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Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions: Tracking the Holy Objects for World Peace
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization include building many beautiful holy objects around the world.
This page reports the current count of holy objects built in fulfillment of Rinpoche’s Vast Visions, including stupas, prayer wheels, Maitreya statues, Buddha statues offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Padmasambhava statues, and large thangkas to be displayed around the world at FPMT centers on special occasions—to track the fulfillment of Rinpoche’s Vast Visions and for rejoicing.
Holy Objects Created to Date
Please rejoice in the holy objects created so far in fulfillment of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions, for the benefit of all beings.
The magnificent Thame stupa, Nepal.
100,000 Stupas Around the World
Since there is unbelievable benefit such as liberating sentient beings, then I thought that the whole organization could aim to build 100,000 stupas (minimum size of one story up to the distance from the earth to the moon) in different parts of the world and for FPMT to do this as a whole.
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Below find a list of stupas that have been completed or are in progress, which meet the criteria for Rinpoche’s Vast Visions. Also please enjoy a short photo gallery of completed stupas.
To date, 94 stupas have been completed or are in progress at FPMT centers and by FPMT students toward this goal of 100,000 stupas around the world. Please see the worldwide list below.
♦ Meets the minimum size requested by Lama Zopa Rinpoche: one story high (3 m/10 ft).
North America
Kalachakra Stupa at Kurukulla Center, Massachusetts, USA
- 3m/10ft – Kadampa Stupa at Kachoe Dechen Ling, California, USA ♦
- 2m/6ft – Lama Yeshe Cremation Stupa at Vajrapani Institute, California, USA
- 5m/16ft – Lama Yeshe’s Enlightenment Stupa at Vajrapani Institute, California, USA ♦
- 2m/6ft – Kadampa Stupa at Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA
- 11.8m/39ft – Mahabodhi Stupa at Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA ♦
- 4.5m/15ft – Kalachakra Stupa at Kurukulla Center, Massachusetts, USA ♦
- 5.5m/18ft – Kadampa Stupa at Kadampa Center, North Carolina, USA ♦
- 4.2m/14ft – Auspicious Stupa of Many Doors at Milarepa Center, Vermont, USA ♦
- 4.9m/16ft – Enlightenment Stupa at Pamtingpa Center, Tonasket, Washington, USA ♦
- 2.7m/9ft – Enlightenment Stupa at Gendun Drubpa, Canada
- 4.9m/16ft – Enlightenment Stupa, Vancouver Island, Canada ♦
- 3m/10ft – Kadampa Stupa at Khamlungpa Center, Mexico ♦
- 6m/20ft – Turning of the Dharma Stupa, Mexico ♦
- Kalachakra Stupa for World Peace at Serlingpa Retreat Center, Mexico ♦
- 3m/10ft – Descent from Tushita Stupa, containing approximately 15 relics and many mantras, Cozumel, Mexico ♦
Europe
- Kadampa Stupa built for Lama Yeshe and the International Year of Tibet (1991) at Institut Vajra Yogini, France ♦
- 4m/13ft – Enlightenment Stupa at Nalanda Monastery, France ♦
- 4m/13ft – Kadampa Stupa at Kalachakra Centre, France ♦
- 4m/13ft – Stupa at Dorje Pamo Nuns’ Community, France. Dedicated to the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche ♦
- Descent from Tushita Stupa at Kopavogur, Iceland ♦
- Enlightenment Stupa built for Lama Yeshe, Geshe Rabten, Geshe Yeshe Tobden, and Gomo Tulku at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy ♦
- Reconciliation Stupa built for Lama Yeshe, Geshe Rabten, Geshe Yeshe Tobden, and Gomo Tulku at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy ♦
- 4m/13ft – Stupa at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy. Dedicated to the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche ♦
- 2m/6.5ft – Enlightenment Stupa at Centro Lama Tzong Khapa Treviso, Italy
- Kadampa Stupa at Kushi Ling Retreat Centre, Italy ♦
- Eight Stupas at Centro Muni Gyana, Palermo, Italy ♦
- Lama Yeshe Enlightenment Stupa at Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London, UK. Built in 1988; contains Lama Yeshe’s bone relic ♦
- 1.5m/5ft – Kadampa Stupa with Geshe Thubten Tsering’s ashes at Centro Nagarjuna Valencia, Spain
- Enlightenment Stupa built for Lama Yeshe at Osel Ling, Spain ♦
Pacific Region
- 50m/164ft – The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Atisha Centre, Victoria, Australia ♦
- 6.7m/22ft – Kadampa Stupa at Atisha Centre, Victoria, Australia ♦
- 9m/29.5ft – Enlightenment Stupa at De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre, Kangaroo Island, Australia ♦
- 3.6m/12ft – Stupa at Kunsang Yeshe Retreat Centre, New South Wales, Australia ♦
- 4m/13ft – Stupa of Complete Victory at Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery, Victoria, Australia ♦
- Victory Stupa at Vajrayana Institute, New South Wales, Australia ♦
- 8 Garden of Enlightenment Stupas (one 6.4m/21ft, seven 3.2m/10.5ft) at Chenrezig Institute, Queensland, Australia ♦
- 4.8m/15.7ft – Namgyalma Stupa at Chenrezig Institute, Queensland, Australia ♦
- 2.5m/8ft – Lama Yeshe Stupa at Chenrezig Institute, Queensland, Australia
- 8m/26ft – Auspicious Stupa of Many Doors at Dorje Chang Institute, Auckland, New Zealand ♦
- 5.2m/17ft – Long Life Stupa at Chandrakirti Buddhist Meditation Centre, Nelson, New Zealand ♦
- Enlightenment Stupa at Mahamudra Centre, New Zealand ♦
Asia
- 6m/19.6ft – Enlightenment Stupa built for Lama Yeshe at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India ♦
- Auspicious Stupa of Many Doors built for Geshe Rabten at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India ♦
- Parinirvana Stupa built for Geshe Wongdu at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India ♦
- 1m/3ft – Marble Stupa at IMI House, Sera Je Monastery, India
- 5m/16.4ft – Reconciliation Stupa at IMI House, Sera Je Monastery, India ♦
- 2.5m/8.2ft – 7 Kadampa Stupas at IMI House, Sera Je Monastery, India
- 6.4m/21ft – Kadampa Stupa (with 8 smaller stupas) at Root Institute, Bodhgaya, India ♦
- 8 Stupas at Taru Gayphel Tsogspa Animal Welfare Society, an animal sanctuary in Ladakh, India ♦
- 12.8m/42ft – Stupa at Rabgayling Tibetan Settlement, Hunsur, India ♦
- 6m/20ft – Stupa built by the Lawudo Lama, Kunsang Yeshe, on the pathway to Thame Gompa and restored by the previous Thame Lama, Thame, Nepal
- 6m/20ft – Enlightenment Stupa built for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s mother in Samshing village, between Lawudo and Namche Bazaar, Nepal ♦
- 11.5m/38ft – Enlightenment Stupa at Lawudo, Nepal. Dedicated to the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche ♦
- 3.6m/12ft – Victory Stupa at Lawudo, Nepal ♦
- 3m/10ft – Stupa for the incarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s mother, Nawang Zhimay, in Teshok village below Lawudo, Nepal ♦
- Eight Stupas at Kopan Monastery, Nepal ♦
- 10.7m/35ft – Geshe Lama Konchog’s Dharmachakra Stupa at Kopan Monastery, Nepal ♦
- Thousand Buddha Relics Stupa for Geshe Lama Konchog’s relics at Kopan Monastery, Nepal ♦
- 7.6m/25ft – Lama Lhundrup’s Stupa at Kopan Monastery, Nepal ♦
- Lama Lhundrup’s Stupa at Kopan Nunnery, Nepal ♦
- Lama Yeshe’s Stupa at Kopan Monastery, Nepal ♦
- 3m/9.8ft – Enlightenment Stupa at a student’s house in Boudhanath, Nepal ♦
- 5.5m/18ft – Enlightenment Stupa, Taplejung District, Nepal (built by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche) ♦
- 5.5m/18ft – Enlightenment Stupa, Okhaldunga District, Nepal (built by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche) ♦
- 5.5m/18ft – Stupa, Okhaldunga District, Nepal (built by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche) ♦
- 6.4m/21ft – Enlightenment Stupa, Lalitpur District, Nepal (built by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche) ♦
- 5.5m/18ft – Nirvana Stupa, Rasuwa District, Nepal (built by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche) ♦
- 5.5m/18ft – Stupa, Rasuwa District, Nepal (built by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche) ♦
- 5.5m/18ft – Pepung Stupa (Lotus Stupa), Nuwakot District, Nepal (built by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche) ♦
- Namgyalma Stupa at Losang Dragpa Centre, Malaysia ♦
- 7.5m/24.5ft – Namgyalma Stupa at Rinchen Jangsem Ling, Malaysia ♦
- 4.5m/14.8ft – Namgyalma Stupa at Golden Light Sutra Center, Mongolia ♦
- Enlightenment Stupa at Shakyamuni Buddhist Center, Taiwan ♦
- 6m/20ft – Geshe Sengye’s Stupa, Tibet ♦
Offerings Made to Build Stupas
- 32m/105ft – Chogyey Trichen Rinpoche’s Stupa (with a 16.5m/54ft diameter dome), Nepal. US$7,700 offered.
Further Resources
Offer Your Support
The Stupa Fund provides the resources needed for building 100,000 stupas around the world. This is part of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT.
Giant prayer wheels at the Namche Stupa and Mani Park, Namche Bazaar, Nepal.
100,000 Prayer Wheels Around the World
“[I would like] for the whole organization to build 100,000 prayer wheels in different parts of the world, [including prayer wheels under the ocean], a minimum height of six feet. Prayer wheels are a great blessing for each country.”
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Below find a list of large prayer wheels that have been completed or are in progress, which meet the criteria for Rinpoche’s Vast Visions, as well as a photo gallery of prayer wheels.
To date, approximately 22 large prayer wheels and many smaller prayer wheels have been built. Please rejoice!
H.E. Ling Rinpoche after the consecration of the prayer wheel at Vajrapani Institute, USA, June 2024.
North and Central America
- Prayer wheel containing over 170 billion mantras as well as many sets of texts, Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA
- Prayer wheel containing 12 billion mantras, Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA
- Pagoda prayer wheel containing 64 billion mantras, Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA
- Prayer wheel containing over 3 quadrillion mantras, Vajrapani Institute, California, USA
Europe
- 1.7m x 3m/5.58ft x 9.84ft – Prayer wheel containing 24,660,651,040 mantras on paper and more on microfilm, at Maitreya Institute, The Netherlands
- 2.5m x 2m/8.2ft x 6.5ft – Prayer wheel containing millions of mani mantras and other mantras advised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, as well as a set of the Kangyur and the collection of Lama Tsongkhapa’s writings, at Kushi Ling Retreat Centre, Italy
- 2.5m x 1.2m/8.2ft x 3.9ft – Prayer wheel containing 108 billion MANI mantras, at Institut Vajra Yogini, France
- 3-4m/10-13ft – Large prayer wheel and prayer wheel house at Osel Ling Retreat Center, Spain
Pacific Region
- 3m/10ft – Prayer wheel containing 111 billion OM MANI PADME HUM mantras, over 500 Buddhist texts (2 Kangyur, 1 Tengyur, 2 Je Sungbum and others), as well as 5 million other prayers and mantras, including the Guru Rinpoche prayer and mantra, Five Powerful Deities Purifying Mantras, and Vajrasattva and Medicine Buddha mantras as advised by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, at Dorje Chang Institute, New Zealand
- 3.5m/11.5ft – Prayer wheel containing 16.5 billion mantras at Chenrezig Institute, Australia
- 3m x 2.1m/10ft x 7ft – Prayer wheel containing over ten billion mantras at Chandrakirti Meditation Centre, New Zealand
- Large prayer wheel at Mahamudra Centre, New Zealand
- 2.8m x 2.8m/9ft x 9ft – Prayer wheel containing approximately 250,000,000 mantras, including copies of the Dharmakaya Relic Mantras; also inside the wheel are the complete Kangyur and half of the Tengyur, at Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery, Australia
- 3m/10ft – Prayer wheel at Atisha Centre, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Asia
- Large prayer wheel and surrounding smaller wheels at Dickey Larsoe Tibetan Settlement, Bylakuppe, South India. The large prayer wheel contains 100,000,000 OM MANI PADME HUM mantras, and nearly 400,000 more are in the smaller wheels.
- Gigantic prayer wheel containing the Kangyur, one set of Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings, the Sutra of Long Life, the Chenrezig longest mantra, Kurukulla mantra, Padmasambhava mantra, and the five powerful deity mantras, at Root Institute, Bodhgaya, India
- 1.6m/5ft – Prayer wheel built by the Lawudo Lama, Kunsang Yeshe, taken from his house when it was sold and placed just outside Thame Monastery, Nepal
- 2.1m/7ft – Prayer wheel containing 10 trillion mantras at Lawudo Gompa, Nepal
- Large prayer wheel with approximately 210 million mantras at Kopan Monastery, Nepal
- 4.3m/14ft – Prayer wheel with over 100 million mantras, built by Losang Namgyal Rinpoche, at Hetauda, Makwanpur District, Nepal
- 4.8m x 3.6m/16ft x 12ft – Prayer wheel at Rinchen Jangsem Ling, Malaysia (in progress)
- 3.5m/11.4ft – Prayer wheel containing 152 billion mantras at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore
Prayer Wheels Inspired by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
- 32 prayer wheels, 0.3m/1ft, surrounding the Ksitigarbha statue at Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA
- 10 prayer wheels, 36cm x 25cm/14in x 10in, at Milarepa Center, Vermont, USA
- 22 prayer wheels, 0.6m x 0.5m/2ft x 1.5ft, each containing about 12,000,000 mantras, at the Garden of Enlightenment, Australia
- 10 prayer wheels (10 more ordered from Nepal), 0.5m x 0.3m/1.5ft x 1ft, at the Garden of Enlightenment, Australia
- 200 prayer wheels, 0.6m x 0.3m/2ft x 1ft, mounted directly onto the walls of the Great Stupa, Australia (in progress)
- 7 prayer wheels, 0.6m x 0.58m/2.1ft x 1.9ft, at Hayagriva Buddhist Centre, Australia
- 1.2m x 0.3m/4ft x 1ft – Prayer wheel filled with microfilm at Centro Nagarjuna Valencia, Spain
- 1.5m x 1m/5ft x 3.5ft – Universal Peace Wheel, housing billions of traditional mantras and thousands of handwritten peace statements, Elko, Nevada, USA
Further Resources
Offer Your Support
The Prayer Wheel Fund provides the resources needed for building 100,000 prayer wheels around the world. This is part of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT.
Long Life puja offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche by Sera Je Monastery in front of the Maitreya Statue, Bodhgaya, January 2017. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
1,000 Maitreya Statues
A special thing about contributing to Maitreya, whether it be money or time or energy, is that it makes a connection with Maitreya Buddha, and the result is that one becomes a direct disciple of Maitreya Buddha when Maitreya returns to manifest enlightenment as Shakyamuni Buddha did.
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Below find a list of Maitreya statues that have been completed or are in progress, which meet the criteria for Rinpoche’s Vast Visions.
To date, 105 Maitreya statues have been completed or are in progress toward this goal of 1,000 Maitreya statues around the world. Please rejoice!
- 100 life-sized statues from Maitreya Project (26 have been offered to FPMT centers by Lama Zopa Rinpoche)
- Two 7.3m/24ft statues from Maitreya Project (one at Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA, and the other in Bodhgaya, India)
- Two-story statue built in a monastery in Asia
- One-story statue built in a nunnery in Asia
Offer Your Support
The Holy Objects Fund provides the resources needed for building Maitreya statues around the world. This is part of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT.
Shakyamuni Buddha statues offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on behalf of the entire FPMT family.
Buddha Statues Offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The heart thing, the most important thing, is to do what pleases His Holiness the Dalai Lama, no matter how many other billions of things we do. That’s the key, the heart.
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche expressed his wish for FPMT to keep offering Buddha statues to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who gives these statues to the people who come to visit him. To fulfill this wish, FPMT now offers one hundred statues each year on auspicious occasions. Below find a list of statues offered to His Holiness to date.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching next to the 3m/9.8ft Padmasambhava statue at Osel Ling Retreat Center, Spain, May 2019. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Padmasambhava Statues for Peace
Building Guru Rinpoche statues will bring immeasurable benefit, peace, happiness, and freedom to the world. They will have immeasurable impact.
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Below find a list of statues that have been completed or are in progress, which meet the criteria for Rinpoche’s Vast Visions.
Padmasambhava has said that when he no longer abides in Tibet, his statues will become like lights that dispel the darkness of ignorance. Lama Zopa Rinpoche has compiled the many benefits of building and making offerings to Padmasambhava statues in The Benefits of Building Padmasambhava Statues and Benefits of Guru Padmasambhava Statues.
Statues Completed So Far
To date, 35 statues have been completed with support from the Padmasambhava Project for Peace Fund:
Padmasambhava statue and stupa reflected in a very still pond at De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre, Australia. Photo by George Manos.
- Large statue at a Sakya monastery in Asia
- 5m/16.4ft – Statue at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion near Bendigo, Australia
- Two life-sized statues at Milarepa Center, Vermont, USA
- 11 statues of Guru Rinpoche in Lawudo, Nepal: one 4.1m/13.5ft statue, three other large statues, and statues of the seven aspects of Guru Rinpoche
- 9 statues of Guru Rinpoche in Asia: a 21.3m/70ft statue with two consorts, each 7.6m/25ft, and the Eight Aspects of Padmasambhava, each over 2m/6ft
- 2.1m/7ft – Statue at Chandrakirti Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre, New Zealand
- 2.7m/9ft – Statue at De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre, Kangaroo Island, Australia
- 1m/3ft – Statue in Nepal which will go inside a large stupa in India
- 3m/9.8ft – Statue at Osel Ling, Spain
- 1.4m/4.5ft – Statue at Chag-tong Chen-tong Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre, Tasmania, Australia
- 2m/6.5ft – Statue in semi-wrathful aspect at Nagarjuna Madrid, Spain
- Life-sized statue in seated aspect at Nalanda Monastery, France
- 1.5m/5ft – Statue at Kalachakra Centre, France
- 2.1m/7ft – Statue in Guru Namse aspect at Kopan Monastery, Nepal
- 2.1m/7ft – Statue at Centro Yamantaka, Colombia
- 1.5m/5ft – Statue at Chenrezig Institute, Australia
Statue Project in Pokhara
Project Guru Rinpoche is currently being undertaken in the beautiful location of Pokhara, Nepal.
The land was acquired for US$2 million, and construction is budgeted at approximately US$993,000. Situated alongside the Annapurna Cable Car, the Guru Rinpoche statue will blend with the surrounding natural landscape, creating a serene and captivating environment.
The site covers about 3,226 square meters (34,700 square feet) and will include a meditation hall for 100 people, additional rooms and a prayer hall, a mantra wall, and green spaces. At its center will stand a 15-meter (49-foot) statue of Guru Rinpoche, at an elevation of about 1,556 meters (5,100 feet). The statue itself is estimated to cost approximately US$299,000.
After soil testing on July 7, 2023, work to secure water for the site began on July 24, 2023, and a reliable water source was secured by August 10, 2023.
Offer Your Support
The Padmasambhava Project for Peace provides the resources to build Padmasambhava statues around the world. This is part of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT.
Large thangka of Guru Rinpoche at Kopan. Photo by Ven. Thubten Kunsang.
Large Thangkas Around the World
My wish is for the big centers in FPMT to have these large thangkas. This is a way to leave imprints for all these people [who see them], for enlightenment.
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT is for FPMT centers to display large thangkas and host festival days where these thangkas can be enjoyed. Below find a list of thangkas that have been completed and displayed.
North America
- 7.3m/24ft – Large Medicine Buddha thangka, painted by Peter Iseli, at Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA, displayed during the Medicine Buddha Festival Day
- 2.9m/9.5ft – Large Ksitigarbha thangka at Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA, displayed during the Ksitigarbha Festival Day
- 3.5m/11.5ft – Large Vajrasattva and consort thangka, painted by Peter Iseli, at Land of Medicine Buddha, California, USA
- 2.1m x 2.7m/7ft x 9ft – Large Tara thangka at Pamtingpa Center, Washington, USA, displayed for the 21 Tara dance offering during the annual Amitabha Buddha Festival at Amitabha Buddha Pure Land, Washington, USA
- 3m x 2.5m/10ft x 8ft – Chenrezig thangka offered by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and permanently displayed at Bengungyal Study Group, Mexico
Europe
- Large Maitreya thangka at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, displayed during Buddha multiplying days (weather permitting) and on any great occasion at the center
- 14m x 9m/46ft x 30ft – 21 Taras thangka at Institut Vajra Yogini, France
- 2.5m/8ft – Shakyamuni Buddha thangka at Nagarjuna Madrid, Spain, displayed during special events
Pacific Region
- 7m x 4m/23ft x 13ft – 1,000-arm Chenrezig thangka at Chenrezig Institute, Australia. Displayed at the Festival of Tibet each year, where it is seen by over 5,000 people and serves as the backdrop to political discussions, meditations, concerts, and Dharma talks.
- Five-story-high 21 Taras thangka, painted by Peter Iseli, at Tara Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- 5.8m/19ft – Large Medicine Buddha thangka permanently displayed at Buddha House, Adelaide, Australia
Asia
Amitabha Buddha thangka at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore.
- 12.2m x 16.7m/40ft x 55ft – Huge stitched appliqué thangka of Guru Rinpoche, commissioned by Lama Zopa Rinpoche from 2011 to 2014 through the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund. It is displayed annually at Kopan Nunnery on Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday (December 3) for 100,000 tsog offerings to Guru Rinpoche (Guru Bumtsog).
- Large Medicine Buddha thangka at Losang Dragpa Centre, Malaysia, featured in an annual festival and offerings event
- Large 35 Buddhas thangka, painted by Peter Iseli, at Kopan Monastery, Nepal
- 2.1m/7ft – Chenrezig thangka at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, displayed during Nyung Na retreats
- Large Shakyamuni Buddha thangka at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, displayed during the Monlam prayer festival
- 15.2m x 9.4m/50ft x 31ft – Large thangka of Amitabha Buddha in his pure land, accompanied by the eight great bodhisattvas, at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore. Sewn entirely by hand by Tibetan artists in South India and displayed annually for the Vesak Day celebration with extensive light offerings.
- 7.6m x 6m/25ft x 20ft – 21 Taras thangka displayed with 100,000 light offerings annually at Rinchen Jangsem Ling, Malaysia
- 2.5m/8ft – Four-faced Mahakala thangka displayed four times a year during Mahakala pujas at IMI House, Sera Je Monastery, India
Offer Your Support
The Holy Objects Fund provides the resources to create large thangkas for FPMT centers around the world. This is part of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT.
The very first Tara thangka, offered to Arya Tara Institute in 2025.
Tara Thangkas for the Success of FPMT
All the actions of the buddhas have manifested in this female aspect of buddha, Tara the Liberator, in order to help living beings to accomplish successfully both temporal and ultimate happiness.
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In 2023 Lama Zopa Rinpoche expressed his wish for FPMT to start creating Tara thangkas in different aspects, and for this to be ongoing, for the success and protection of FPMT. Each thangka is painted by hand and the time it takes varies; as soon as one thangka is completed, work begins on the next. Below find a list of Tara thangkas completed or in progress.
Continuing Rinpoche’s Vast Visions
My wish is for FPMT to build many holy objects everywhere, as many as possible. Making it so easy for sentient beings to purify their heavy negative karma and making it so easy for sentient beings to create extensive merit. Which makes it so easy to achieve the realizations of the path and so easy to achieve liberation and enlightenment.
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Every stupa, prayer wheel, statue, and thangka on this page exists through the devotion and generosity of countless students, centers, and benefactors around the world. Please rejoice in all that has been accomplished, and dedicate the merit to the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and peace and happiness for all beings.
Explore Rinpoche’s Vast Visions
Holy objects are one part of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT. Discover the others:
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