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Support Offered for a Renovated Temple at Dekyiling Tibetan Settlement
A priority for FPMT Charitable Projects is to offer support to Tibetan settlements in various ways. Over 94,000 Tibetan refugees currently reside in India, where our support is focused. Dekyiling Tibetan Settlement is located near Dehru Dun, India. The Social ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Progress of Forty-two Foot Stupa in Hunsur, India
Earlier this year we shared the news that a magnificent new forty-two foot stupa was sponsored and being built at Rabagayling Tibetan Settlement in Hunsur, India. We have been supporting an elderly home at this settlement caring for twenty residents ... Read more »
Eight Stupas Completed for the Benefit of Rescued Animals in Ladakh
Earlier this year we shared news that we offered support to Taru Gayphel Tsogspa Animal Welfare Society, an animal sanctuary that is caring for fifty bulls, twenty cows, ten sheep, and five donkeys in Leh, Ladakh. In addition to a ... Read more »
1,000 Buddha Statues Offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama– Please Rejoice!
In 2019 we shared Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wish to offer 1,000 statues of Shakyamuni Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his long life on behalf of the entire FPMT organization. The funds for this ambitious project were raised ... Read more »
New Ksitigarbha Statue in Nepal Village for Protection and Blessings
Recently Lama Zopa Rinpoche sponsored a beautiful standing Ksitigarbha statue for a remote village in Nepal as protection from disaster and the elements, and for the benefit all of beings. Moved by Rinpoche’s generosity in sponsoring this magnificent holy object ... Read more »
Two New Ambulances for the Benefit of Tibetan Settlements
We were very happy to share news of sponsorship for two ambulances in two different Tibetan settlements in India, through the Social Services Fund. Rabgayling Tibetan Settlement in Hunsur, India is situated on 2,000 acres and was established in 1971 ... Read more »
Incredible Opportunity to Offer to 10,000 Sangha on Lhabab Duchen
The Puja Fund was established in 1995 as an expansive way for the organization to clear obstacles and generate the merit needed to be of most benefit in the world. Incredible Opportunity This Lhabab Duchen On the auspicious day of ... Read more »
Food Distribution for Tibetan Refugees Struggling due to the Pandemic
Recently His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Central Tibetan Relief Committee, the Department of the Home, arranged special support in the form of direct cash assistance as a relief measure to alleviate the financial burden of vulnerable Tibetans affected by the ... Read more »
Supporting the Continuation of the Lama Tsongkhapa Tradition in 2021
Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) was a Tibetan Buddhist master whose studies and meditations in all the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism resulted in the founding of the Gelugpa lineage. The Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund was established by FPMT in 1997 at ... Read more »
Offering Support for Medical Care, Food, and Living Expenses for those in Need in 2021
The FPMT Social Services Fund offers grants to beneficial projects primarily in India, Nepal, and Mongolia, which are aimed at serving children, the elderly, the sick, and very poor. We offer grants for schools, hospices, health clinics, soup kitchens, and ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Explains the Benefits of Writing the Prajnaparamita Sutra — Part TWO
Recently we shared a video from Lama Zopa Rinpoche explaining some of the profound benefits of writing out the Prajnaparamita Sutra, and some of the history of Rinpoche’s ongoing project to write out this sutra in pure gold which Rinpoche ... Read more »