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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 »
5 Trillion Mantra Compassion Wheel at Vajrapani Institute Makes Progress
In December 2016, Vajrapani Institute, an FPMT retreat center in Northern California, launched the 5 Trillion Mantra Prayer Wheel Project. The prayer wheel, called the Compassion Wheel and standing 7 ft x 10 ft when completed, will contain 5 trillion ... Read more »
Happy Birthday, Lama Zopa Rinpoche!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday is celebrated on Tuesday, December 3. This year Rinpoche is at Kopan Monastery, where he is giving teachings to more than 250 students from around the world as part of the month-long lamrim course there. Last ... Read more »
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaching LIVE from Kopan Monastery
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived at Kopan Monastery in Nepal on Tuesday, November 26. Rinpoche is giving daily teachings now as part of the month-long lamrim Kopan course, which takes place every November. This is the fifty-second Kopan month-long lamrim course. ... Read more »
MAITRI Charitable Trust Benefits the Community
In July 2019, FPMT project MAITRI Charitable Trust in Bodhgaya, Gaya District, Bihar, India, made a new offering of Dharma education at MAITRI Fulchater School. Since 1999, MAITRI and Fulchater Village in Bihar have been working together to operate a thriving ... Read more »
FPMT Spanish Translation Service Returns
Marina Brucet, former coordinator of the FPMT Spanish Translation Service (Servicio de Traducción), discusses the service’s return after a brief hiatus. After a few years of pause, we are happy to announce that the FPMT Spanish Translation Service has returned. ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on How to Help Turkeys on Thanksgiving
This year, the holiday of Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States on Thursday, November 28. Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered the following advice on how to help the tens of millions of turkeys being killed for the holiday. (For the ... Read more »