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        The FPMT is an organization devoted to preserving and spreading Mahayana Buddhism worldwide by creating opportunities to listen, reflect, meditate, practice and actualize the unmistaken teachings of the Buddha and based on that experience spreading the Dharma to sentient beings. We provide integrated education through which people’s minds and hearts can be transformed into their highest potential for the benefit of others, inspired by an attitude of universal responsibility and service. We are committed to creating harmonious environments and helping all beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and compassion. Our organization is based on the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught to us by our founders Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.

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      • Die Stiftung zur Erhaltung der Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) ist eine Organisation, die sich weltweit für die Erhaltung und Verbreitung des Mahayana-Buddhismus einsetzt, indem sie Möglichkeiten schafft, den makellosen Lehren des Buddha zuzuhören, über sie zur reflektieren und zu meditieren und auf der Grundlage dieser Erfahrung das Dharma unter den Lebewesen zu verbreiten.

        Wir bieten integrierte Schulungswege an, durch denen der Geist und das Herz der Menschen in ihr höchstes Potential verwandelt werden zum Wohl der anderen – inspiriert durch eine Haltung der universellen Verantwortung und dem Wunsch zu dienen. Wir haben uns verpflichtet, harmonische Umgebungen zu schaffen und allen Wesen zu helfen, ihr volles Potenzial unendlicher Weisheit und grenzenlosen Mitgefühls zu verwirklichen.

        Unsere Organisation basiert auf der buddhistischen Tradition von Lama Tsongkhapa von Tibet, so wie sie uns von unseren Gründern Lama Thubten Yeshe und Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche gelehrt wird.

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      • La Fundación para la preservación de la tradición Mahayana (FPMT) es una organización que se dedica a preservar y difundir el budismo Mahayana en todo el mundo, creando oportunidades para escuchar, reflexionar, meditar, practicar y actualizar las enseñanzas inconfundibles de Buda y en base a esa experiencia difundir el Dharma a los seres.

        Proporcionamos una educación integrada a través de la cual las mentes y los corazones de las personas se pueden transformar en su mayor potencial para el beneficio de los demás, inspirados por una actitud de responsabilidad y servicio universales. Estamos comprometidos a crear ambientes armoniosos y ayudar a todos los seres a desarrollar todo su potencial de infinita sabiduría y compasión.

        Nuestra organización se basa en la tradición budista de Lama Tsongkhapa del Tíbet como nos lo enseñaron nuestros fundadores Lama Thubten Yeshe y Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

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      • L’organisation de la FPMT a pour vocation la préservation et la diffusion du bouddhisme du mahayana dans le monde entier. Elle offre l’opportunité d’écouter, de réfléchir, de méditer, de pratiquer et de réaliser les enseignements excellents du Bouddha, pour ensuite transmettre le Dharma à tous les êtres. Nous proposons une formation intégrée grâce à laquelle le cœur et l’esprit de chacun peuvent accomplir leur potentiel le plus élevé pour le bien d’autrui, inspirés par le sens du service et une responsabilité universelle. Nous nous engageons à créer un environnement harmonieux et à aider tous les êtres à épanouir leur potentiel illimité de compassion et de sagesse. Notre organisation s’appuie sur la tradition guéloukpa de Lama Tsongkhapa du Tibet, telle qu’elle a été enseignée par nos fondateurs Lama Thoubtèn Yéshé et Lama Zopa Rinpoché.

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      • L’FPMT è un organizzazione il cui scopo è preservare e diffondere il Buddhismo Mahayana nel mondo, creando occasioni di ascolto, riflessione, meditazione e pratica dei perfetti insegnamenti del Buddha, al fine di attualizzare e diffondere il Dharma fra tutti gli esseri senzienti.

        Offriamo un’educazione integrata, che può trasformare la mente e i cuori delle persone nel loro massimo potenziale, per il beneficio di tutti gli esseri, ispirati da un’attitudine di responsabilità universale e di servizio.

        Il nostro obiettivo è quello di creare contesti armoniosi e aiutare tutti gli esseri a sviluppare in modo completo le proprie potenzialità di infinita saggezza e compassione.

        La nostra organizzazione si basa sulla tradizione buddhista di Lama Tsongkhapa del Tibet, così come ci è stata insegnata dai nostri fondatori Lama Thubten Yeshe e Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

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        “护持大乘法脉基金会”( 英文简称:FPMT。全名:Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition) 是一个致力于护持和弘扬大乘佛法的国际佛教组织。我们提供听闻,思维,禅修,修行和实证佛陀无误教法的机会,以便让一切众生都能够享受佛法的指引和滋润。

        我们全力创造和谐融洽的环境, 为人们提供解行并重的完整佛法教育,以便启发内在的环宇悲心及责任心,并开发内心所蕴藏的巨大潜能 — 无限的智慧与悲心 — 以便利益和服务一切有情。

        FPMT的创办人是图腾耶喜喇嘛和喇嘛梭巴仁波切。我们所修习的是由两位上师所教导的,西藏喀巴大师的佛法传承。

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        護持大乘法脈基金會”( 英文簡稱:FPMT。全名:Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition )是一個致力於護持和弘揚大乘佛法的國際佛教組織。我們提供聽聞,思維,禪修,修行和實證佛陀無誤教法的機會,以便讓一切眾生都能夠享受佛法的指引和滋潤。

        我們全力創造和諧融洽的環境,為人們提供解行並重的完整佛法教育,以便啟發內在的環宇悲心及責任心,並開發內心所蘊藏的巨大潛能 — 無限的智慧與悲心 –– 以便利益和服務一切有情。

        FPMT的創辦人是圖騰耶喜喇嘛和喇嘛梭巴仁波切。我們所修習的是由兩位上師所教導的,西藏喀巴大師的佛法傳承。

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April 2022

 

Lama Zopa Rinpoche with a picture of Lama Tsongkhapa that Rinpoche likes very much, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, February 2022. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche:

Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Recent Activities

Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche

We’re Rejoicing About:

Annual Review 2021: Sharing and Preserving the Dharma in a Changing World

Mantra Recitations Accumulated for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Driving with Lama: An Excerpt from Big Love plus an Opportunity

Offering Food to the Monks of Gyudmed Monastery

Resources for Your Practice:

Newly Available in the Foundation Store

Opportunities and Changes within the Organization:

Opportunities to Offer Service in the Organization

Impermanence at Work

For Those Offering Service in FPMT Affiliates

First Online Foundation Service Seminar Pilot Scheduled!

Feedback about the FPMT Protecting from Abuse Policy


Lama Zopa Rinpoche:

Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Recent Activities

Lama Zopa Rinpoche during the long life puja offered to him, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, March 2022. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.

Since our last update, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has remained in Nepal, engaging in a variety of auspicious activities such as receiving a long life puja offered by the entire FPMT organization, meeting with important people and lamas, offerings prayers and pujas during the Fifteen Days of Miracles, creating merit in relation to holy objects, attending the inauguration of a new dialysis clinic, and offering two new teachings. We invite you to read more about these activities and enjoy a new photo album of this time period.

Teachings and Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche

We are pleased to share two recent teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche:

  • The Western Sangha Are the Real Heroes, a teaching Rinpoche offered at the beginning of a three-month course on the Vinaya being held at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa.
  • Why Buddhism Is So Important, a teaching Rinpoche offered to Vajrasattva retreatants at Kopan Monastery.
  • Guru Puja is the Heart Practice is a free LYWA multimedia series in which Lama Zopa Rinpoche emphasizes that the Guru Puja is the very heart of our practice, just as it has been for generations of great masters and yogi-practitioners of the past.

We’re Rejoicing About:

Annual Review 2021: Sharing and Preserving the Dharma in a Changing World

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche near Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal, 1970. Photo by Terry Clifford and courtesy of Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.

We are happy to share FPMT International Office’s Annual Review 2021: Sharing and Preserving the Dharma in a Changing World. Please take some time to enjoy this year’s online annual report, which includes details about activities such as offering access to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s precious teachings, helping keep the international community connected and informed, providing guidance and structure to our affiliates, facilitating charitable giving to many worthy initiatives, and disseminating the Dharma around the world.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche walking around the stupas at Kopan, with Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi, Ven. Tenpa Choden, and Ven. Thubten Tendar, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, March 2022. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.

Mantra Recitations Accumulated for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche

In February, we requested students to recite the mani and White Tara mantras for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s health and the fulfillment of all their wishes, and for the benefit of all in the FPMT organization. This was following advice from Khadro-la, Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme, which she gave in response to Ven. Roger Kunsang’s annual request for advice for Rinpoche’s health and the success of the FPMT organization.

We now invite you to join us in rejoicing in the efforts of so many students—reciting individually or as part of a center group—during the most meritorious period from Losar up to and including the last of the Days of Miracles, Chotrul Duchen. The total is 12,719,479 mani mantras and 1,759,396 White Tara mantras. These were dedicated using the FPMT dedication prayers, including the long life prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Ven. Roger offered that accumulation of meritorious activity to Lama Zopa Rinpoche on behalf of us all. Lama Zopa Rinpoche responded with the following thanks:

My Most Very Very Dear Friends,

Billions and billions of times thank you! Especially for doing all these mantras, that is also for your greatest purification and your good health and long life, and for removing sicknesses now and the future. Thank you very much for listening to Khadro-la’s advice, which is Tara’s advice. Please rejoice!

With Love and Prayers,
Lama Zopa

Driving with Lama: An excerpt from Big Love, plus an Opportunity

Lama Yeshe driving to Reno, Nevada, 1980. Photo courtesy of Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.

We recently published a blog that included a wonderful short story from Big Love about Lama Yeshe driving in Australia, and an opportunity from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive to receive a copy of this two-volume authorized biography of Lama Yeshe. Read more …

Offering Food to the Monks of Gyudmed Monastery

Some monks of Gyudmed Tantric Monastery, Hunsur, India, enjoying a meal offered through the new Food Fund.

Since 1433, Gyudmed Monastery has been providing the highest education to many of the top Buddhist scholars and teachers. Through the Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund and the kindness of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, we are pleased to now be supporting this monastery’s new Food Fund, which will provide quality meals to 575 monks studying at this extremely important monastery. The Food Fund has also created an endowment fund to cover annual costs from the interest of this fund. Please read more about the history of this important monastery, as well as details about their food fund and how we are supporting it.

 

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Resources for Your Practice:

Rinpoche leading prayers at Boudha Stupa, Nepal, March 2022. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.

Newly Available in the Foundation Store

  • Offerings to the Boudha Stupa PDF—Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this short advice on how to collect “the most unbelievable merit” when making offerings, originally in relation to offerings to Boudha Stupa. This advice is applicable whenever offerings are made to holy objects.
  • A Song to Recall the Kindness of Father and Mother Sentient Beings Combined with the Mani Mantra PDF—This twelve-page booklet was arranged by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the basis of the Third Gungthang Rinpoche’s A Song to Aid the Recollection of Parental Kindness and Encourage the Recitation of the Mani Mantra.
  • Vajrayogini Commentary PDF—This fifty-page book contains a 1980 commentary on Vajrayogini practice by Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche. Please note this text is restricted to only those with the appropriate tantric empowerment.
  • Milarepa Mantra MP3—This brief audio is of Lama Zopa Rinpoche reciting the Milarepa mantra.
  • Ten Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death MP3—This audio contains Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recitation of the Ten Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death.
  • Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) Mantra MP3— This brief audio features Lama Zopa Rinpoche reciting the Padmasambhava mantra.

Practice materials now available in eBook format or recently updated:

  • Lama Chopa and Tsog Offering eBook & PDF
  • Complete Dedication Prayer Book eBook & PDF
  • The Sun Illuminating the Profound Meaning of Emptiness (German) eBook & PDF
  • Nyung Na eBook & PDF
  • Amitayus Long Life Sutra eBook & PDF
  • A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha eBook & PDF

Practice materials newly available in other languages:

  • Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away (German) PDF
  • Oración y mantra de Buda Shakyamuni PDF
  • Offrande d’arôme aux esprits (Offrande de Sour) PDF

For a complete list of FPMT Education Services prayers and practices, please visit our catalogue page. You can also find all new arrivals, updated materials, and materials in translation in our Foundation Store (shop.fpmt.org).


Opportunities and Changes within the Organization:

Opportunities to Offer Service in the FPMT Organization

Newly added:
Director opportunities at Root Institute, India, and Land of Joy, UK.

SPC opportunities at Himalayan Buddhist Meditation Centre, Nepal; Mahamudra Centre, New Zealand; and Land of Medicine Buddha, US.

UK national coordinator opportunity.

Nalanda Monastery, France, is recruiting a chef.

Impermanence at Work

Contact information for the following, and all FPMT centers, projects, and services, can be found in the FPMT Directory.

We rejoice in the service offered by Samten Gorab to FPMT International Office from 2007-March 2022. Samten was assistant manager to the Foundation Store until 2019 when he transitioned to administrative assistant. Samten was reliable, hard-working, and was known by all as kind-hearted, supportive, and positive. We wish Samten all the best in his future pursuits and thank him so deeply from our hearts.

Chandrakirti Centre, New Zealand
We welcome new spiritual program coordinator – Julia Ryan
With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Bengu Korkmaz

Nalanda Monastery, France
We welcome new spiritual program coordinator – Ven. Rigchog
With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Ven. Losang Tenzin

Longku Center, Switzerland, has a new address:
Colombstrasse 40a, CH-3027 Bern

Centro Tara Bianca, Italy, has a new address:
Via Bernardo Castello 3/9, Genova 16121


For Those Offering Service in FPMT Affiliates

First Online Foundation Service Seminar Pilot Scheduled!

The FPMT center Rinchen Zangpo, in Mexico, is hosting the first pilot of an online Foundation Service Seminar in May! The two Mexican Foundation Service Seminar-registered facilitators, Gilda Urbina and Martha Portillo, will facilitate. For more information, contact Rinchen Zangpo Center.

Feedback about the FPMT Protecting from Abuse Policy

We recently sent FPMT affiliates an update about this essential policy and received some lovely feedback, including this from an FPMT resident teacher:
“I would like to express my sincere appreciation for all your hard work and persistence with regard to the Protecting from Abuse Policy. The policy is an essential ingredient in which our organization upholds the Buddha’s uncompromising ethic of non-harmfulness. It protects not only students, but also teachers, centers, the organization, and the precious legacy of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe. I’m sure that what you are doing is not easy. It’s not only legally complicated, but touches on sensitive topics like devotion, allegiance, trust, and so forth. So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.”


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