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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
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
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
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
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’
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
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 »
Ling Rinpoche Visits and Other News from Choe Khor Sum Ling Study Group
FPMT News Around the World Choe Khor Sum Ling (CKSL), the FPMT study group in Bangalore, India, recently wrote Mandala about some of the highlights of their summer program. “We had a beautiful and especially blessed Saka Dawa,” CKSL writes. ... Read more »