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Update from FPMT Inc.
The FPMT Inc. board of directors are pleased to be able to share with you an update on what is being done in the organization, especially regarding the steps taken in the area of safeguarding, that is, protecting all those ... Read more »
The Method with Additional Practices: Now Available in Audio
The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment) is an essential daily practice created by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to help students start their day, and all their activities, with a perfect Dharma intention and bodhichitta motivation. It ... Read more »
May FPMT e-News Out Now!
Welcome to the May FPMT International Office e-News! This month we bring you news about: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice and Thanks, Support and Merit-Making During Saka Dawa, New Free Book From Our Lamas, Academy Focused on Buddhist Mind Science, …and ... Read more »
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 »