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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 »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Recent Beneficial Activities for All Beings
Since our last update, Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues to engage in as many beneficial activities as he can each day, including offering new videos from his Thought Transformation during the Time of COVID-19 teaching series as well as video teachings ... Read more »
Jamyang Buddhist Centre Does Recitation Practice on Buddhist Holy Days
FPMT centers, projects, and services around the world engage in virtuous practices on the great Buddhist holy days, even during the pandemic lockdowns of the past year. Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London, UK, shared an update on the practices that ... Read more »
Ways to Celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 86th Birthday
On July 6 the world celebrates His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 86th birthday. We’ve collected several resources for students to use in their celebration of His Holiness and in their ongoing Buddhist study. Great Festival Celebrating His Holiness Lama Zopa ... Read more »
The Purpose of Our Human Life Is to Benefit All Sentient Beings
In the following short excerpt, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that as Buddhists we train to be free from the pervasive compounding suffering and that the main goal of our human life is to bring all sentient beings of the six ... Read more »
You Cannot Say All Desire Is Negative
Lama Thubten Yeshe, who founded the FPMT organization with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, excelled at helping Western students connect with the essence of the Buddha’s teachings. He encouraged students to use their judgement and showed them how to be serious, yet ... Read more »