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This Perfect Human Body Is So Precious Because You Can Use It to Keep Even One Vow
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 thought transformation (lojong) is utilizing unfavorable or undesirable ... Read more »
Happy Birthday Wishes for His Holiness the Dalai Lama!
On July 6, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 85th birthday is being celebrated around the world by Tibetans and an international community of students of Tibetan Buddhism. FPMT International Offices joins in the rejoicing and offers prayers for His Holiness’s ... Read more »
New Book from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: How to Face Death without Fear
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s newest book, How to Face Death without Fear: A Handbook by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, was recently released by Wisdom Publications. The 400-plus page paperback book has been compiled from years of Rinpoche’s teachings and carefully edited by ... Read more »
Prayers and Practices for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 85th Birthday
On July 6 the world celebrates His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 85th birthday. Enjoy these many resources to praise, learn from, and rejoice in His Holiness! Great Festival Celebrating His Holiness Lama Zopa Rinpoche has given extensive advice on prayers ... Read more »
When You Realize Impermanence, Dharma Becomes Easy
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: This video begins with long-time FPMT student Massimo Corona, who arrived at Kopan Monastery in 1971, ... Read more »
Dhondenling and Rabgayling Elderly Homes Update During the COVID-19 Pandemic
FPMT Charitable Projects has been providing information about how the elderly homes supported by the Social Services Fund have been doing during the COVID-19 crisis. Here we provide the final reports of two homes who are, thankfully, marked safe during ... Read more »
Mastering Meditation: Instructions on Calm Abiding and Mahāmudrā
Mastering Meditation: Instructions on Calm Abiding and Mahāmudrā, a compilation of teachings by His Eminence Choden Rinpoche, is being released by Wisdom Publications on June 30, 2020. His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote in the book’s forward, “I am glad ... Read more »
Without Self Discipline, It’s Like You Throw a Bomb on Your Life
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins this video by explaining that the subject of the teachings he has been providing from ... Read more »
An Update and Incredible Achievement from the Sera Je Food Fund
In 2017, after twenty-six years of the Sera Je Food Fund offering daily meals to all of the 2,500 monks of Sera Je Monastery, FPMT Charitable Projects raised and then offered a US$5.3 million endowment fund to Sera Je Monastery. ... Read more »
Ngari Institute, Ladakh, India: an Update During the COVID-19 Crisis
The Social Services Fund has been supporting Ngari Institute in Ladakh, India since 2014. Ngari Institute helps needy children from remote regions of Ladakh and arranges to send them to, currently, three different schools. The Institute arranges all the costs ... Read more »
Buddhism Has So Many Ways to Rescue Us from Suffering
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: This video begins with footage of Rinpoche, which was filmed by Richard Gere, receiving the lung of the dharani ... Read more »