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Rejoicing in the Life of Dr. Giorgio Armato: A Man of Few Words and Many Actions
Dr. Giorgio Armato, 74, died at home in Genoa, Italy, on January 21, of cancer. Dr. Giorgio Armato graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in Genoa, Italy, and specialized in oncology. He met Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 1975 ... Read more »
Just Giving Food and Shelter to Our Pets Is Not Enough
The following video is an Essential Extract from Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Essential Extracts are short videos extracted from a longer teachings that focus on a specific topic. We have more than two hundred Essential Extract videos available on our website. ... Read more »
Merit Box Project Enters Its Twentieth Year of Grantmaking
The Merit Box Project celebrates its twentieth year of awarding grants this year. Currently, applications are being accepted for projects and initiatives that align with the FPMT mission. Most often these grant recipients are local FPMT centers, projects, services, and ... Read more »
The Sangha Are Real Heroes Because They Are Defeating Delusion
The following video is an Essential Extract from Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Essential Extracts are short videos extracted from longer teachings that focuses on a specific topic. We have more than two hundred Essential Extract videos available on our website. We ... Read more »
An Update on Maitreya Buddha Project Kushinagar
The creation of Holy Objects for World Peace is an important aspect of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast vision for the FPMT organization. As part of this, Rinpoche envisions the creation of many statues of Maitreya Buddha, the future Buddha, around ... Read more »
Please Enjoy Our March 2022 e-News!
Welcome to the March 2022 edition of our e-news! This issue features news, updates, resources, opportunities, and causes for rejoicing including: An update on the long life puja offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche on March 11, Teachings and excerpts from ... Read more »
Supporting the Food Fund of Gyudmed Tantric Monastery
Since 1433, Gyudmed Monastery has been providing the highest education to many of the top Buddhist scholars and teachers. Through the Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund, and the kindness of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, we are pleased to now be supporting this ... Read more »
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 »