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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 »
COVID-19 at Kopan Monastery and Nunnery, Nepal
As COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, Kopan Monastery is now experiencing its first outbreak. Many individuals at Kopan Monastery and Khachoe Ghakyil Nunnery, both in Nepal, have now tested positive. Infected and non-infected individuals have been separated for ... Read more »
Questions and Answers on How We Exist in the World
Lama Yeshe, who founded FPMT with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, had a remarkable ability to connect with Western students. What follows are questions and answers from a teaching Lama Yeshe gave in July 1976 to Australian students on how we exist ... Read more »
Centers, Projects, and Services during the Pandemic: Turning a Difficult Situation into a Positive Result
“The lockdowns and stay at home orders in response to the Coronavirus pandemic affected nearly all of the more than 160 FPMT centers, projects, services, and study groups located in thirty-nine countries around the world,” Mandala reported in “Centers, Projects, ... Read more »
Important Update on the Maitreya Project in Bodhgaya
The creation of Holy Objects for World Peace is an important aspect of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast vision for the FPMT organization. Specifically, Rinpoche envisions the creation of many statues of Maitreya Buddha around the world. Currently, there are two ... Read more »
Tse Chen Ling Offers New Class ‘What Is Buddhism’
Tse Chen Ling, the FPMT center in San Francisco, California, US, has expanded their offerings with a new class. Ven. Carol Corradi, center director, and Monica Hung, interpreter and teacher, share the story. In March 2020, our center embarked in ... Read more »
What Is the Self?
We must give priority to changing and developing our inner world through learning and practicing Dharma in order to end our suffering and the suffering of others. Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave priceless and detailed advice on this topic last year ... Read more »
Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa’s Mind Science Academy Creates a Meeting Place for Ancient Buddhist Knowledge and Western Science
When His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) in 2014 he advised the FPMT center located in Pomaia, Italy, to create an academy focused on Buddhist mind science. Established in 1977, ILTK already had many successful ... Read more »
The Last Session of the Sutra of Great Liberation Oral Transmission
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, which contains the final session of the oral transmission of the Sutra ... Read more »
FPMT Annual Review 2020: Transforming Challenges into the Path
2020 presented new and profound challenges around the world and the FPMT organization was no exception. FPMT International Office, also known as Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s office, adapted to the new pandemic reality and continued our work to help fulfill the ... Read more »