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Remembering a Retreat of a Lifetime
More than ten years ago, nearly 200 students participated in a retreat of a lifetime with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia. This was the first of the Australia retreat series—co-hosted by the ... Read more »
Tibetan Elders Creating Merit in Elderly Homes in India
Advice for the Elderly Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently offered extensive advice on different ways to help and benefit the elderly, particularly Tibetans in Nepal and India, who are Buddhist. Rinpoche has made the point that as Buddhists we shouldn’t only ... Read more »
Six New Audio Recordings From Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Teachings on Thought Transformation Series
Students can now find the audio recordings of several important prayers and mantras shared by Lama Zopa Rinpoche during his ongoing Teachings on Thought Transformation during the Time of COVID-19 video series, which Rinpoche has been recording from Kopan Monastery ... Read more »
La Asociacion Potala Hospice Volunteers Provide Support During COVID
La Asociacion Potala Hospice (Potala Hospice Association) is one of FPMT’s hospice services offering service to the community during the COVID pandemic. Community Service is one of FPMT’s Five Pillars of Service. Alexandra Mejia, coordinator, shares the story. La Asociacion ... Read more »
Taking Suffering and Giving Happiness
Lama Thubten Yeshe, who founded the FPMT organization with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, had a way of clearly relating Dharma practice to the everyday experiences of the Western students he taught. Here Lama Yeshe offers advice on how to understand attachment ... Read more »
Chandramani Kumar Passes Away
Chandramani Kumar, 55, died in Patna, Bihar, India, on May 17, 2021, of COVID By Root Institute for Wisdom Culture former director Ven. Tenzin Paldron and former volunteer Ven. Tashi Choedup Chandramani Kumar, fondly known as Chunnu ji, was one ... Read more »
Determined, Persistent, and Hard-working Friend of the Maitreya Project Atul Chopra Passes Away
Atul Chopra, 61, died in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, on May 7, 2021, of COVID-19 By Marcel Bertels, director of FPMT project Maitreya Buddha Kushinagar I met Atul in 2001. After deciding to relocate the Maitreya Project from Bihar, India, ... Read more »
Naresh Sahai Mathur Passes Away
We are saddened to share the news that Naresh Sahai Mathur passed away at the age of 67, in New Delhi, India, on April 25, 2021, of COVID-19. Naresh was an early student of FPMT founders Lama Thubten Yeshe and ... Read more »
Support to Taru Gayphel Tsogspa Animal Welfare Society, Leh, Ladakh
Taru Gayphel Tsogspa Animal Welfare Society is an animal care facility located in Taru, Leh, Ladakh. Tsering Dorjay Malik first developed the idea in 2013 to help the animals in the village by drawing inspiration from Buddha’s teachings that every ... Read more »
Recognizing Impermanence-Death Reminds You to Practice Dharma Right Now!
In the following short excerpt from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s video teachings on thought transformation, Rinpoche explains the importance of recognizing the reality of death and that it should reminds us to practice Dharma right now! Rinpoche discusses a quote from ... Read more »