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2500 Monks Enjoy 3 Vegetarian Meals Every Day
Every day, many volunteers at Sera Je Monastery shop, prepare, offer and clean up after each of the three meals offered to all 2,500 monks through the Sera Je Food Fund. The cost of offering all the food to all ... Read more »
Please Rejoice in the Building Progress of Ngari Khangtsen
Ngari Khangtsen, the khangtsen of Khensur Rinpoche Jampa Thegchok in south India, has been making progress on their Temple Project, a project to build a much-needed new prayer hall that can seat 150 monks comfortably. Earlier this year, Lama Zopa ... Read more »
Kadampa Center Beautifully Captures Two Years of Building a Stupa
Building a large holy object, like the 18-foot tall Kadampa Stupa now finished at Kadampa Center in North Carolina, requires a tremendous amount of work and dedication from many. Lead volunteer David Strevel carefully documented every stage of the process ... Read more »
Support for Dharma Teachings in Nepal
In 2006, for the first time in the history of the Nalanda Tradition, Nyingma, Kagyü, Sakya and Gelug traditions have formed an umbrella organization called Nepal Buddhist Federation (NBF). Among many other projects, NBF is organizing a regular broadcast of ... Read more »
Puja Fund is a Heart Project of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The Puja Fund is one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s heart projects. An incredible amount of pujas are continually offered by as many as 15,650 Sangha and dedicated to the success of the whole FPMT organization (every single FPMT center, project, ... Read more »
Monks Enjoy the Food Offered by the Sera Je Food Fund
Every day, the 2,500 monks of Sera Je Monastery are offered three vegetarian meals through the Sera Je Food Fund. You can see details of what they are offered for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This project is only possible due ... Read more »
New Padmasambhava Statue in Australia
A beautiful new 9 ft tall statue of Padmasambhava has manifested at De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre on Kangaroo Island, Australia. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast visions for FPMT is to build many large Padmasambhava statues around the world. Please ... Read more »
Offering to the Pores of the Guru
In November 2012, on the very auspicious occasion of the 610th Anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s composition of his masterpiece Lam-rim Chen-mo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment) and the 600th Anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s teaching ... Read more »
Incredible Array of Pujas and Offerings for Chokhor Duchen
Each year on Chokhor Duchen (Day 4 of Month 6, commemorating Lord Buddha’s first teaching) the Puja Fund is sponsoring pujas and offerings all over the world by 14,850 monks and nuns. This is something amazing to rejoice in. Chokhor ... Read more »
8300 Meals Offered Every Single Day
Since 1991, the Sera Je Food Fund has offered meals to the monks studying at Sera Je Monastery in southern India. Today, the fund sponsors 8,300 meals every single day for all 2,500 Sera Je Monastery monks (3,300 monks are ... Read more »
History in the Making: Supporting the Nepal Buddhist Federation
In 2006, for the first time in the history of the Nalanda Tradition, Nyingma, Kagyü, Sakya and Gelug traditions have formed an umbrella organization called Nepal Buddhist Federation (NBF). Since then, NBF has been engaging in many activities, including organizing ... Read more »