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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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Tibetan Buddhism teaches you to overcome your dissatisfied mind, but to do that you have to make an effort. To put our techniques into your own experience, you have to go slowly, gradually. You can’t just jump right in the deep end. It takes time and we expect you to have trouble at first. But if you take it easy it gets less and less difficult as time goes by.
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Items displayed in the shop are made available for Dharma practice and educational purposes, and never for the purpose of profiting from their sale. Please read FPMT Foundation Store Policy Regarding Dharma Items for more information.
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International Office News
November 2014
French and Spanish speakers will find the FPMT International Office News translated each month in the “Bienvenue” and “Bienvenidos” tabs on the FPMT homepage! Or you can have this translated into your native language by using our convenient translation facility located on the right-hand side of the page.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche sitting outside Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery, Bendigo, Australia, October 2014.
Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
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New Advice: The Heroes of the World
Receive the Oral Transmission of the Sutra of Golden Light from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
News from FPMT Charitable Projects – FPMT Puja Fund
News from Mandala Publications
Foundation Store Offer: Discovering Buddhism DVDs
Benefit FPMT with Your Holiday Shopping
International Merit Box Project Now Accepting Grant Applications for 2015!
Foundation Service Seminar Facilitator Training Approaching
CPMT 2014 Minutes – Wisdom Culture Talk Videos
Honor Lama Thubten Yeshe at Losar
New FPMT Study Group in Cyprus!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s News:
New Advice: The Heroes of the World
During CPMT 2014 in Australia, Lama Zopa Rinpoche praised Western Dharma practitioners, particularly the Sangha, for their efforts:
“… If you’re able to practice Dharma in the West, it’s a great talent; you are a great hero, wow. Someone who is able to be a monk, able to be a nun, even a lay person practicing pure Dharma – wow, wow, wow – it’s unbelievable, unbelievable, as generally speaking, it’s not easy in the West. Those who are doing practice are heroes. That is the main thing to think about Sangha – they are heroes.
… Sangha, you have to know you are the heroes of the world because you are fighting, preventing the wars of delusion, and protecting peace from delusion. They’re the real heroes as are the lay practitioners who do pure Dharma practice. But that’s what the Sangha are especially – you have to realize!”
Receive the Oral Transmission of the Sutra of Golden Light from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
During the recent retreat in Australia, Lama Zopa Rinpoche agreed to allow those who listen to a recording of Rinpoche giving the oral transmission of the Sutra of Golden Light to receive the transmission in full. You may receive this oral transmission by listening to the audio or from watching and listening to it on video. We are pleased to make both the video and audio available for you.
Find a wide range of advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Rinpoche’s Advice page. Go to the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive for lots more advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Rinpoche’s Schedule
Please contact the hosts directly with any questions regarding the event. Subscribe to our RSS feed on Rinpoche’s Schedule to receive updates automatically as soon as they are available.
2014
November 23 Long life puja offered by Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore
November/December Teachings during the one-month lam-rim course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal
2015
Hosted by Maitreya Instituut, Loenen, the Netherlands:
July 11 – 12 Teachings on the Essence of the Kadam by Kachen Yeshe Gyaltsen
July 13 – 19 Heruka 5 Deities initiation
July 20 Long life puja
More dates coming soon!
2016
September 11 – 26 Light of the Path retreat, Kadampa Center, USA
Videoed teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche are online 24/7
on FPMT’s livestream webpage.
International Office News:
News from Education Services
New Materials Available:
Prayers and Practices to be Reborn in Sukhavati includes The Swift Path to Sukhavati by Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyältsen as well as The Benefits of the Pure Land Sukhavati, a commentary by Lama Tsongkhapa.
Practices of Arya Sitatapatra (White Umbrella Deity) is a collection of two practices, The Supreme Accomplishment of Sitatapatra and Praises and Repelling Practices of Sitatapatra.
Both of the texts above are available as free downloads from the FPMT Foundation Store.
News from the Basic Program:
Two new Basic Programs have recently made a successful start, one at Centro Cittamani Tara in Padova, Italy; and the other at Ganden Tendar Ling in Moscow, Russia. Each welcomed some 25 students for their first classes while simultaneously offering the teachings online for those who may miss a class. Congratulations!
Basic Program students have two excellent opportunities for fulfilling part of their Basic Program retreat requirement. Centre Kalachakra’s retreat center near Paris is offering a one-month lam-rim retreat from December 27 onward, and both English and French speakers are welcome. Also, Institut Vajra Yogini, in the south of France, is offering a month-long lam-rim retreat from January 25 onward.
News from FPMT Charitable Projects – FPMT Puja Fund
Gold being offered to Jowo Buddha in Lhasa’s Jokhang
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We invite you to rejoice in the amazing array of pujas and offerings sponsored by the FPMT Puja Fund this year on Lhabab Duchen (November 13), one of the year’s holy Buddha Multiplying Days. You can read an entire list, as well as descriptions, of the pujas and offerings sponsored. Here are a few highlights:
- Recitation of the Prajñaparamita offered by the 650 monks of Gyume Tantric College
- Druk Chu Ma (64 offerings to Kalarupa to eliminate obstacles), Namgyäl Tong Chö (1,000 sets of offerings to Buddha Namgyälma) and Zangcho (King of Prayers) offered by the 6,000 monks of Sera Je and Sera Mey Monastery
- Offerings made to all of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s gurus
- Small money offerings made to 15,650 Sangha at the great monasteries of India and Nepal, as well as to Sangha at IMI international Sangha communities
- Offerings made to the Bouddhanath and Swayambunath stupas, the Buddha inside Bodhgaya’s Mahabodhi temple, and to the Jowo Buddha in Lhasa’s Jokhang
Anyone can contribute to these incredible offerings by donating to the Puja Fund to help cover the costs. If that is not possible, please rejoice and mentally offer all of this activity on your own behalf.
News from Mandala Publications
Amitabha Buddha statue on Amitabha celebration day, Buddha Amitabha Pure Land, Washington, US, August 2014.
Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
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Take a moment to read “Amitabha Buddha Celebrated at Buddha Amitabha Pure Land,” a two-part article written by Ven. Holly Ansett about the arrival of a 16-ton (14,790-kilogram) marble statue, a special project of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, to Buddha Amitabha Pure Land in Washington State in June. See amazing photos and learn how Rinpoche celebrated the statue’s installation!
Mandala regularly publishes news articles, inspiring photographs, and engaging multimedia content as part of our blog. Check back daily or subscribe to have our content delivered directly by email.
Foundation Store Offer: Discovering Buddhism DVDs
We happily offer the 2010 edition of the English-language Discovering Buddhism DVDs for $10, reflecting a nearly 80% discount! The 2010 edition is exactly the same as the newer 2014 edition for $55, except for two minor and easily corrected technical glitches (instructions included with DVD).
Benefit FPMT with Your Holiday Shopping
The AmazonSmile program will automatically donate 0.5% of your purchases to FPMT every time you shop on Amazon anywhere in the world. Click here for an easy way to sign up.
For Center, Project and Service Directors, SPCs, Board Members, Registered Teachers and Coordinators:
(This advice is specifically for those offering service in the roles listed above.)
International Merit Box Project Now Accepting Grant Applications for 2015!
Merit Box grants for 2015 are available for centers, projects, services, study groups and initiatives that further the mission of FPMT. Please contact meritbox@fpmt.org for an application. The deadline for applications is March 31, 2015.
Consider encouraging your students and supporters to become Merit Box practitioners and collecting offerings to support future grants. Order your group’s free Merit Box practice kits today!
Foundation Service Seminar Facilitator Training Approaching
At the recent CPMT meeting, many aspects of the Foundation Service Seminar were highlighted. If your region is lacking a Foundation Service Seminar facilitator, there will be a Foundation Service Seminar facilitator training at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California, USA, January 28-31, 2015.
Ven. Paloma and Gun Cissé sharing their stories of meeting the Dharma, Day 4 CPMT 2014, Australia, September 16, 2014.
Photo by Laura Miller.
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CPMT 2014 Minutes – Wisdom Culture Talk Videos
Go to the CPMT 2014 minutes to enjoy videos of Wisdom Culture talks given during the meeting by Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi, Paula de Wijs-Koolkin, Ven. Gyatso, and Ven. Paloma together with Gun Cissé.
Also find a booklet about fundraising offered by Australian Kimball Cuddihy, experienced former center director.
Honor Lama Thubten Yeshe at Losar
A reminder in case you missed Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice to offer Lama Chöpa tsog on Losar (Tibetan New Year) to honor the anniversary of Lama Yeshe’s passing away.
FPMT World:
New FPMT Study Group in Cyprus!
We welcome new FPMT study group, Thab-she Ling, in Cyprus!
Opportunities to Offer Service in FPMT
Please check out the regularly updated meritorious opportunities to offer service as a volunteer or as paid staff in FPMT centers, projects and services around the world!
Today is the closing date for applications to offer service as director at Chenrezig Institute, Australia. Milarepa Center, USA is looking for a spiritual program coordinator and Root Institute, India urgently needs a kitchen coordinator and a general manager/assistant director.
Impermanence at Work
Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling, Mongolia
We welcome new resident teacher – Ven. Gyalmo
Kunsang Yeshe Retreat Centre, Australia
Grateful thanks to retired resident teacher – Ven. Yonten
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Programme (LRZTP)
We welcome new director – Yaron Bahir
With grateful thanks to outgoing director – Sally Dudgeon
Rinchen Zangpo Center, Mexico
We welcome new director – Brenda Moreno
With grateful thanks to outgoing director – Carmen Revuelta
Shakyamuni Study Group (probationary center) in Italy, has closed – we rejoice in their efforts to serve sentient beings.
With love,
FPMT International Office
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