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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
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 »
Eight Stupas Completed for the Benefit of Rescued Animals in Ladakh
Earlier this year we shared news that we offered support to Taru Gayphel Tsogspa Animal Welfare Society, an animal sanctuary that is caring for fifty bulls, twenty cows, ten sheep, and five donkeys in Leh, Ladakh. In addition to a ... Read more »
An Extremely Important Discovery in Life
Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote this letter to a student who was in the middle of a relationship break-up. Hi, I think you are having a great realization of life. May I tell you little bit about this, how it is ... Read more »
Newly Published Teachings from 2011 Retreat in Australia with Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In early April 2011, Lama Zopa Rinpoche began teaching a retreat series at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia, focused on Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara (A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life) and the transmission of the rare ... Read more »
Printable Cards and Posters in the Foundation Store
FPMT’s Foundation Store offers more than fifty cards and posters suitable for printing. These images are made available as high quality PDFs that can be printed as cards for your home and altar. Many of these images have been created ... Read more »
A Most Happy Birthday to Lama Zopa Rinpoche! Please, Please Live Long!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday is celebrated on December 3. We invite you to join the entire FPMT community as we rejoice in another year of Rinpoche’s compassionate life. Rinpoche tirelessly models the bodhichitta motivation for us, benefiting countless others every ... Read more »
1,000 Buddha Statues Offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama– Please Rejoice!
In 2019 we shared Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wish to offer 1,000 statues of Shakyamuni Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his long life on behalf of the entire FPMT organization. The funds for this ambitious project were raised ... Read more »
Ninth 100 Million Mani Retreat Organized by FPMT Mongolia
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization is to sponsor 100 million mani retreats around the world. During a 100 million mani retreat, participants collectively recite 100 million OM MANI PADME HUM mantras. For a ninth ... Read more »
How Anger and Patience Relate to Each Other
In the following short video recorded during the 2018 retreat at Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Australia, Lama Zopa Rinpoche responds to a question about how to practice patience: In order to practice patience, we first must have a ... Read more »
Appearance and Illusion
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 1977, Lama Yeshe offered ... Read more »