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FPMT’s Charitable Projects include beneficial initiatives such as: offering food to ordained Sangha; providing scholarships to study Buddhist philosophy; offering to the main teachers of the Lama Tsongkhapa tradition and sponsoring annual debates; offering grants for social services such as to old age homes, schools, hospitals and monastic institutions; providing comprehensive Dharma programs; translating Dharma texts; sponsoring holy objects: statues, stupas and prayer wheels, and saving animals. These projects are an integral part of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions and are essential to FPMT’s objective of building a more compassionate world from the inside out.
Rejoicing as Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Stupa Nears Completion
Charitable Activities | November 2, 2026 -
The magnificent Stupa of Complete Victory that is being built at Kopan Monastery to create the causes for the swift return of our precious and kind guru, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, is nearing completion. We are so honored that His … Read more »
Supporting Our LamasUnmistaken Incarnation FundBodhichitta FundLong Life Pujas
Supporting Our Lamas
Offering support to our kind lamas in any way possible is the root of the path to enlightenment. This fund supports our lamas’ activities, offerings toward long life pujas and for the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche. more…
Offering support to our kind lamas in any way possible is the root of the path to enlightenment. This fund supports our lamas’ activities, offerings toward long life pujas and for the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche. more…
Unmistaken Incarnation Fund
This fund supports the activities needed for the swift return of our incomparable kind Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the education and needs of the future incarnation. more…
This fund supports the activities needed for the swift return of our incomparable kind Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the education and needs of the future incarnation. more…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund enables Rinpoche’s compassionate service to others to flourish. All the offerings from this fund are used to support to a variety of social and charitable activities; monasteries and nunneries; FPMT centers, projects and services; prayers, practices and pujas, and many other projects. more…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund enables Rinpoche’s compassionate service to others to flourish. All the offerings from this fund are used to support to a variety of social and charitable activities; monasteries and nunneries; FPMT centers, projects and services; prayers, practices and pujas, and many other projects. more…
Long Life Puja Fund
Each year, FPMT contributes on behalf of our community toward long life pujas for our immeasurably precious teacher, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. A long life puja purifies the relationship between teacher and disciple and creates the karmic cause for the teacher to remain among us. more…
Each year, FPMT contributes on behalf of our community toward long life pujas for our immeasurably precious teacher, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. A long life puja purifies the relationship between teacher and disciple and creates the karmic cause for the teacher to remain among us. more…
Supporting SanghaLama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund
Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund
The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund provides support to ordained Sangha (monks and nuns) as well as monasteries and nunneries. Funds are used to provide support for food, accommodation, education, health care and retreat needs for Sangha. more…
The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund provides support to ordained Sangha (monks and nuns) as well as monasteries and nunneries. Funds are used to provide support for food, accommodation, education, health care and retreat needs for Sangha. more…
Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund
The Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund preserves the unbroken Tsongkhapa lineage, and cultivates the foremost scholars of tomorrow. The fund provides a monthly stipend for the abbots and senior teachers of Sera, Drepung, Ganden, Rato and Tashi Lhunpo monasteries, and Gyume and Gyuto tantric colleges. The fund also enables hundreds of monks to attend the annual Gelugpa exam and monks and nuns to attend the annual winter debate in India and Nepal. more…
The Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund preserves the unbroken Tsongkhapa lineage, and cultivates the foremost scholars of tomorrow. The fund provides a monthly stipend for the abbots and senior teachers of Sera, Drepung, Ganden, Rato and Tashi Lhunpo monasteries, and Gyume and Gyuto tantric colleges. The fund also enables hundreds of monks to attend the annual Gelugpa exam and monks and nuns to attend the annual winter debate in India and Nepal. more…
Social Services FundAnimal Liberation FundFPMT Emergency Relief FundFPMT Community Grants Fund
Social Services Fund
The Social Services Fund provides grants to support vulnerable communities primarily in India, Nepal, and Mongolia. The fund supports essential needs including healthcare, education, food, care for the elderly, emergency relief, and animal welfare, helping people and communities facing poverty, illness, disaster, and other difficult circumstances. more…
The Social Services Fund provides grants to support vulnerable communities primarily in India, Nepal, and Mongolia. The fund supports essential needs including healthcare, education, food, care for the elderly, emergency relief, and animal welfare, helping people and communities facing poverty, illness, disaster, and other difficult circumstances. more…
Animal Liberation Fund
The Animal Liberation Fund supports ongoing animal liberations which includes offering extensive prayers dedicated to the long life of others. Supporting animal liberations creates the cause for long life for the animals, for oneself, and for those to whom the prayers are dedicated. more…
The Animal Liberation Fund supports ongoing animal liberations which includes offering extensive prayers dedicated to the long life of others. Supporting animal liberations creates the cause for long life for the animals, for oneself, and for those to whom the prayers are dedicated. more…
FPMT Emergency Relief Fund
The FPMT Emergency Relief Fund provides immediate support to communities connected with FPMT around the world. The fund assists people and families affected by natural disasters, emergencies at FPMT centers and projects, and other urgent situations where immediate help is needed. more…
The FPMT Emergency Relief Fund provides immediate support to communities connected with FPMT around the world. The fund assists people and families affected by natural disasters, emergencies at FPMT centers and projects, and other urgent situations where immediate help is needed. more…
The FPMT Community Grants Fund
The FPMT Community Grants Fund provides annual grants to FPMT centers, projects, services, study groups and other initiatives that help bring the Dharma to life around the world. more…
The FPMT Community Grants Fund provides annual grants to FPMT centers, projects, services, study groups and other initiatives that help bring the Dharma to life around the world. more…
Holy Objects FundOffering BuddhasLZR StupaZangdog PalriStupasPrayer WheelsPadmasambhavaMaitreya
Holy Objects Fund
The Holy Objects Fund contributes to the creation of holy objects for world peace. The fund offers grants to contribute to the building of holy objects such as stupas, statues, prayer wheels, and large thangkas. more…
The Holy Objects Fund contributes to the creation of holy objects for world peace. The fund offers grants to contribute to the building of holy objects such as stupas, statues, prayer wheels, and large thangkas. more…
Offering Buddhas to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Be a part of FPMT’s offering of one hundred statues of Shakyamuni Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama every year. Learn more…
Be a part of FPMT’s offering of one hundred statues of Shakyamuni Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama every year. Learn more…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Stupa of Complete Victory
A magnificent Stupa of Complete Victory is being built for the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, this stupa is 42 ft high (12.8 meters) and is nearing completion. Learn more…
A magnificent Stupa of Complete Victory is being built for the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, this stupa is 42 ft high (12.8 meters) and is nearing completion. Learn more…
Zangdog Palri: Guru Rinpoche Pure Land Project
Building a four-story Guru Rinpoche Pure Land temple in Lawudo, Nepal. Zangdog Palri is a highly and intricately detailed mandala representing the enlightened qualities of Padmasambhava. more…
Building a four-story Guru Rinpoche Pure Land temple in Lawudo, Nepal. Zangdog Palri is a highly and intricately detailed mandala representing the enlightened qualities of Padmasambhava. more…
Stupa Fund
The Stupa Fund provides the resources needed for building 100,000 stupas around the world in order to create the cause for world peace. more…
The Stupa Fund provides the resources needed for building 100,000 stupas around the world in order to create the cause for world peace. more…
Prayer Wheel Fund
The Prayer Wheel Fund is dedicated to providing the resources needed for the creation of 100,000 prayer wheels around the world as a way to increase compassion and cultivate world peace. more…
The Prayer Wheel Fund is dedicated to providing the resources needed for the creation of 100,000 prayer wheels around the world as a way to increase compassion and cultivate world peace. more…
Padmasambhava Project for Peace
The Padmasambhava Project for Peace is dedicated to fulfilling Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s goal of building many large statues of Padmasambhava around the world in order to create the cause for peace for all beings. more…
The Padmasambhava Project for Peace is dedicated to fulfilling Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s goal of building many large statues of Padmasambhava around the world in order to create the cause for peace for all beings. more…
Maitreya Projects
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions is to build 1,000 large statues of Maitreya Buddha around the world. This includes the Maitreya Project, established to build a magnificent Maitreya statue in Kushinagar, India. more…
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions is to build 1,000 large statues of Maitreya Buddha around the world. This includes the Maitreya Project, established to build a magnificent Maitreya statue in Kushinagar, India. more…
Puja FundPrajnaparamita ProjectPractice & Retreat Fund
Puja Fund
The Puja Fund sponsors extensive prayers, practices and offerings dedicated for the benefit of all beings, including every donor who contributes to this fund. The pujas and practices are for healing, success and the removal of obstacles. They are offered by thousands of ordained Sangha on the most powerful days when merit is magnified. more…
The Puja Fund sponsors extensive prayers, practices and offerings dedicated for the benefit of all beings, including every donor who contributes to this fund. The pujas and practices are for healing, success and the removal of obstacles. They are offered by thousands of ordained Sangha on the most powerful days when merit is magnified. more…
Prajnaparamita Project
The Prajnaparamita Project provides the material resources needed to write out the Prajnaparamita Sutra in pure gold. This is one of the main ways to create the causes needed to build the Maitreya Buddha statue in India, according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche. more…
The Prajnaparamita Project provides the material resources needed to write out the Prajnaparamita Sutra in pure gold. This is one of the main ways to create the causes needed to build the Maitreya Buddha statue in India, according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche. more…
Practice and Retreat Fund
The Practice and Retreat Fund provides grants and sponsorships for students engaged in retreats such as 108 nyung nä retreats, 100 million mani retreats, recitations of sutras and long term retreat. Grants are also given to develop retreat centers. more…
The Practice and Retreat Fund provides grants and sponsorships for students engaged in retreats such as 108 nyung nä retreats, 100 million mani retreats, recitations of sutras and long term retreat. Grants are also given to develop retreat centers. more…
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Education and Preservation Fund
The Education and Preservation Fund supports Dharma study and contributes to the development of Buddhist education programs, scholarships for study, and the preservation of the Dharma through the publication of Dharma practice materials and translations. more…
The Education and Preservation Fund supports Dharma study and contributes to the development of Buddhist education programs, scholarships for study, and the preservation of the Dharma through the publication of Dharma practice materials and translations. more…
Education Scholarship Fund
The Education Scholarship Fund helps make FPMT’s in-depth Dharma education accessible to more students by providing scholarships and other financial support within FPMT education programs. Working in partnership with FPMT centers, the fund responds to identified needs and supports students and teaching assistants participating in programs such as the FPMT Basic Program and FPMT Masters Program. more…
The Education Scholarship Fund helps make FPMT’s in-depth Dharma education accessible to more students by providing scholarships and other financial support within FPMT education programs. Working in partnership with FPMT centers, the fund responds to identified needs and supports students and teaching assistants participating in programs such as the FPMT Basic Program and FPMT Masters Program. more…
Translation Fund
The Translation Fund supports the critical work of translating classic texts and sutras from the original Tibetan into English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Mongolian, and other languages. These translations support the FPMT Masters Program and the FPMT Basic Program as well as providing essential practice materials advised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. more…
The Translation Fund supports the critical work of translating classic texts and sutras from the original Tibetan into English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Mongolian, and other languages. These translations support the FPMT Masters Program and the FPMT Basic Program as well as providing essential practice materials advised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. more…
If you have any questions about the FPMT Charitable Projects, please contact the Charitable Projects Director.