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We Can Use Our Perfect Human Rebirth to Purify Negative Karma

We Can Use Our Perfect Human Rebirth to Purify Negative Karma

With the new year approaching, many of us are reflecting on the past year— rejoicing in the blessings we received, and also assessing mistakes we have made. Fortunately, we have methods at our disposal to help us purify negative karma ... Read more »
Buddha House in Australia Celebrates Its Fortieth Anniversary

Buddha House in Australia Celebrates Its Fortieth Anniversary

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche inspired thousands of students from around the world through the teachings they offered at Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the 1970s and 80s. The centers started by those early students formed the basis for ... Read more »
About the Importance of Bodhicitta

About the Importance of Bodhicitta

In the following short video from a teaching given in Singapore in 2018, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the vast benefits of practicing bodhicitta. Here’s a summary of this teaching: Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses how having the mind of bodhicitta is ... Read more »
Lama Yeshe on Christmas and Buddhist Practice

Lama Yeshe on Christmas and Buddhist Practice

In 1971, Lama Thubten Yeshe gave a series of talks at Kopan Monastery, in Nepal, at the end of the month-long Kopan meditation course. As Christmas drew near, Western students were feeling a little out of place and unsure of ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Progress of Forty-two Foot Stupa in Hunsur, India

Rejoicing in the Progress of Forty-two Foot Stupa in Hunsur, India

Earlier this year we shared the news that a magnificent new forty-two foot stupa was sponsored and being built at Rabagayling Tibetan Settlement in Hunsur, India. We have been supporting an elderly home at this settlement caring for twenty residents ... Read more »
Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchoe) Is on December 29

Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchoe) Is on December 29

Ganden Ngamchoe, literally “Ganden Offering of the Twenty-Fifth Day,” is also known as Lama Tsongkhapa Day. It is a celebration of the anniversary of the parinirvana of Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), the founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. This ... Read more »
Open the Door to Your Happiness Now

Open the Door to Your Happiness Now

In the following short video from a teaching Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave in Munich, Germany, in 2018, Rinpoche explains the shortcomings of self cherishing and the benefits of cherishing others. Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins by talking about the great bodhisattva ... Read more »
Seasons Greetings from our December e-News!

Seasons Greetings from our December e-News!

With our warmest season’s greetings, FPMT International Office invites you to enjoy our December e-News. This issue offers news, updates, and causes for rejoicing including: News about the Light of the Path Retreat 2022, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice on how ... Read more »
Liberation Tibetan Calendar for 2022 Available Now!

Liberation Tibetan Calendar for 2022 Available Now!

We’re excited to announce that the Liberation Tibetan Calendar 2022 has just arrived to us from the Liberation Prison Project and is available to order today! This calendar for 2022, the year of the Water Tiger 2149, is available as ... Read more »
FPMT’s Give a Gift That Helps Others Program

FPMT’s Give a Gift That Helps Others Program

Throughout the year, FPMT International Office offers a gift giving option that raises support for a few of our Charitable Projects. Contributions, which you make on behalf of someone else, can be made to social projects in India and Nepal; ... Read more »
Celebration of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Birthday at Kopan Monastery

Celebration of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Birthday at Kopan Monastery

The celebration of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday on December 3 began in the early morning with the offering of a Sixteen Arhats long life puja to Rinpoche in the main gompa at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. During the offerings part ... Read more »
Beginning to Understand Karma

Beginning to Understand Karma

Lama Thubten Yeshe, who founded the FPMT organization with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, is fondly remembered for his ability to communicate the essence of Buddhist teachings in a way that continues to connect with Western students. In the following excerpt, Lama ... Read more »