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FPMT Inc. Board of Directors October 2024 Update
An update from the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors: Thank you to those who responded to our previous update. It’s always helpful for us to receive feedback from you – positive or negative. It’s our aim to be more transparent ... Read more »
FPMT Inc. Board of Directors June 2024 Update
An update from the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors: Months have gone by since the last update from the Board, but we have not been sitting still, we can assure you! There are the rather day-to-day responsibilities such as approving ... Read more »FPMT Inc. Board of Directors January/February 2024 Update
For some people the time of wishing one another a happy new year might have passed weeks ago. For others, however, it was more appropriate about six weeks later when February 10, 2024 marked the beginning of both the Tibetan ... Read more »FPMT Inc. Board of Directors November/December 2023 Update
Because our last report in October was a summary of the Board’s week-long meeting at Kopan it was long and covered a broad range of topics. This update is just that: an overview of the things that members of the ... Read more »
FPMT Inc. Board of Directors September/October Report: Working on our Future
Our intention with the board updates is to offer you a more comprehensive view of what the board has been thinking and where we are planning to go – so that we, the FPMT family, can travel together. In this ... Read more »Update from the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors: August 24, 2023
Dear Friends, Years ago, at an FPMT Inc. Board meeting, someone used the expression: “Trust in God but tie up your camel”. The meaning is that although it is important to have faith in divine providence for a good outcome, ... Read more »
An Update from the FPMT Inc. Board: July 2023
Video: Meet the FPMT Inc. Board of Directors Following the 49 day period of Rinpoche’s passing, FPMT Inc. board members took the opportunity while together at Kopan to greet the FPMT community in a video, offering FPMT students a chance ... Read more »
A Message from the FPMT Inc. Board: A Word of Profound Gratitude
Today we are sharing this heartfelt message of gratitude to Kopan Monastery and the entire FPMT organization and students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche from the FPMT Board of Directors. The FPMT Board of Directors would hereby like to express its ... Read more »An Update from the FPMT Inc. Board: June 1, 2023
Dear Students and Friends of Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche, As we continue to process and adjust to our new reality of having Rinpoche physically unavailable for us, we still must move forward in fulfilling his vast visions – both internally with ... Read more »
An Update from the FPMT Inc. Board: Meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on April 26
Dear Friends, On April 26, two weeks after the sudden passing of our beloved and incomparably kind Guru, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the FPMT Board was able to have an interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Present for the interview ... Read more »
FPMT Statement in Support of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Words of Praise to His Holiness the Dalai Lama from Lama Zopa Rinpoche Your Holiness, Your example of morality in not harming but only benefiting sentient beings is incomparable in this universe. Your compassion is the source of all sentient ... Read more »