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Rejoicing in Over US$2,000,000 in Aid Offered Following the 2015 Nepal Earthquake
Following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, FPMT International Office established the Nepal Earthquake Support Fund to help raise funds for basic necessities needed such as food, water, tents, bedding, and medical aid to many who lost everything in remote regions. ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Blesses Animals in Russia
Wherever Lama Zopa Rinpoche travels in the world, he is sure to do practices that benefit animals. While in Russia recently, Rinpoche attended two animal blessing events. When Rinpoche first arrived in Moscow in late September, he attended an animal ... Read more »
News from Maitreya Buddha Project Kushinagar
The creation of Holy Objects for World Peace is an important aspect of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s charitable work as carried out by FPMT Inc. More specifically, Rinpoche envisions the creation of many statues of Maitreya Buddha around the world. Currently, ... Read more »![Watch Kopan Monastery Celebrate Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Birthday [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/13/watch-kopan-monastery-celebrate-lama-zopa-rinpoches-birthday-video/Lama-Zopa-Rinpoche-birthday-cake-Kopan-2019.jpg)
Watch Kopan Monastery Celebrate Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Birthday [Video]
Kopan Monastery, in Nepal, honored Lama Zopa Rinpoche by offering Rinpoche a birthday celebration on December 3. Rinpoche’s birthday celebration began with the monks and nuns from Kopan Monastery doing the 1,000 offerings to Namgyalma puja for Rinpoche. Then, outside ... Read more »
Complimentary Living in the Path Module: ‘Atisha’s Light of the Path’
In the complimentary Living in the Path module “Atisha’s Light of the Path,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche briefly recounts the life story of Atisha and the circumstances under which Atisha composed Light of the Path to Enlightenment, and then explains the ... Read more »
Tenzin Ösel Hita Welcomed to Florida, US
On Thursday, August 15, 2019, Tenzin Ösel Hita gave an evening talk “A Taste of Buddhism: One Big Love” at the Wotel in Miami, Florida, US, hosted by the FPMT study group in Miami, Namdrol Ling Study Group. On Saturday, ... Read more »
Please Rejoice in Sponsorship of 1,000 Buddhas for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
In August, we shared Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wish to offer 1,000 statues of Shakyamuni Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on behalf of the entire FPMT organization. Now, due to the kindness of many, we have raised the funds ... Read more »
His Eminence Ling Rinpoche Welcomed to the Northeastern United States
His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Ling Rinpoche visited North America from June to August 2019 and engaged in many activities including teaching at US FPMT centers Shantideva Meditation Center in Brooklyn, New York, Milarepa Center in Barnet, Vermont, and Kurukulla ... Read more »
Devotion and Compassion Are the Best Puja
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the following advice to Dharma centers on what to do when experiencing difficulties. When your luck/controlling power is down, then obstacles come. (You are blamed for things even if you haven’t done them.) To make life ... Read more »
Complimentary Living in the Path Module: ‘Offering Food and Drink’
In the complimentary Living in the Path module “Offering Food and Drink,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives teachings on taking the essence of a perfect human life by making offerings of whatever food and drink we consume. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is ... Read more »
Students Benefited from Atisha Centre Spring Retreat with Geshe Thubten Rabten
In 2019, Atisha Centre, an FPMT center in Myers Flat, Victoria, Australia, offered their annual Spring Retreat with Geshe Thubten Rabten, the center’s FPMT resident geshe, from September 12-17. The theme of this year’s retreat was In Praise of Dependent ... Read more »