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Immeasurable Love and Immeasurable Equanimity
Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935–1984), who founded the FPMT organization with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, was able to translate Tibetan Buddhist teachings into clear ideas that resonated with the Western students he met and taught in the 1970s and ’80s. These teachings ... Read more »
Study Buddhism In-depth with the FPMT Masters Program in Two Locations
Two new cycles of the FPMT Masters Program , our most advanced FPMT Education Program, will begin in 2023 and 2024 with residential and online options. The in-depth program is being offered at both Nalanda Monastery in France and Istituto ... Read more »
The Karma of Killing
The following video is an Essential Extract from Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Essential Extracts are short videos extracted from a longer teachings that focuses on a specific topic. We have more than two hundred Essential Extract videos available on our website. ... Read more »
Kopan Sangha Do Preparatory Practices for Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A White Tara long life puja will be offered to FPMT Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche on March 11, 2022, at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Currently, the monks and nuns from Kopan Monastery and Khachoe Ghakyil Nunnery are doing seven ... Read more »
The Uncountable Benefits of Tara Practice
In the new book The Power of Mantra: Vital Practices for Transformation , Lama Zopa Rinpoche guides students through understanding the power and benefit of mantras. Rinpoche explains many popular mantras, giving specific instructions for practicing them, including Shakyamuni Buddha, ... Read more »
Long Life Puja Being Offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, March 11
Every year Ven. Roger Kunsang, on behalf of the FPMT organization, checks with Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s gurus and/or Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme (Khadro-la), to determine what practices should be done to help create the conditions for Lama Zopa Rinpoche ... Read more »
Remembering Lama Yeshe: ‘He Was a Natural Communicator’
The Tibetan New Year, Losar , falls on March 3 this year. For FPMT students, this day has additional significance as it commemorates the anniversary of the parinirvana of Lama Thubten Yeshe, who co-founded FPMT with Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Lama ... Read more »
Warmest Losar Greetings for the Year of the Water Tiger
Losar Tashi Delek! Happy Tibetan new year to all our dear friends! With love from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and everyone at FPMT International Office. Read more about Losar, the Fifteen Days of Miracles, and what practices to do during this ... Read more »
Mantra Recitations for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and FPMT
At the beginning of each Tibetan year, Ven. Roger Kunsang requests advice for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s health and the success of the FPMT organization. This year Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Dronme (Khadro-la) has advised that it would be extremely beneficial ... Read more »
Rejoicing in New Holy Objects Created for the Success of FPMT and All Beings
Holy objects are so powerful one can purify negativities and create merit just by seeing them. According to the Sutra of the Mudra of Developing the Power of Devotion, “The minute you see a holy object you create infinite merits, ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Practices for Ukraine
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has given the following advice regarding practices to do in response to the current situation in Ukraine at this time, to reduce the war and to help stop the violence and suffering. Rinpoche has also already arranged ... Read more »