPMT ... Read more »
New Podcast Episode: #7 The Real Enemy Is Our Self-Cherishing Thought

New Podcast Episode: #7 The Real Enemy Is Our Self-Cherishing Thought

There is a new episode of the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts Podcast. You can listen to the new episode on our website or find it in your favorite podcast app by searching for “Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts.” New ... Read more »
Offering Support for Medical Care, Food, and Other Essential Service for those in Need in 2022

Offering Support for Medical Care, Food, and Other Essential Service for those in Need in 2022

The FPMT Social Services Fund offers grants to beneficial projects primarily in India, Nepal, and Mongolia, which are aimed at serving children, the elderly, the sick, and very poor. We offer grants for schools, hospices, health clinics, soup kitchens, and ... Read more »
Thought Transformation Teachings 126 (Refuge Series): Your Main Practice in Life Should Be Cherishing Others

Thought Transformation Teachings 126 (Refuge Series): Your Main Practice in Life Should Be Cherishing Others

Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of a teaching he offered to students from China and Malaysia via Zoom on June 13: All of the 84,000 teachings ... Read more »
Welcome to our July 2022 e-News!

Welcome to our July 2022 e-News!

We are pleased to share our July 2022 e-news with you! This issue features news, updates, resources, opportunities, and causes for rejoicing, including: An update on Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s health and practices offered for Rinpoche’s long life, An overview and ... Read more »
Thought Transformation Teachings 125 (Refuge Series): The Real Refuge Practice Is Cherishing Sentient Beings

Thought Transformation Teachings 125 (Refuge Series): The Real Refuge Practice Is Cherishing Sentient Beings

Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of a teaching he offered to students from China and Malaysia via Zoom on June 12: By taking refuge in the ... Read more »