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Lama Yeshe on the Experience of Death
Lama Thubten Yeshe, who founded the FPMT organization with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, is remembered for his ability to communicate the essence of Buddhist teachings in a way that connected with Western students. In September 1983, Lama Yeshe gave a public ... Read more »
Maitripa College Celebrates Four Graduates and Their Community During COVID
Maitripa College is a Buddhist institution of higher education affiliated with the FPMT in Portland, Oregon, US. Yangsi Rinpoche, Maitripa College president and faculty member, began teaching a four-year advanced Buddhist studies program at Maitripa Institute in January 2006. Maitripa ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Making Tsa-tsas According to Lama Atisha
Lama Zopa Rinpoche dictated this advice on making tsa-tsas and requested that it be made available to all who do the practice of tsa-tsas. If you do nine tsa-tsas according to the tradition of Lama Atisha, prepare everything according to ... Read more »
Food Offering to Paonta Cholsum Tibetan Settlement on His Holiness’s Birthday
The COVID-19 pandemic has created hardship around the world. Paonta Cholsum Tibetan Settlement, located in Paonta Sahib Himachal Pradesh, India, has lost a significant source of income due to lockdown restrictions. The settlement recently reached out to Lama Zopa Rinpoche ... Read more »
Update! FPMT Essential Prayer Book
In response to the recent feedback we have received, we are delighted to offer you an immediate update to the recently released FPMT Essential Prayer Book. This latest version now includes the special practice compiled by Lama Zopa Rinpoche titled ... Read more »
Celebrate Chokhor Duchen and International Sangha Day on July 14, 2021
Chokhor Duchen, one of the four annual holy days of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha, takes place this year on July 14. On these holy days, the power of any meritorious action is multiplied by 100 million, as taught in the vinaya ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Reincarnation
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses reincarnation in a newly published archival video clip. During a quiet moment at the April 2011 retreat at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion near Bendigo, Australia, Rinpoche gave an informal talk that was recorded by ... Read more »
Support to Seven Elderly Homes Serving Tibetan Elders in 2021
Since 2015, the FPMT Social Services Fund has been offering support to hundreds of Tibetan elders residing in elderly homes throughout India. Tibetans have been living in exile since 1959 when Communist China invaded Tibet, forcing 100,000 Tibetans to flee ... Read more »
From the Archive: ‘A Man of Peace on Tour’
In September 1982, His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Rome, Italy, to begin a month-long tour of Europe at the invitation of FPMT and other groups. His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with His Holiness Pope John Paul II, ... Read more »
Joyous Birthday Wishes for His Holiness the Dalai Lama!
Tibetans around the world, along with an international community of students of Tibetan Buddhism, celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 86th birthday on July 6. FPMT International Office enthusiastically joins the world in rejoicing in His Holiness’s beneficial life and ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice on Dealing with Intensely Hot Conditions
Recently Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered some advice for those experiencing the intense heatwave in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. In the midst of record-high temperatures, Rinpoche advised on how to look at our present difficulties as an opportunity ... Read more »