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Rejoicing in TEN YEARS of 108 Nyung-Na Retreats at Institut Vajra Yogini
By Nicolas Brun One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization is to sponsor 1,000 Nyung-Na Retreats. In response to Rinpoche’s vision, Institut Vajra Yogini (IVY) has been hosting the TENTH 108 Nyung-Na Retreat and has now ... Read more »
Mahamudra Centre Welcomes the Community to a Sand Mandala Festival
Mahamudra Centre for Universal Unity, the FPMT center in Colville, New Zealand, welcomed school children and other community members to their center for a big ten-day celebration. Jennifer Coyne, spiritual program coordinator, shares the story. We celebrated our forty-year anniversary ... Read more »
Sharing Our June e-News With You
We hope you enjoy our June FPMT International Office e-News! This month we bring you: Highlights of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Thought Transformation Teachings, New Live with Compassion Posters, Pilot of a New FPMT Education Program, New FPMT Practice Materials, And ... Read more »
Announcing the New FPMT Essential Prayer Book!
We are pleased to announce a new publication: FPMT Essential Prayer Book. In it, you will find prayers and practices common in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition that are recommended for FPMT by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. It also features Rinpoche’s quintessential ... Read more »
Ladakhi Lama Passes Away
We are saddened to share the news that Ven. Thupten Tsewang (also known as Ladakhi Lama and Baling Lama), born in Ladakh, India, passed away at the age of 92, at Kalpataru Buddha Vihar, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, on April 25, ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Letter of Thanks to the Monasteries and Nunneries that Prayed for Kopan
Lama Zopa Rinpoche composed a letter to the monasteries and nunneries who sent messages and letters to Rinpoche saying they were praying for Kopan Monastery and Khachoe Ghakyil Ling Nunnery in Nepal after they heard of the COVID-19 outbreak at ... Read more »
Continued Support to Prisoners Wishing to Study Dharma
Liberation Prison Project (LPP) is an FPMT international project founded in 1996 dedicated to supporting students around the world in prison who wish to study Dharma. Since its inception, LPP has helped thousands of prisoners worldwide study Buddha’s teachings and ... Read more »
O.Sel.Ling Nunnery: A Haven for New and Old Nuns
“There are many who desire enlightenment in a man’s body, but none who work for the benefit of sentient beings in the body of a woman. Therefore, until samsara is empty, I shall work for the benefit of sentient beings ... Read more »
Do Your Best in This Life—Now!
Since early May 2021, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been offering video teachings in Tibetan from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. We anticipate Rinpoche will return to recording new video teachings in English in the near future. In this short video extract ... Read more »
Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling Benefits the Community During COVID
In 2005, the FPMT center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling, organized a nonprofit organization, Lamp of the Path, to take over the center’s social welfare activities. Community Service is one of FPMT’s Five Pillars of Service. Center ... Read more »
Remembering a Retreat of a Lifetime
More than ten years ago, nearly 200 students participated in a retreat of a lifetime with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia. This was the first of the Australia retreat series—co-hosted by the ... Read more »