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Lama Tsongkhapa Day at Kopan Monastery
Lama Tsongkhapa Day, or Ganden Ngamchoe, is a celebration of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is celebrated on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. This year, Lama Tsongkhapa Day fell on December 10. ... Read more »
Everything That Appears to You Is Created by Your Ignorance
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 reminding us that the “self-cherishing thought” is what creates all of our ... Read more »
What to Do with Anger
The following advice from Lama Thubten Yeshe, who founded FPMT with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, comes in response to a student question: “When we feel anger what should we do? Repress it, show it if it’s not harmful to others, or ... Read more »
With Mindfulness of Emptiness, Your Whole Life Becomes a Birthday Party
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 by explaining that reciting Togme Sangpo’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a ... Read more »
Support Offered to Magnificent New Temple at Ngari Institute, Ladakh
Ngari Institute is located in the Himalayan Kingdom of Ladakh in a small village called Saboo. The main vision of Ngari Institute is providing a modern education for underprivileged children from different regions of the Himalayas. The Institute, which is ... Read more »
New Videos and Photos from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Birthday Celebration
Students and friends around the world celebrated Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s seventy-fifth birthday on December 3, 2020, while Rinpoche was at Kopan Monastery in Nepal, where a day of traditional and auspicious activities were offered. Khadro-la spent the day on the ... Read more »
Even by Hearing the Title of ‘Sutra of Great Liberation,’ You Say Goodbye to Depression
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 Dashain festival in Nepal, when tens of thousands ... Read more »
Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchoe) Is on December 10
Lama Tsongkhapa Day, or Ganden Ngamchoe, is a celebration of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is celebrated on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. This year, Lama Tsongkhapa Day falls on December 10.* ... Read more »Update from FPMT Inc.
The Board of Directors of FPMT Inc. sincerely apologizes for the suffering experienced due to any gaps or shortcomings in our previous procedures, or in our responses to the allegations received, regarding the sexual misconduct and spiritual abuse committed by ... Read more »
Happy Birthday to Most Precious, Most Kind Lama Zopa Rinpoche!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday is celebrated on December 3. Rinpoche is at Kopan Monastery where he has been for most of the year due to COVID-19 restrictions. Celebrations for Rinpoche’s birthday began at 5:30 a.m. at Kopan with the offering ... Read more »
When the Real I Is Totally Gone, You Have Entered the Path Pleasing the Buddhas
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 explaining that not only Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha come from ... Read more »