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Yearly Offering to the Gelug Examination and Main Teachers of the Lama Tsongkhapa Tradition
Every year the best scholars from the main Gelug monasteries come together for the annual Gelug Examination. Every year the Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund offers a grant for daily food, travel expenses, and for teacher stipends for the main teachers ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Another Year of Animal Liberations
Benefiting animals in any way possible is a high priority for FPMT and one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the organization. The Animal Liberation Fund sponsored the liberations of approximately 84,356 animals at Kachoe Dechen Ling, California, and ... Read more »
Monthly Extensive Medicine Buddha Puja Offered by 2,000 Monks on Behalf of Entire FPMT Organization
Every month on the Tibetan 8th day the Puja Fund sponsors all the monks of Sera Mey Monastery to offer the extensive Medicine Buddha puja composed by the Fifth Dalai Lama dedicated FPMT centers, projects, services; all students who are ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Over US$2,000,000 in Aid Offered Following the 2015 Nepal Earthquake
Following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, FPMT International Office established the Nepal Earthquake Support Fund to help raise funds for basic necessities needed such as food, water, tents, bedding, and medical aid to many who lost everything in remote regions. ... Read more »
Please Rejoice in Sponsorship of 1,000 Buddhas for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
In August, we shared Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wish to offer 1,000 statues of Shakyamuni Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on behalf of the entire FPMT organization. Now, due to the kindness of many, we have raised the funds ... Read more »
5 Trillion Mantra Compassion Wheel at Vajrapani Institute Makes Progress
In December 2016, Vajrapani Institute, an FPMT retreat center in Northern California, launched the 5 Trillion Mantra Prayer Wheel Project. The prayer wheel, called the Compassion Wheel and standing 7 ft x 10 ft when completed, will contain 5 trillion ... Read more »
Many Beneficial Activities of the Puja Fund Multiplied 100 Million Times this Lhabab Duchen
Lhabab Duchen, one of the four great holy days of the Buddhist calendar when merit is multiplied by 100 million times, took place this year on November 19. We invite you to rejoice in the many beneficial activities sponsored by ... Read more »
Fifth Year of Support for Sambhota Tibetan School, Bylakuppe, India
Since 2014, the Social Services Fund has been offering grants to Sambhota Tibetan School Cauvery Valley Project (formerly called Central School for Tibetans CVP), located in Bylakuppe, South India. The school was established in 1971 to serve the children of ... Read more »
1,000 Tsa-Tsas of Lama Tsongkhapa Offered to Ganden Tripa Rinpoche to Offer to Others
Lama Tsongkhapa Day commemorates the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is observed on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar and, this year, which marks the 600th anniversary, falls on December 21. The Geluk International ... Read more »
Grant Offered for Library at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Bylakuppe, India
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, located in Bylakuppe, Southern India, and seat to the Panchen Lama, has been growing significantly over the last few decades. A courtyard was added in 2012, a new prayer hall was completed in 2015, and construction of ... Read more »
Monthly Offering of Gold and Robes to Precious Buddha Statue in Tibet
The extensive range of offerings, practices, and pujas that are offered in India, Nepal, and around the world through the Puja Fund on request from Lama Zopa Rinpoche is astounding. As Charitable Projects Coordinator, Ven. Holly Ansett, commented, “It is ... Read more »