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First Pilot of the Online Foundation Service Seminar!
The Foundation Service Seminar (FSS) is the “FPMT immersion retreat.” It provides essential information and nourishment for all serving, or wishing to serve, in the FPMT organization. The FSS retreat is key to deeply understanding the FPMT organization and the ... Read more »
All About Vajrasattva
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this teaching to students attending the three-month Vajrasattva retreat at Kopan Monastery in Nepal on April 28, 2022. Here’s a summary of Rinpoche’s teaching. You can find the video of the teaching and a link to ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Life of Andrew Vahldieck: Transforming Disability into the Path
Andrew Vahldiek, 69, died in Santa Cruz, CA, on June 7, 2022. Long-time student of FPMT, Andrew Vahldiek, became a quadriplegic at the age of 17, following a near-death swimming accident in Wisconsin, US. This experience devastated him both physically ... Read more »
The Real Refuge Is Your Wisdom Realizing the Ultimate Nature
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a teaching over Zoom about Buddhist refuge for the graduation ceremony of the first cohort of Human Spirit, an Israel-based Buddhist-psychoanalytic training program. Here’s a summary of Rinpoche’s teaching, which was offered on June 8, 2022, ... Read more »
Welcome to our June 2022 e-News
We are pleased to share our June 2022 e-news with you! This issue features news, updates, resources, opportunities, and causes for rejoicing, including: News of Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching at the Kopan November course, Links to new teachings from Rinpoche, ... Read more »
A Powerful Immersion Retreat: Tara Institute Hosts First Australian Foundation Service Seminar
The Foundation Service Seminar (FSS) is the “FPMT immersion retreat.” It provides essential information and nourishment for all serving, or wishing to serve, in the FPMT organization. The FSS retreat is key to deeply understanding the FPMT organization and the ... Read more »
Support to Nine Elderly Homes Serving Tibetan Elders in 2022
For the seventh consecutive year, the FPMT Social Services Fund has continued to offer essential support to 320 elderly Tibetans living in homes throughout India and in Nepal. This service has become an essential mission of this fund with nine ... Read more »
Rejoicing and Creating Merit on Saka Dawa Duchen
We wish everyone an auspicious Saka Dawa Duchen! Depending on one’s time zone, a collective effort of merit-making is underway or has already occurred in FPMT centers, projects, and services around the world and in the homes of teachers, students, ... Read more »
New Podcast Episode: #4 Any Activity Can Be a Mindfulness Meditation on Emptiness
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 »
Please Join us this Saka Dawa in Offering Powerful Pujas and Practices for All Living Beings
This year on Saka Dawa, June 14, when merit is multiplied 300 million times, the Puja Fund, on behalf of the entire organization, will be arranging the following pujas and practices for the benefit of all beings: 100,000 Praises to ... Read more »
Long Life Prayer and Continued Prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In 2016, Khandro Kunga Bhuma spontaneously composed a long life prayer for Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Khandro-la is consulted every year for advice on practices to clear obstacles for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s good health and long life. That year she advised ... Read more »