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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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International Office News
November 2024
Teachings From and News Regarding Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Emptiness Explained: A Teaching on The Heart Sutra
Cutting Delusions: The Power of the Vajra Cutter Sutra
Second Anniversary Pilgrimage to Lawudo
Support Offered to 1,500 Students in India and Nepal in 2024!
Ven. Roger Kunsang Visits Malaysia
Geshe Doga Offers Forty Years of Teachings and Kindness at Tara Institute
Twelfth Annual Mani Retreat Completed in Mongolia
Regional Consultations Continue to Pave the Way for CPMT 2025
Foundation Service Seminar at Chandrakirti Institute
Resources and Opportunities for Study and Practice
Creating Merit on Lhabab Duchen, November 22
Newly Available and Revised Materials
Secular Spirituality, the Science of Consciousness, and the Illusion of Self
Opportunities to Offer Support and Changes within the Organization
Teachings From and News About Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Emptiness Explained: A Teaching on The Heart Sutra
“No matter how many other realizations you have, if you don’t have realization of emptiness, there’s nothing that can directly eliminate the root of samsara, ignorance,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche explained. “No other realization can directly cease delusions and karma. There is no other way to be completely liberated forever from suffering.”
In the newly available, Emptiness Explained: A Teaching on The Heart Sutra, Rinpoche not only teaches on the root cause of our sufferings, but skillfully guides us, step by step, on a profound meditation on emptiness, from identifying the object to be refuted (how things appear to our hallucinating minds) to generating an awareness of how everything is totally empty; conventionally, dependent arising.
Cutting Delusions: The Power of the Vajra Cutter Sutra
Along with the Heart Sutra, the Vajra Cutter Sutra (also known as the Diamond Cutter Sutra or Diamond Sutra) is one of the most well-known sutras of Mahayana Buddhism. The Vajra Cutter Sutra is a discourse on the Buddhist concept of emptiness, or “Wisdom Gone Beyond.”
About this sutra, Lama Zopa Rinpoche said, “It is one of the most profitable practices, because the root of all sufferings, yours and others, is the ignorance holding ‘I’ as truly existent—even though it is empty of that; and the ignorance holding the aggregates as truly existent, even though they are empty of that. The only antidote to cut that, to get rid of that and through which to achieve liberation, the total cessation of the suffering causes—delusions and karma—is the wisdom realizing emptiness. This is the subject of the Vajra Cutter Sutra, emptiness. So, each time you read it, it leaves such a positive imprint. Without taking much time, without much difficulty, it is easy to actualize wisdom.”
Please explore some of the many resources available to those wishing to explore this sutra further, and utilize its profound wisdom into daily life.
Second Anniversary Pilgrimage to Lawudo
Following the success of the first anniversary pilgrimage last year, Lawudo Retreat Center is happy to announce that it will once again be offering the chance to visit, reflect, pray and meditate in the holy places of the Lawudo Lamas on the second anniversary of the passing of our most precious and cherished spiritual master, Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche.
This pilgrimage will take place April 26-May 10, 2025 and will culminate in a 5-day stay at Lawudo, where participants will gather for a 3-day retreat with teachings on the Wheel of Sharp Weapons thought transformation text by Charok Lama Rinpoche, and for guided prayers and practices in the Lawudo cave and gompa for Rinpoche’s swift return.
The 15-day trek will take place following the CPMT meetings, anniversary events and Wheel of Sharp Weapons teachings at Kopan Monastery in April this coming year. It will be limited to 25 participants only. Please read more details about this opportunity.
Lama Yeshe’s Wisdom
An Introduction to Meditation
The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind is one of the most beloved free books from the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. The six teachings contained in this volume come from Lama Yeshe’s 1975 visit to Australia. They are all filled with love, insight, wisdom and compassion, and accessible question-and-answer sessions.
Please enjoy Chapter 5 of Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind, “An Introduction to Meditation” from a talk given by Lama Yeshe at Anzac House, Sydney, AUS, April 8, 1975. Edited by Nicholas Ribush.
What We’re Rejoicing About
Support Offered to 1,500 Students in India and Nepal in 2024!
Since 2012, the FPMT’s Social Services Fund has been a cornerstone of support for schools in India and Nepal, catering to students from Tibetan, Nepali, Sherpa, and Indian backgrounds. This initiative ensures that these schools can provide quality education at no cost by covering essentials such as food, uniforms, school supplies, and teacher salaries. In 2024 alone, the fund allocated US$213,052 to seven schools, positively impacting nearly 1,500 children. This remarkable effort not only delivers essential modern education but also preserves cultural heritage and Buddhadharma teachings. Please enjoy this annual report of the grants offered and activities supported.
Ven. Roger Kunsang Visits Malaysia
In October, Ven. Roger Kunsang met with all three FPMT Malaysia entities in order to engage with the communities, receive updates on their various projects and plans, and share stories about Lama Zopa Rinpoche and FPMT. Please read more about these inspiring visits.
Geshe Doga Offers Forty Years of Teachings and Kindness at Tara Institute
Tara Institute is extremely honored that Geshe Doga has been serving as resident teacher for forty years. Please read their recent report about his kindness, guidance and invaluable teachings spanning four decades.
Twelfth Annual Mani Retreat Completed in Mongolia
Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling, the FPMT center located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, has reported that during their twelfth annual 100 Million Mani Retreat, held from September 18-October 17, 2024, 100,818,700 mani recitations were accumulated! While most of the manis came from Mongolian people, they also welcomed contributions from Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Canada, Poland, and Italy. We will share details of this meritorious event soon.
Regional Consultations Continue to Pave the Way for CPMT 2025
The last of the four regional consultations planned in 2024 to pave the way for the CPMT 2025 took place at Tara Institute in Melbourne, on October 26 and 27. There were representatives, onsite or online, from almost all FPMT centers, projects, and services in Australia and New Zealand. Discussions were facilitated by François Lecointre, Center and Teacher Services Director from FPMT International Office, and Dale Davis and Karuna Cayton from the FPMT Inc. Board. In October, the International Office Staff also held several brainstorming sessions on the same topics. We will share details about this event soon.
Foundation Service Seminar at Chandrakirti Institute
Led by experienced facilitators Annelies van der Heidjen and François Lecointre, the Foundation Service Seminar held at Chandrakirti Institute, New Zealand, from November 6-9, 2024, was a great success. Participants from various FPMT affiliates in New Zealand worked joyfully on how to better integrate practice and service. We look forward to sharing full details on this soon.
Resources and Opportunities for Study and Practice
Creating Merit on Lhabab Duchen, November 22
Lhabab Duchen, one of the four great holy days of the Buddhist calendar, takes place this year on November 22, 2024.
Lhabab Duchen celebrates Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s return to Earth from the God Realm of the Thirty-Three after teaching Dharma for several months to the gods, including his mother, Mayadevi, who had died a week after Buddha’s birth and been reborn there. As a merit-multiplying day, the karmic results of actions done on this day are multiplied 100 million times, as taught in the vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic. Please read about the recommended practices to do on this day, and learn about the offerings which will be sponsored on behalf of the entire FPMT organization.
Newly Available and Revised Materials
This month we have made available the eBook version of the Sutra of Great Liberation. The unimaginable benefits of engaging with The Sutra of Great Liberation (thar pa chhen pöi do) featured most prominently in the later years of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings, although Rinpoche is reported to have spoken of them as early as 2006. Rinpoche emphasized that engaging with the sutra in any way, even unintentionally, is profoundly beneficial. Let alone reciting the sutra or its mantra, even hearing any part of the sutra or keeping a copy of the sutra brings immeasurable benefit. Reciting the sutra, for instance, also easily purifies negative karma.
If you want to have a printed version of The Sutra of Great Liberation, you can order it through Amazon’s print-on-demand service, in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA.
Please find also the updated version of the Six-Session Guru Yoga and the Six-Session Guru Yoga Commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Secular Spirituality, the Science of Consciousness, and the Illusion of Self
Today we are sharing an upcoming opportunity to join Science & Wisdom LIVE and other FPMT collaborators as they explore secular spirituality, consciousness and the illusion of self in a groundbreaking collaborative event.
On Saturday, November 23, 2024, “Secular Spirituality, The Science of Consciousness, and The Illusion of Self” will unite audiences worldwide in an inspiring online event hosted by Science & Wisdom LIVE, a project of Jamyang London Buddhist Centre. What makes this dialogue truly special is the support from four FPMT entities and their projects, working together for combined results. Real more details and find out how to register in English, Spanish, and Italian.
Opportunities to Offer Support and Changes within the Organization
Changes in the FPMT Organization
Langri Tangpa Centre, Australia
We welcome Stacey Gossip as new Director
Opportunities to Offer Service
Read about the amazing benefits and importance of offering service in the FPMT organization, and have a look at these meritorious opportunities to offer service as a paid staff or volunteer in FPMT centers, projects, and services around the world, including opportunities in Australia, France, India, the European Regional Office, the North American Regional Office, Nepal, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, UK and the US.
Newly added: Land of Joy, UK, is looking for a center director; Land of Medicine Buddha, CA, is looking for a spiritual program coordinator, a cook, and work-study live-in volunteers; Maitri Charitable Trust in Bodghaya, India, is looking for an administrative manager; Mahamudra Centre, NZ, is looking for a center director and live-in volunteers; the European Regional Office is looking for a regional coordinator; and the North American Regional Office is looking for a teaching tour coordinator.
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