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Take a Look! Prayer Flags
Students can find over a dozen prayer flags in the Foundation Store, most offered at cost! Find these and other prayer flags in the Foundation Store: Gyaltsen Tsemoi Phugen (Wind Horse) Prayer Flag, designed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to protect ... Read more »
Nying Je Kunkyab Study Group Celebrated Saka Dawa With a Nyung Nä Retreat
In June 2019, Nying Je Kunkyab Study Group, the FPMT study group in Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico, organized a nyung nä retreat that took place over two weekends: June 11-14 and June 14-17, 2019. Valeria Arroyo, study group coordinator, shares the ... Read more »
Kagyu Nunnery Accommodation Now Complete for Nepal Nuns
Shri Sengedrak Ngedhon Samten Choeling Retreat Center, a Kagyu nunnery, was badly damaged in the 2015 earthquake that devastated Nepal and surrounding areas. This nunnery, located on the border of Nepal and Tibet (on the Nepal side), is under the ... Read more »
Take a Look! Printed Dharma Cards and Posters
Students can find dozens of printed Dharma cards and posters in the Foundation Store, most offered at cost! Find these and other cards and posters in the Foundation Store: His Holiness the Dalai Lama Card, His Holiness the 14th Dalai ... Read more »
Jamyang Buddhist Centres in London and Leeds Welcomed His Eminence Ling Rinpoche to the UK
In April 2019 His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Ling Rinpoche made a first visit to the UK. The visit included nearly a week in London followed by two days in Leeds, where Rinpoche participated in the opening of FPMT center ... Read more »
Sponsoring the Expansion of Idgaa Choizinling Monastery, Mongolia
The Idgaa Choizinling Monastery, Mongolia, was constructed in 2003 through FPMT Mongolia with assistance from a number of extremely kind benefactors. This monastery is strongly connected to Sera Je Monastery in India and serves as a focal point of Buddhist ... Read more »
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach LIVE from Singapore!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his commentary on Lama Chopa (Guru Puja) practice at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, the FPMT center in Singapore. Rinpoche’s teachings begin on Friday, September 6, and run through Saturday, September 21. All non-restricted teachings by Rinpoche will ... Read more »
Find Dharma Books for Adults and Children in the Foundation Store!
Students can find dozens of Dharma books for adults and children in the Foundation Store, most offered at cost! Find these titles and more in the Foundation Store: Moody Cow Learns Compassion, children and parents can learn about compassion together ... Read more »
How to Use Criticism and Unfavorable Situations on the Path
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice to a studious former monk who wrote to Rinpoche about receiving criticism and abuse from people. Here’s an excerpt from Rinpoche’s advice: Every day, in the morning, when you begin the day, please remember emptiness. ... Read more »
‘It Is All There in Lama Chopa’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche frequently encourages students to study and practice Lama Chopa (Guru Puja), written by Panchen Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen in the 17th century and often combined with the preliminary practice of Jorcho. FPMT makes a variety of Lama Chopa ... Read more »
Kalachakra Centre Celebrated With a Fête de la Réjouissance
Kalachakra Centre, the FPMT center in Paris, France, held their fifth-annual Fête de la Réjouissance on June 30, 2019. Laura Haughey, a student at the center shares the story. On June 30, 2019, Centre Kalachakra held a joyous and convivial ... Read more »