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Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling Completed a Seventh 100 Million Mani Retreat
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization is to sponsor 100 million OM MANI PADME HUM retreats around the world. Rinpoche has said, “[I would like] for the organization to establish 100,000 recitations of 100 million ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Does Puja at Kopan for Removing Coronavirus
On Monday, March 2, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, joined by the monks and nuns of Kopan Monastery, did a Most Secret Hayagriva tsog kong puja to remove the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as well as to remove all obstacles for the year ... Read more »
The Perfections Are the Practices of Bodhisattvas
The Six Perfections: The Practice of the Bodhisattvas is a new book from Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In it, Rinpoche offers instruction on the six perfections, a key Mahayana Buddhist teaching. Here’s an excerpt from the book’s “Introduction”: The Sanskrit for ... Read more »
Vajrayogini Sadhanas from FPMT
Students can now find the short, middle-length, and long sadhanas of Vajrayogini composed by Phabongkha Dechen Nyingpo available by donation through the Foundation Store in ebook and PDF formats. Two versions of the short sadhana are available: A Short Daily ... Read more »
The Power of Bodhgaya: Attending Teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Few things are more precious than being able to receive teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodhgaya, Gaya District, Bihar, India, the location of the Buddha’s enlightenment. From January 2-6, 2020, His Holiness gave teachings at the Kalachakra ... Read more »
Helping Build the Darpa Pandita Labrang at Sera Je Monastery
The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund was pleased to help support the completion of the Darpa Pandita Labrang at Sera Je Monastery. Due to the increase in number of lamas living at this labrang, construction was needed to renovate the existing ... Read more »
Remembering Lama Yeshe with ‘Big Love’
The Tibetan New Year, Losar, falls on February 24 this year. For FPMT students, this day has additional significance as it commemorates the anniversary of the parinirvana of Lama Yeshe, who co-founded FPMT with Lama Zopa Rinpoche. As part of ... Read more »
News and Losar Greetings from Us to You!
Welcome to the February FPMT International Office e-News. This month we bring you: Warm Losar (Tibetan New Year) Greetings!, Reminder of Rinpoche’s Schedule, News of Action Needed with your Merit Box, FPMT Service Seminar News, News of an Honour Awarded ... Read more »
‘The Eight Mahayana Precepts,’ Complimentary Living in the Path Module
In the complimentary Living in the Path module “The Eight Mahayana Precepts,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche shows us the importance of taking and keeping these special one-day vows based on the Mahayana motivation of bodhichitta. If you have not previously received ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Joined Amitabha Buddhist Centre to Celebrate Thirty Years
On Friday, September 20, 2019, Amitabha Buddhist Centre, the FPMT center in Singapore, celebrated the center’s 30th birthday at an evening celebration with Lama Zopa Rinpoche as their guest of honor. Lobsang Drolkar (Cecilia Tsong), a long-time student, active ABC ... Read more »
Update on 1,000 Statues of Buddha Created for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
In August 2019 Lama Zopa Rinpoche shared that he planned to offer 1,000 statues of Shakyamuni Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on behalf of the entire FPMT organization. Amazingly, due to the kindness of so many people we ... Read more »