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Rejoicing in the Compassionate Work of Kopan Helping Hands
Kopan Monastery and Nunnery have been actively involved since the very beginning with relief efforts for those devastated by the Nepal earthquake and subsequent aftershocks through Kopan Helping Hands. The Nepal Earthquake Support Fund has been able to offer grants ... Read more »
Support Offered to Ganden Yiga Chozin, Nepal
On Saka Dawa this year, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered US$6,000 to FPMT’s Ganden Yiga Chozin in Pokhara Nepal. The center was negatively impacted by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershocks which occurred right before the center’s busy tourist and ... Read more »
Robes Offered to the Buddha Statue in Mahabodhi Temple Every Month
Every month on the full moon, the Puja Fund sponsors the offering of robes, made of the most precious material, to the most holy Buddha statue in Mahabodhi temple, Bodhgaya, India. During the robe offering, students and Sangha from Root ... Read more »
New Prayer Wheel Being Built in Mongolia
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization is to build 100,000 large prayer wheels around the world. The Prayer Wheel Fund recently offered a grant to the creation of a new very large prayer wheel in ... Read more »
Root Institute’s Incredibly Compassionate Work in Bodhgaya, India
Root Institute in Bodhgaya, India, has been offering ongoing charity to the destitute of the area since 1991. Three onsite projects are now administered, bringing incalculable benefit to others. Maitreya School Free school benefiting local children from Bodhgaya and neighboring ... Read more »
Amazing! Fourth Round of 108 Nyung Nä Retreats for Students in France
Six dedicated individuals have just finished 108 nyung nä retreats at Institut Vajra Yogini (IVY), France. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization is to sponsor others to complete 1,000 nyung nä retreats. Institute Vajra Yogini ... Read more »
Support for Social Services Offered through Lamp of the Path, Mongolia
Lamp of the Path NGO, part of FPMT Mongolia, offers social services to some of the poor and homeless living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It has three main programs: a soup kitchen, which offers about 80 meals five days a week; ... Read more »
Grant Offered to Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa for the Masters Program
The Masters Program (MP) is the FPMT’s most advanced study program. Based on Lama Yeshe’s unique vision for a comprehensive education, inspired by the traditional geshe studies at the great Gelugpa monastic universities, it was developed with the help of ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Ongoing Compassionate Work of MAITRI Charitable Trust
For over twenty-five years, Adriana Ferranti, through MAITRI Charitable Trust, has provided essential education, medical care, aid to mothers and children, animal care, and various forms of charitable service to the destitute in Bodhgaya, India, which is the poorest and ... Read more »
Support Offered to the Animal Liberation Sanctuary in Nepal
In June the Animal Liberation Fund was happy to offer a US$9,800 grant to the Animal Liberation Sanctuary in Nepal in support of their incredibly compassionate work providing shelter and care for animals rescued from being killed, so that they ... Read more »
Grant from Education and Preservation Fund Offered to Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom
FPMT’s founder, Lama Yeshe, established what he called “Universal Education” which was an education of human hearts focusing on the universal language of compassion and wisdom, rather than emphasizing a strictly Buddhist approach. Lama Yeshe’s view was that the aims ... Read more »