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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.
- Bienvenidos
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 Service de traduction pour les traductions, conseils et nouvelles du Bureau international en français.
Voici une liste de centres et de leurs sites dans votre langue préférée
- Benvenuto
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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简体中文
“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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Realize that the nature of your mind is different from that of the flesh and bone of your physical body. Your mind is like a mirror, reflecting everything without discrimination. If you have understanding-wisdom, you can control the kind of reflection that you allow into the mirror of your mind.
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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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August 2010
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To find more information as it becomes available, and for details of how to contact the center and register for these events, please go to Rinpoche’s Schedule.
2010
September 2 – 5 Milarepa initiation and retreat at Milarepa Center, Vermont, USA
September 8 Blessing the stupa at Kurukulla Center, Boston, USA
September 11 Teachings on Shakyamuni Buddha’s mantra and the four immeasurables at Kadampa Center, North Carolina, USA
September 12 – 25 Light of the Path, USA – registration now open!
POSTPONED (was Oct. 1-3) – Teaching and retreat at Tubten Kunga Center, Florida, USA
2011
April 2 – 30- Teachings on
- and Rinjung Gyatsa initiations at
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Ven Roger Kunsang reports that Rinpoche has mentioned several times in the last few months:
“Within the FPMT organization we are doing well studying the words. Now students need to experience the lam-rim.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Expresses His Happiness
Excerpted from Ven. Roger Kunsang’s blog Life on the Road with Lama Zopa Rinpoche (posted on July 23, 2010). Ven. Roger’s very entertaining blog enables us all to keep up with Rinpoche’s activities. |
His Holiness with Rinpoche, Ven. Kunsang and Ven. Sangpo, Dharamsala, India, July 2010.
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“Rinpoche is in retreat which started about 10 days ago. Prior to the retreat, Rinpoche met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It was a relaxed meeting (meetings with His Holiness in recent times are quite brief and to the point because of the very demanding schedule that His Holiness has, but, the occasional more-relaxed appointments do occur) and His Holiness expressed his happiness with Rinpoche and the activities of FPMT.”
Living in the Path: If you are attending the Light of the Path (LOP) retreat in September 2010 in North Carolina, USA, the best way to honor the effort that Rinpoche put into teaching in 2009 is to review what was taught as completely as possible prior to the start of this year’s teachings.
At the end of the teachings in 2009, Lama Zopa Rinpoche reflected on their importance as a preparation for the teachings in 2010:
“What I spoke about this time is mindfulness. Next time, this is the beginning that everyone has to know. This is what retreat is. Then, on the basis of that, there is renunciation, bodhichitta and right view. This is what I want to say. Next time, I will go straight through the commentary.
These talks are the preparation. Because this time I spoke about this subject, next time I don’t need to speak about it. These talks have been the preparation. Next time, I can start without preparation – of course, there is the motivation. Next time, somebody can explain the way of doing retreat, ‘This is the foundation of retreat, the fundamental practice of retreat.’ At the beginning, they can introduce how you should practice mindfulness. They can introduce this at the beginning as the beginning preparation, so that I can go straight through the commentary.”
There are three ways to prepare:
- BEST – Review Modules 1-3 of Living in the Path (LP) Online. Go through the reading packets of each module and review the meditations and mindfulness exercises. Both Module 1 and Module 2 have compiled all the relevant practices into convenient booklets.
NB: The advantage to following LP Online is that it packages the teachings in the practice-oriented way that Rinpoche presented them, with meditations and mindfulness exercises. To really understand the mindfulness that Rinpoche was encouraging us all to cultivate, LP Online is your best option.
Note: We hope to make available a brief introduction to the root text, Lamp of the Path, by mid-August.
- BETTER – Review Module 1, acquire a copy of the glossy booklet Taking the Essence and read the 2009 transcripts.
Note: Module 1 is free. Just login and use enrollment key: motivation03.
- GOOD – Simply read the 2009 transcripts.
On the Online Learning Center:
- NEW! Discovering Buddhism Module 2 in French! Click the Français tab on the homepage of the Online Learning Center and there it will be: en français!
- NEW! Heart Advice for Death and Dying: five teachings and five meditations by Ven. Sangye Khadro
- NEW! Buddhism in a Nutshell: five teachings and five meditations by Ven. Amy Miller
- COMING SOON! Basic Program Module 1, Awareness and Knowers, Mind and Cognition Part 1
Discovering Buddhism: Encouragement to centers to offer DB completion certificates! Newsflash from Ven. Glenda Gyalmo in Mongolia: “We recently completed DB Module 1 at the Golden Light Sutra Centre and we managed to do the one-day retreat having a good attendance considering it was the last Sunday before |
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NEW! Prayer Wheel Card can be downloaded from Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche. This simple explanation on prayer wheels from Rinpoche can be posted near your center’s prayer wheel.
For all those asking how to consecrate your Samantabhadra Protection Card (or other holy objects), a short consecration ritual advised by Rinpoche is now available under the section “Protection from Harm.”
COMING SOON! Revised and updated Intermediate Practices of Vajra Yogini
Meditation 101 now available in Portuguese!
From Mandala Publications:
Please enjoy the latest Mandala eZine, Guru Devotion As The Source Of All Happiness. This issue takes advantage of video and audio content to deliver various teachings and perspectives on the importance of establishing a healthy relationship with a qualified spiritual guide. |
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Sherri Rita has resigned as Development Director, and we wish her well in her new job.
Heather Drollinger joined the International Office team on August 2 as Donor Services Coordinator, working on Friends of FPMT, the International Merit Box Project and other projects. Heather has offered service for five years in many ways to many of International Office’s departments, including Education Services, Center Services (Heather was one of the key editors of the revised FPMT Handbook), Finance and the Foundation Store. International Office is very happy to welcome Heather back into the team!
Osel Hita was an invited guest at the board meeting, and stressed the importance of gratitude. He made the following suggestion:
“It is really important for each center to make a display about its history that can be seen by everyone who visits the center. The display should include the names of the key people who have contributed to the development of the center: at the beginning, and on the [center’s] board.”
Check the latest Foundation Store Newsletter for new product arrivals and monthly specials!
This means that there are now 159 centers, projects and services in 37 countries worldwide under the spiritual direction of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the FPMT.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote and sent gifts to thank Geshe-la for his service on behalf of the entire FPMT organization.
“I have been studying the FPMT Handbook regularly for the last five years. Especially to be able to introduce it to new board members, etc. For us, the Handbook is a very well used and helpful tool on a daily basis.
My mission for the time I will be director is to create a closer sense of relation to FPMT within TNL. It is already good, but can always be better. I have discussed this with the board and everybody agrees on this.”
Please check out the many exciting opportunities to offer service in FPMT centers, projects and services around the world!
Tushita Meditation Center in Dharamsala, India is looking for a financial assistant and a kitchen supervisor.
Maitreya Project Relic Tour is looking for a happy, energetic and grounded person to travel with the holy relics in the USA and South America beginning September 15, 2010.
Aryatara Institut , Germany
New director – Eva März
With grateful thanks to outgoing director – Harald Weichhart
Centro Yamantaka, Colombia
informacionbudismobogota@gmail.com
Chenrezig Institute, Australia
New SPC – Nathalie Meriaud
With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Lisa Perry
Longku Center, Switzerland
New (and first!) SPC – Ute Eggert
Maitri Charitable Trust, India
ferranti@ndc.vsnl.net.in
Land of Calm Abiding, USA
Tel: +1 303-945-4977
Losang Dragpa Centre, Malaysia
New SPC – Yuyin Khor
With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Yeo Puay Huei
Pamtingpa Center, USA
pamtingpa@gmail.com
Shantideva Meditation Group, USA
New coordinator – Mary Esbjornson
With grateful thanks to outgoing coordinator – Ven. Yangchen
Tekchen Chö Ling, Spain
centrobudistaontinyent@hotmail.es
Tse Chen Ling, USA
New SPC – Charles Smith
With grateful thanks to outgoing SPC – Ven. Chokyi
Yeshe Norbu Study Group, Sweden
Tel: +46 0707 321 793
http://wishfulfillingjewel.bloggspace.se/
yeshenorbustudygroup@hotmail.com
With love,
FPMT International Office
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