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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
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!
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!
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
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
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 »