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Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
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.
A continuación puede ver una lista de los centros y sus páginas web en su lengua preferida.
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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.
Visitez le site de notre Editions Mahayana pour les traductions, conseils et nouvelles du Bureau international en français.
Voici une liste de centres et de leurs sites dans votre langue préférée
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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.
Di seguito potete trovare un elenco dei centri e dei loro siti nella lingua da voi prescelta.
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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:Found
ation 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。 察看道场信息:
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If you have compassion in your everyday life, you collect the most extensive merit and purify much negative karma in a very short time. Many lifetimes, many eons of negative karma get purified. That helps you realize emptiness.
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International Office News
August 2023
Recently Shared Teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche:
Mitigating Severe Conditions of the Elements
The Whole World Exists in Nothing More Than Mere Name
Importance of Studying and Applying Lamrim in Daily Life
Life on the Road with Lama Zopa Rinpoche:
From the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors
An Update from the FPMT Inc. Board
Institut Vajra Yogini Has Completed 108 Nyung Na Retreats for the 12th Year!
H.H. the Forty-Second Sakya Trizin Rinpoche Offers Prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Great Stupa Named Top Tourist Attraction in the World!
FPMT East & Southeast Asia Host Virtual Mani Retreat
Opportunities and Resources for Your Study and Practice:
Downloadable Portrait of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Quotes for Daily Life by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
FDCW Helping Grow Compassion and Wisdom
New Materials from FPMT Education Services
Opportunities and Changes within the Organization:
Recently Shared Teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche:
On the Topic of Reincarnation
During a quiet moment at the April 2011 retreat at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion near Bendigo, Australia, Rinpoche gave an informal talk on reincarnation. The video of this teaching was recorded before Rinpoche manifested a stroke at the retreat. You can read a summary and watch the video of this teaching.
Mitigating Severe Conditions of the Elements
No matter where we live in the world, facing severe conditions resulting from the weather or natural disaster effects us all. Every year, hundreds of disasters of the elements occur around the world due to drought, floods, extreme weather, extreme temperature, landslides, dry mass movements, wildfires, volcanic activity, and earthquakes. Lama Zopa Rinpoche has offered extensive advice on mitigating severe conditions of the elements. We recently shared some of this essential advice.
The Whole World Exists in Nothing More Than Mere Name
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered a thought transformation teaching on November 6, 2020, reminding us that the I does not exist from its own side, because it is a dependent arising. The I has been appearing to our minds as if it exists from its own side since beginningless rebirths, and we have held on to that mistaken view. But it does not exist at all like this, it’s a total hallucination. In fact, all phenomena of samsara and nirvana do not exist from their own side because they are dependent arisings. You can read a summary and watch a video of this teaching.
Importance of Studying and Applying Lamrim in Daily Life
During the 2018 November Course at Kopan Monastery, Rinpoche outlined how to reach enlightenment based on the lamrim and the importance of studying it. Rinpoche emphasized that merely knowing the lamrim is not enough; it needs to be applied in daily life. You can read a summary and watch a video of this teaching.
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom
Karma, Reality, and Belief
This timeless advice from Lama Yeshe is excerpted from a teaching on karma given by Lama Yeshe at Chenrezig Institute, Queensland, Australia, on 28 June 1976:
We often talk about how we waste our lives following the eight worldly dharmas – attachment to temporal happiness, receiving material things, being praised, and having a good reputation – and aversion to their opposites – discomfort, not getting things, being criticized, and notoriety. Each time we get involved with those, we create negative karma.
For example, when somebody praises you, you feel happy and puff up with pride, and when somebody criticizes you, you feel unhappy and depressed. Each time you go up and down like this, you create karma.
Why do you feel elated when praised and dejected when criticized? It’s because you don’t accept the way things truly are. You’re controlled by your hallucinating mind, which is totally divorced from reality. Whether you’re good or bad isn’t determined by what other people think but by your own actions. These are your own responsibility. If all your actions are positive, even if I say “You’re bad, you’re bad, you’re bad …” all day, it won’t affect your qualities. Therefore, you should understand what really makes an action positive or negative. It’s not defined by what other people think. Read more of this teaching.
Life on the Road with Lama Zopa Rinpoche:
No Rules Makes it Possible
Over the years, while traveling continuously with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Ven. Roger Kunsang, CEO of FPMT and Rinpoche’s long-time attendant, would share stories of what it was like to be on the road with Rinpoche, and to witness and participate in Rinpoche’s enlightened activity. These stories offer a glimpse into how Rinpoche used all of the circumstances in daily life, including the time traveling, to practice Dharma and serve others. In 2012, Ven. Roger shared this story from the road in Dharamsala, India we are happy to share eleven years later.
From the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors
An Update from the FPMT Inc. Board
The FPMT Inc. Board of Directors recently shared an important update. Please read their full message.
What We’re Rejoicing About:
Institut Vajra Yogini Has Completed 108 Nyung Na Retreats for the 12th Year!
Institut Vajra Yogini (IVY) in France has hosted its twelfth series of 108 Nyung Na retreats from November 2022 to June 2023. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization was to sponsor people who make a serious commitment in this life to complete 1,000 Nyung Na retreats, and IVY kindly began to host the retreats every year to help fulfill this vision. For the last ten years, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been sponsoring the food and accommodation for a number of people, each year, who undertake the 108 Nyung Na retreats, and in 2023, US$11,522 was offered toward the retreat. We are very happy to continue to offer support each year toward the retreats, in alignment with Rinpoche’s wishes. Please read more about this year’s Nyung Na retreat at IVY.
H.H. the Forty-Second Sakya Trizin Rinpoche Offers Prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
On August 4, 2023, H.H the 42nd Sakya Trizin Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, eldest son of His Holiness Kyabgon Sakya Gongma Trichen Rinpoche, visited Kopan Monastery to offer prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return in front of Rinpoche’s holy body, including the eight volumes version of the Prajnaparamita, along with other texts recited by heart. A great number of high lamas have offered their respects, condolences, tributes, and prayers after Rinpoche’s passing including some of the highest lamas of all four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, and various other traditions and lineages.
Great Stupa Named Top Tourist Attraction in the World!
Tripadvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Award 2023 recognized the Great Stupa in Bendigo as making the list of the top 10% of attractions around the globe, and one of the “must-do experiences” in Australia. The Great Stupa is the largest stupa in the Western world.
FPMT East & Southeast Asia Host Virtual Mani Retreat
A successful Virtual Mani Retreat was offered by FPMT East & Southeast Asia with nearly 15 million recitations accumulated! Please read more about this auspicious retreat.
Opportunities and Resources for Your Study and Practice:
Downloadable Portrait of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
We have received many requests for this particular image of Lama Zopa Rinpoche which students are using for their altar and personal use. All are welcome to freely download this image.
For FPMT affiliates only: This photo joins the other wonderful photos available for you to download and use in the High Resolution Photos of our Lamas section of the Affiliates Area.
Quotes for Life from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
We are so happy to make available two sets of inspirational quotations from Lama Zopa Rinpoche available as beautifully designed downloadable images.
- Words to Live by: Quotes from Lama Zopa Rinpoche contains 7 postcards with Rinpoche’s quotes and images designed by Venerable Lobsang Sherab.
- Quotes for Life from Lama Zopa Rinpoche contains 16 postcards with Rinpoche’s quotes and images created by Christine Schnoell, SPC of Panchen Losang Chogyen center in Vienna, Austria with support from Ven. Tenzin Namdrol of Kopan Monastery.
FDCW Helping Grow Compassion and Wisdom
The FPMT affiliate FDCW (Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom) brings us some wonderful initiatives, available to those interested in understanding their own mind and emotions and bringing compassion into daily life. Please read more about these upcoming opportunities available.
New Materials from FPMT Education Services
An Abbreviated Meditation-Recitation of the Goddess Kurukulla is a short self-generation sadhana of Kurukulla by Lozang Thrinle. This is the recommended practice text to use in order to fulfil the Kurukulla initiation commitment given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan, December 2022.
Why the Guru Shows the Aspect of Making Mistakes by Lama Zopa Rinpoche is a short yet powerful advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche discussing some of the key points of the practice of guru devotion. Rinpoche focuses on the concept of tshul, “showing the aspect”: because buddhas need to manifest in ordinary forms to teach us, human beings, their behavior can appear unenlightened or mistaken. In other words, they “show the aspect” of making mistakes only for our sake.
Opportunities and Changes within the Organization:
Opportunities to Offer Service
Read about the amazing benefits and importance of offering service in the FPMT organization, and have a look below at these meritorious opportunities to offer service as paid staff or as a volunteer in FPMT centers, projects, and services around the world. Newly added: Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa, Italy, is recruiting a spiritual program coordinator.
Those Newly Offering Service in the FPMT Organization
Thubten Kunga Ling, USA
We welcome new director – Rebecca Smith
With grateful thanks to retired director – Nicole Zito
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