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Lama Zopa Rinpoche Comes to Vajrapani Institute

Lama Zopa Rinpoche Comes to Vajrapani Institute

FPMT News Around the World By Fabienne Pradelle, Director It came and went like a dream. We got “the call.” A date was set the following week. We posted it on the web and registrations started pouring in. Fast. Lama ... Read more »
Consecration of the Land of Medicine Buddha Prayer Wheel

Consecration of the Land of Medicine Buddha Prayer Wheel

June 2012: Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Jhado Rinpoche and Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme (Khadro-la) consecrated the finished prayer wheel at Land of Medicine Buddha, California. This is one of the prayer wheels to which the Prayer Wheel Fund has contributed.
Meet Geshe Ngawang Sonam: Hayagriva Buddhist Centre’s New Resident Teacher

Meet Geshe Ngawang Sonam: Hayagriva Buddhist Centre’s New Resident Teacher

Hayagriva Buddhist Centre in Perth, Australia, recently welcomed Geshe Ngawang Sonam as resident teacher. To introduce Geshe Sonam to the FPMT community, the center offers a video interview, in which Geshe Sonam, who was born in 1963 in Tibet, shares ... Read more »

Vegetarianism: A Healthy Debate

Two renowned teachers in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Ven. Sangye Khadro, author of the best-selling book How to Meditate, and Ven. Robina Courtin, founder of Liberation Prison Project and former editor of Mandala, offer their thoughts on vegetarianism within Buddhist ... Read more »
World Animal Day

World Animal Day

FPMT Around the World October 4 is World Animal Day. Many FPMT students and centers are doing things to benefit animals. If you’d like to do something to help, Enlightenment for the Dear Animals shares the following ideas: Go to ... Read more »
16 Actitudes at Centro Yamantaka in Colombia

16 Actitudes at Centro Yamantaka in Colombia

In the October-December 2012 issue’s online content, the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW) is highlighting two FPMT centers that are finding innovative, contemporary and authentic ways to communicate the essence of the Dharma teachings to children and young ... Read more »
Keeping Up with the Maitreya Heart Shrine Relic Tour

Keeping Up with the Maitreya Heart Shrine Relic Tour

FPMT News Around the World The Maitreya Heart Shrine Relic Tour has a new website, featuring quick links to the tour’s schedule and media coverage. The Heart Shrine Relic Tour displays dozens of relics from Buddhist masters, from Shakyamuni Buddha ... Read more »
More Big Love

More Big Love

FPMT News Around the World The latest Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives newsletter reports “editing work continues in earnest” on Lama Yeshe’s biography Big Love. For the past several years, Mandala has published excerpts of Big Love on our website. Now, ... Read more »
Osel Hita Torres, ‘The Reluctant Lama’

Osel Hita Torres, ‘The Reluctant Lama’

FPMT News Around the World Osel Hita Torres – the person recognized as the reincarnation of FPMT founder Lama Yeshe and a current member of the FPMT board of directors – was featured in a recent BBC Radio 4 broadcast. ... Read more »
Recent Disbursements

Recent Disbursements

Lama Zopa Rinpoche looks up at the prayer wheel at Root Institute. The Prayer Wheel Fund has offered US$17,500 to prayer wheels at Root Institute, India; Land of Medicine Buddha, USA; and at Mahamudra Center, New Zealand.

Long Life Puja Fund Videos

One of the most moving ceremonies in Tibetan Buddhism is the long life puja for a teacher, an elaborate display of devotion towards a spiritual guide comprising heartfelt prayers and praises, and a procession of symbolic offerings. We have collected ... Read more »

FPMT Puja Fund Videos

Every year the FPMT Puja Fund sponsors an extensive range of practices and pujas in India, Nepal and around the world. Please enjoy this collection of videos depicting the range of activities occurring during a puja. Long Life Puja for ... Read more »