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The Numberless Buddhas Are Giving You the Oral Transmission
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues offering the oral transmission of the Sutra of Great Liberation in the latest video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Ongoing Universal Education Inspired Activities of FDCW
In 1983 Lama Yeshe began formulating the idea of Universal Education: “The world needs a new system of education because the old one is too dated for the intelligent people of today and produces a great deal of conflict and ... Read more »
Make Prayers by Means of the Six Remembrances
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. In this teaching, Rinpoche continues his commentary on the text The Hundred Clear Realizations of the Glorious One from Narthang, which describes how to make ... Read more »
Milarepa Center Engages in a Forest Regeneration Project
Milarepa Center, the FPMT center located on 275 forested acres in Barnet, Vermont, US, is working on a project to improve forest health, encourage tree growth, maintain wildlife habitats, and re-establish walking trails with help from foresters Mathias Nevins and ... Read more »
Make Offerings Thinking You Are Offering Them to Your Guru’s Pores
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins this teaching discussing the passing of a nun’s father, who died from ... Read more »
Centro Tara Cittamani Serves the Local Community
Centro Tara Cittamani, the FPMT center in Padova, Italy, completed several community service projects in 2020. Community service is one of FPMT’s Five Pillars of Service. Marco Parolin, center director, and Teresa Fabris, spiritual program coordinator, share the story. Our ... Read more »
Basic Buddhism Is Discovering Your Self!
In the following short excerpt from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s video teachings on thought transformation, Rinpoche explains that we live our whole life with the hallucination that the I exists from its own side, that it is a real I. Basic ... Read more »
Make Offerings on the Anniversary of Your Guru’s Passing Away
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: Rinpoche begins this teaching extending his wishes that he hopes everyone had a nice long break ... Read more »
March FPMT e-News Out Now!
We hope you enjoy the March FPMT International Office e-News. This month we bring you: New Lama Zopa Rinpoche Advice and Photo Albums, The Latest Issue of Mandala magazine!, Prayer to Pacify Epidemic Disease – now on Audio, Staff Changes ... Read more »
Funding a Community Hall for 4,500 at Dhondenling Tibetan Settlement, Kollegal, India
Dhondenling Tibetan Settlement, Kollegal, is in one of the most remote and underdeveloped Tibetan settlements in Southern India. There are 46 Tibetan settlements in India, Nepal, and Bhutan, home to most of the 100,451 Tibetan refugees. These Tibetan settlements originate ... Read more »
Panchen Losang Chogyen Gelugzentrum Aids Refugees on the Greek Island Lesbos
Panchen Losang Chogyen Gelugzentrum, the FPMT center in Vienna, Austria, has raised awareness and support for the thousands of people living in Kara Tepe camp by collecting financial contributions for Gablitz hilft (Gablitz helps.) Kara Tepe is a camp for ... Read more »