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Available in Print! Prayer to the Six-Syllable Great Compassionate One
“Your compassion is the source of happiness even of the animals and people that you meet in everyday life,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches in Prayer to the Six-Syllable Great Compassionate One, a translation of and commentary on Tsultrim Zangpo’s eloquent ... Read more »
Rinchen Jangsem Ling Retreat Centre Celebrated Saka Dawa with a Kuan Yin Retreat
In 2019 Rinchen Jangsem Ling Retreat Centre, the FPMT center in Triang, Malaysia, celebrated the month of Saka Dawa (June 4-July 2, 2019) by offering a Kuan Yin Retreat. (Kuan Yin is also known by the Sanskrit name Avalokitesvara and ... Read more »
Fifth Year of Support for Sambhota Tibetan School, Bylakuppe, India
Since 2014, the Social Services Fund has been offering grants to Sambhota Tibetan School Cauvery Valley Project (formerly called Central School for Tibetans CVP), located in Bylakuppe, South India. The school was established in 1971 to serve the children of ... Read more »
Available in Print! The Preliminary Practice of Altar Set-up & Water Bowl Offerings
“When performing offerings, you can offer to the merit field not only those offerings you have made at the altar and those mentally transformed, but also you can offer all the beautiful flowers, lakes, parks, the sun and moon—all the ... Read more »
Tushita Meditation Centre’s 2019 Highlights
Tushita Meditation Centre, the FPMT center in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, enjoyed visits from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Khyongla Rato Rinpoche in 2019. Ven. Tenzin Kunphen, spiritual program coordinator, and Maria Nobuko Corrales, creative project assistant, share those stories and ... Read more »
1,000 Tsa-Tsas of Lama Tsongkhapa Offered to Ganden Tripa Rinpoche to Offer to Others
Lama Tsongkhapa Day commemorates the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is observed on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar and, this year, which marks the 600th anniversary, falls on December 21. The Geluk International ... Read more »
Geshe Losang Tengye Passes Away at Institut Vajra Yogini
Geshe Losang Tengye, who played an important role in helping establish Tibetan Buddhism in the West, stopped breathing in his room at Institut Vajra Yogini in France on Friday, October 19. Geshe Tengye stayed in clear light meditation for five ... Read more »
Lhabab Duchen Is on November 19
Lhabab Duchen, one of the four great holy days of the Buddhist calendar, takes place this year on November 19. Lhabab Duchen celebrates Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s return to Earth from the God Realm of the Thirty-Three after teaching Dharma for ... Read more »
Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling Liberated Four Goats and Ten Sheep
In August 2019, Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling, the FPMT center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, successfully liberated four male goats and ten male sheep. They now have a new home in Bulgan province, Northern Mongolia, approximately 400 kilometers (248 miles) from ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Photos!
New photographs of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s worldwide travel are shared in photo albums on FPMT.org. You can see where Rinpoche has been and many of his beneficial activities. Albums from Rinpoche’s visits to France, Latvia, the United States, and Singapore ... Read more »
Grant Offered for Library at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Bylakuppe, India
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, located in Bylakuppe, Southern India, and seat to the Panchen Lama, has been growing significantly over the last few decades. A courtyard was added in 2012, a new prayer hall was completed in 2015, and construction of ... Read more »