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Nalanda Monastery Inaugurated Future Retreat Center Maitreya Pure Land
On October 12, 2020, Nalanda Monastery, the FPMT monastery in the South of France, celebrated a significant step in their project to develop a retreat location called Maitreya Pure Land. The nearby property, known as Gachepel, was handed over to ... Read more »
Big Love Festival 2020: Celebrating 40 years of Universal Education
Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW), an international FPMT project, will celebrate nearly forty years of Universal Education with the online Big Love Festival from Monday, November 23, to Saturday, November 28, 2020. FDCW’s programs are based on Universal ... Read more »
Understanding Emptiness Is Learning the Truth about Your Life
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 video reminding us what he has been discussing in his most recent teachings: ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Kopan Monks Offer Auspiciousness on Lhabab Duchen
One of the four great holy days on the Buddhist calendar, Lhabab Duchen, took place this year on November 7. FPMT centers and students around the world took this opportunity to engage in meritorious activities as recommended by Lama Zopa ... Read more »
Displaying the Guru Rinpoche Thangka and 100,000 Tsog offerings at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling, Nepal
For the fifth year in a row, a very large thangka of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) was displayed and an auspicious 100,000 tsog offering event (Guru bumtsog) took place at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling , Nepal, also known as Kopan Nunnery on ... Read more »
Whatever You Are Doing, It Should Become Meditation on Emptiness
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 video continuing with his discussion of Phabongka Rinpoche’s commentary on the Three Principal ... Read more »
How to Let Go
Lama Thubten Yeshe, who founded FPMT with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, gave a timeless teaching on emptiness and daily life in September 1983. Here’s an excerpt: Good morning all of you. The director of Vajra Yogini institute has asked me to ... Read more »
New Audio Recording: Mahasiddha Thangtong Gyalpo’s Prayers
Students can now find the audio recording Mahasiddha Thangtong Gyalpo’s Prayers as an MP3 download bundled with supporting digital materials in the Foundation Store. In this recording, four audio tracks have been extracted from the video “Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice ... Read more »
Four Large Buddha Statues Sponsored at Jyangchub Choeling Monastery, Nepal
Namgyal Jyangchub Choeling is a monastery in Boudha, Nepal, established in 2008 by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche who is also the present director. Losang Namgyal Rinpoche studied at Kopan Monastery and is a highly regarded lama of the Tamang people. Namgyal ... Read more »
Holding the I as Real and Most Precious Is the Most Frightening Garbage
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 explaining that this thought transformation (lojong) teaching series began due to the ... Read more »
Watch His Holiness the Dalai Lama Celebrate a New Book on Science and the Mind
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will join a live online event celebrating the publication of Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Volume 2: The Mind. Wisdom Publications is hosting the live book launch on Friday, November 13, at ... Read more »