receive our newsletters
join Friends of FPMT
FPMT News
Our main aggregated news feed contains articles from all of our news categories.
Narrow your results
Extensive and Vast Array of Pujas, Practices, and Offerings Sponsored this Saka Dawa
Through the FPMT Puja Fund we have arranged for an incredible vast array of pujas, practices, and offerings for Saka Dawa May 26 when any merit created is multiplied 100 million times. The pujas and offerings are being undertaken with ... Read more »
When You Generate Bodhichitta It Is for Everyone You See!
In the following excerpt from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recent video teachings on thought transformation, Rinpoche explains that every time we generate bodhichitta, such as before doing a meditation or practice, we are doing it for every sentient being. Not even ... Read more »
Recommended Practices for Saka Dawa Duchen on May 26, 2021
We are fast approaching the auspicious merit-multiplying day of Saka Dawa Duchen—the fifteenth day of the fourth month in the Tibetan lunar calendar—which commemorates Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana. Saka Dawa Duchen, which is on May 26 this year, ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Lama Zopa Rinpoche Starting to Write the Prajnaparamita
Lama Zopa Rinpoche had been writing the 8,000 verse Prajnaparamita Sutra in pure gold for several years, but since 2011 Rinpoche hasn’t been able to write, as Rinpoche felt his handwriting was not stable enough, since manifesting a stroke that ... Read more »
Rejoice and Enjoy Your Life as a Sangha!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. A Note About Safety: All who attended this teaching with Rinpoche have tested negative for COVID-19, are wearing masks, and are socially distanced from one ... Read more »
The Sangha Are the Real Heroes Because They Are Defeating the Delusions
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. A Note About Safety: All who attended this teaching with Rinpoche have tested negative for COVID-19, are wearing masks, and are socially distanced from one ... Read more »
Western Monks and Nuns Are the Real Heroes and Heroines
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. A Note About Safety: All who attended this teaching with Rinpoche have tested negative for COVID-19, are wearing masks, and are socially distanced from one ... Read more »
Update about Kopan Monastery and Prayers for Geshe Sherab
As we shared last week, there has been a COVID-19 outbreak at Kopan Monastery and Nunnery in Nepal. The latest information from Kopan is that unfortunately more people at Kopan Monastery have tested positive for COVID. Currently, there are four ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the White Tara Long Life Puja Offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche on April 19, 2021
Please join the entire FPMT community by rejoicing in the recent long life puja which was offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, on behalf of FPMT centers, projects, services, study groups, and students on April 19. This ... Read more »
How One Second of Anger Destroys Eons of Merit
In an advice recently published by the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, Lama Zopa Rinpoche warns that getting angry with a bodhisattva, a buddha, or the guru for even one second destroys all our merit, results in an unfortunate rebirth, and ... Read more »
Arvind Kumar Singh, Who Offered More Than 20 Years of Service at Root Institute, Passes Away
Arvind Kumar Singh, 55, died in Gaya District, Bihar, India, on April 25, 2021, of COVID-related complications By Ven. Tenzin Paldron, Root Institute for Wisdom Culture former director, and former volunteer Ven. Tashi Choedup Mr. Arvind Kumar Singh, affectionately known ... Read more »