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Yangsi Rinpoche Answers, “Where Are All the Western Geshes?”

Yangsi Rinpoche Answers, “Where Are All the Western Geshes?”

“Two things are happening right now: one is that Western students have completed all the necessary training and have come out with the label of ‘qualified’ or ‘ready to teach.’ Then, there is the other side where, due to individual ... Read more »
Everything Depends on the Motivation

Everything Depends on the Motivation

“It is extremely important to know how to live our daily life. We need to know what is spiritual practice and what is not spiritual, or what is Dharma and what is not Dharma. The benefit of understanding this, of ... Read more »

Dealing with Loneliness

Many Buddhist practitioners have encountered feelings of loneliness. According to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Online Advice Book, Rinpoche once heard a monk comment that he felt people didn’t want to be with him and were avoiding him. Rinpoche offered this advice: ... Read more »
A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha eBook

A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha eBook

Written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for use by beginning students, this new eBook,  A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha, is a clearly outlined practice complete with guided meditations for developing one’s motivation, the mind of refuge, and the thought of ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Open Letter to George W. Bush

Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Open Letter to George W. Bush

After the terrorist attacks in the United States in September 2001 and the beginning of war in the Middle East, Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote an open letter to former U.S. President George W. Bush about the effectiveness of spiritual solutions ... Read more »
Watch the 26th Mind and Life Conference Online

Watch the 26th Mind and Life Conference Online

FPMT News Around the World The 26th Mind and Life conference recently wrapped up at Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, South India. His Holiness the Dalai Lama convened the six-day meeting, titled “Mind, Brain and Matter: Critical Conversations Between Buddhist Thought ... Read more »
Message from Tenzin Ösel Hita, February 4, 2013

Message from Tenzin Ösel Hita, February 4, 2013

Ösel with his “Gen-la,” Geshe Gendun Choephel; brother, Kunkyen; and partner, Mai, 2012. These days I’m at Sera Monastery studying with my dear Gen-la (Teacher) Geshe Gendun Choephel. It is so wonderful to hear the Dharma in such simple and ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Dealing with Depression

Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Dealing with Depression

In Ultimate Healing, published by Wisdom Publications, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) suggests the cure for not only depression, but all forms of illness and disease: unqualified love in ... Read more »
Get the Latest News from FPMT Education Services

Get the Latest News from FPMT Education Services

FPMT News Around the World You may have noticed that FPMT Education Services’ has been doing a lot of great work, updating and organizing their webpages to help students find the materials and information they need to do practice and ... Read more »
Prayers for all Sera Je Food Fund benefactors being offered by all 3,000 monks January 24-February 2, 2013

Prayers for all Sera Je Food Fund benefactors being offered by all 3,000 monks January 24-February 2, 2013

Rejoice! The 3,000 monks of Sera Je Monastery are offering 9 days of prayers and pujas dedicated to all our kind and generous benefactors. We have just received this letter from the Abbott of Sera Je Monastery thanking Lama Zopa ... Read more »

New Products Available at the FPMT Foundation Store!

FPMT Education Services is continually making new materials available for all of your study and practice needs. New to this selection of offerings available at the FPMT Foundation Store are the following: Statues and Stupas – Benefits and Practices Related ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe asks, “Why Worry?”

Lama Yeshe asks, “Why Worry?”

Lama Yeshe’s talk in Berkeley, California, in the summer of 1983 was given at a time when the world was in a state of anxiety about the threat of nuclear war. How easily it translates to today when new fears ... Read more »