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Padmasambhava (also known as Guru Rinpoche)
In 2022, after the war in Ukraine started, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice on prayers and practices to do in order to pacify the threats of war. All are welcome to download the booklet, Prayers to Stop War.
At the time, Lama Zopa Rinpoche also gave advice for how to motivate and think when doing these prayers and practices:
At the beginning generate strong bodhicitta, then do these prayers and practices to stop the war. The main purpose is to stop the war immediately. Then also to prevent famine, disease, and all the dangers of earth, water, fire, and wind, for all these dangers to be pacified immediately. To fill the whole world with perfect peace and happiness, including enlightenment, and to generate loving kindness, compassion and bodhicitta in the heart of all sentient beings.
Think that from Guru Padmasambhava’s heart, beams radiate and totally purify all the six realms’ sentient beings, totally purify all the delusions and negative karmas collected from beginningless rebirths, especially anger, attachment, and ignorance; think that these are totally purified. Then recite Sampa Lhundrupma, followed by the Padmasambhava mantra (one or two malas).
With strong faith in Guru Padmasambhava and total reliance, Guru Padmasambhava will definitely help because his compassion embraces all sentient beings.
Then another way to think is, with strong faith in His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the aspect of Guru Padmasambhava, nectar beams are emitted to all leaders of war, entering the body and totally purifying all negative karma and obscurations; all the dissatisfied mind, desire, ignorance, anger, and selfish mind are totally purified; they generate bodhicitta especially, and then the whole path to enlightenment. Do that very strongly, making strong prayers to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Then nectar beams are also emitted to all involved, and these purify all the anger and self-cherishing thought. They generate bodhicitta, and stop giving harm to even one sentient being and only benefit sentient beings, up to enlightenment.
Then recite the Heart Sutra and the prayer to stop wars.
For those who can do the Most Secret Hayagriva sadhana, do this at the beginning of the practice. When reciting the mantra, you can do the same visualizations as above.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this advice in 2022 to IMI Sangha on prayers and practices they could do in response to the developing war in Ukraine. The above motivation was edited slightly to be more general in order to be relevant for current threats at any time. The original advice can be read here. Please download Prayers to Stop War .
Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), is a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
A new playful and heartwarming free book is available from the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: Rinpoche’s Animal Friends. This book showcases more than one hundred images of the soft toys, also known as plushies, which appeared regularly in Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s video teachings from Kopan during his 2020-2022 thought transformation teachings. These animal friends were later gifted to students around the world.
“There is no one sentient being whom I cannot love.” – Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The plushies were decorated and blessed by Rinpoche, who wrote or dictated profound Dharma messages and added whimsical creative touches. Many of the toys feature powerful mantras which purify negative karma just by seeing, touching and reciting them. The quotations on the toys are supplemented by teaching excerpts on the three principal aspects of the path—renunciation, bodhicitta and emptiness.
This book is a reminder of Rinpoche’s great love for us and his unique means to inspire and open our hearts. While this is not a typical children’s book, it can be shared with young people of all ages to enjoy the pictures and the engaging Dharma messages.
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the garden at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, October 2020. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Last month we shared our 2024 Annual Review: What a Difference We All Have Made Together. Every year we include poignant advice from lama Zopa Rinpoche as the opening to our yearly report. This year, as we work together on the future of the FPMT organization, we felt it fitting to share some sections of advice Rinpoche once offered a new FPMT center director. His words are meaningful to all of us serving in various positions with the FPMT organization, and offer a path of success, starting with— of course, kindness.
An Unbelievable Opportunity
A letter to a new center director from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The purpose of an FPMT center is to take care of the minds of others, to keep the mind in virtue as much as possible. This means keeping your own mind in virtue. YOU HAVE TO TRY. IT IS VERY GOOD TO TRY. If you can’t do that, you can’t help others. So your motivation should be to use your body, speech and mind to create even the smallest happiness in others. Many people in the world waste their lives. People try to climb mountains no matter what risk to their life, some people use themselves as bullets, getting fired from cannons, and so forth, unbelievable things, putting their lives in danger to achieve such insignificant happiness in this life. …
When you train the mind in positive virtue, especially a good heart trying to benefit others, it creates very good communication. There is no Great Wall between yourself and others. It brings so much happiness to you and others, and brings world peace. …
Every sentient being has buddha nature. Even a mosquito can achieve enlightenment and liberation from the oceans of samsaric suffering if it practices Dharma. So especially for us who now have this precious human body, which can do so many things to liberate from any problem or circumstance that gives rise to problems, especially having a perfect human rebirth on top of buddha nature, we are able to achieve all the happiness for all future lives, even for insects, ants, cockroaches, spiders and snakes, even for a mouse. …
Being the director of a center means you have an unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable opportunity to help yourself and others, to purify unbelievable negative karma that has been created since beginningless lifetimes, especially if this is the Guru’s advice or what you are doing makes the Guru very happy; then every second of that action as a director has incredible purification—the most powerful purification – especially if the work is more difficult and hard to bear. When there are more problems and difficulties, you should recognize all the most unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable benefit you receive: more powerful purification and collecting extensive merits to rapidly attain enlightenment. For example, Milarepa achieved enlightenment in the quickest time. Because of his enlightened Guru, Marpa’s most wise skills, he purified in the quickest way all the negative karma collected from beginningless rebirths, of killing humans and animals; then collected extensive merit that would take three countless great eons in the Sutra Paramita path, enabling Milarepa to become enlightened in a brief lifetime of degenerative time.
Now you should realize that Director means that you are going to be the principal person to receive blame, criticism and various things that cause the negative emotions to rise. It makes them very active, even violent sometimes, and it is possible even friends might become enemies because of having different views and the discipline you have to make. You can avert such things if you don’t want them by various practices, starting with kindness. Maybe here the motivation could be selfish, doing the practice so you can be happy, not thinking about others; doing this practice so others can be happy is not selfish.
Especially towards those who are angry or disrespectful, criticizing the director, practice compassion and loving kindness. Also practice patience, and rejoicing always in virtuous and meaningful things, those that result in good karma, which happened and are happening to yourself and other people.
It is important to be clear about right and wrong patience and contentment. Bearing whatever hardships necessary in order to harm holy beings, other sentient beings, your enemy etc., also bearing much hardship for negative karma, is wrong patience.
There are three types of patience:
- Patience of voluntarily taking on suffering or difficulties
- Patience towards an enemy who is harming you or you don’t like
- Patience of definitely thinking of Dharma, e.g. studying philosophy no matter how hard it is to understand; maintaining practice for realizations no matter how long it takes or difficult it is. …
Virtuous actions and virtuous thoughts need to be developed until enlightenment is achieved. Always continuously develop completing the great works, as much as one can, like collecting merit, the cause of happiness, developing realizations, to achieve liberation and enlightenment. One should never be content regarding developing positive actions, virtue, which lead to one’s own and others’ ultimate happiness, enlightenment; always strive to do more.
Apologize immediately if one did some mistake, harmed others, was disrespectful or said hurtful words. Forgive immediately if somebody gets angry, is disrespectful to you or harms you. Develop courage by thinking of the benefit to others, serving others. This is the best offering to the buddhas and bodhisattvas. Not courage in collecting negative karma, harming oneself and others, but develop courage in virtue, good qualities, that which is Dharma. Otherwise sometimes people have funny definitions of good qualities, what you should be or do—HA HA HA!
Yes, of course thinking of benefiting others, serving others from the heart —WOW! Can you imagine? Like a mother cherishes her most beloved child, wishing happiness, especially ultimate happiness of enlightenment, as mentioned in Guru Puja, Lama Chopa.
If these things are done, trying to practice is the best offering, fulfilling all the buddhas’ and bodhisattvas’ holy wishes – WOW!
So please enjoy numberless billions trillions and zillions.
Excerpted from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s letter to a new FPMT center director, 2009.
If you haven’t yet taken at a look at our 2024 Annual Review, we invite you to view it online.
Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), is a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Offerings during commemoration of Rinpoche’s parinirvana 2nd anniversary, at Machig Labdron Nunnery, Bendigo, Australia, April 13, 2025 April 13, 2025. Photo courtesy of Atisha Centre Facebook page.
April 13, 2025, marked the two-year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche passing into parinirvana. Around the world students gathered for collective prayers and practice, and to sincerely remember with immense gratitude the great kindness of our most precious spiritual guide. We were moved by all of the auspicious activity being done collectively around the world, on this special day of prayer and remembrance. Here we share, not an exhaustive list of all the activities organized in centers, monastic institutions, and in the homes of individual students, but rather an example of some of the activities offered:
The monks of Sera Je Tsawa Khangtsen offered Chanting of Names of Manjushri and swift return prayers. Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India offered Lama Chopa. At Chokyi Gyaltsen Center in Penang, Malaysia, students performed Lama Chopa with extensive offerings presided over by Geshe Deyang and recited Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri with dedications and prayers for Rinpoche’s swift return.
At Kopan Monastery, CPMT Summit participants joined the Kopan community in Heruka Lama Chopa with extensive offerings followed by group recitation of Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri. Kopan Lama Gyupas and senior monks offered Yamantaka self-initiation in Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s room in front of his holy body, followed by recitation of the Guhyasamaja root tantra.
Ogmin Jangchup Sishu Tsogpa, a community association of former Kopan Monastery monks and nuns residing in New York, USA, offered prayers. Buddha House members and friends commemorated with a day of extensive offering practice, recitation of Chanting the Names of Manjushri, Lama Chopa Puja and enjoyed a meal together.
We share below some scenes from the powerful group prayers and we thank everyone who participated in this heartfelt collective effort to remember the immeasurable kindness of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and pray for his swift return.
The sangha of Sera Je Monastery commemorating Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s parinirvana 2nd anniversary. Photo courtesy of Sera Je Facebook page.
Kopan sangha performed a Heruka Lama Chopa and many other prayers and practices for the 2nd anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s parinirvana, April 13, 2025. Photo courtesy Kopan’s Facebook page.
Sangha of the Sera Je Monastery Kopan House, commemorating the 2nd anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s parinirvana, April 13, 2025. Photo courtesy of Sera Kopan House Facebook page.
Guru puja being offered at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India on 2nd anniversary of Rinpoche’s parinirvana. Photo courtesy of Tushita’s Facebook page.
Sangha of the Sera Je Drati Khangsten commemorating Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s parinirvana, April 13, 2025. Photo courtesy of SJDK Facebook page.
Students at Chokyi Gyaltsen Center, Penang, Malaysia, offering Guru Puja and prayers for Rinpoche’s swift return, April 13, 2025.
Members of Ogmin Jangchup Sishu Tsogpa, New York, the association of former Kopan Monastery monks and nuns living in New York, offering prayers on the 2nd anniversary of Rinpoche’s parinirvana, New York, USA, April 13, 2025. Photo courtesy of OJST Facebook page.
FPMT Taiwan students making offerings during the commemoration activities on the 2nd anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s parinirvana.
Gathering at Kalachakra Centre, Paris, France, for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s parinirvana 2nd anniversary. Photo courtesy of Centre Kalachakra Facebook page.
Shrine for the commemoration of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s parinirvana at Buddha House, Adelaide, Australia, April 13, 2025. Photo courtesy of Buddha House Facebook page.
This is just s small sampling of the thoughtful activity organized around the world and we offer extensive thanks to ALL who participated in commemorating Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s passing into parinirvana.
As a reminder, His Holiness recently confirmed that the reincarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been born and His Holiness has advised to continue reciting Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri as well as Migtsema practice. Additionally, all swift return prayers previously advised are still encouraged at this time.
Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away is a short text translated by Rinpoche that explains the importance of making offerings on the anniversary of the passing away of one’s guru.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Altar at Buddha House, South Australia, on the second year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away.
Following the news that Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s reincarnation has been born according to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, students have asked, “Do we still offer the swift return prayers?” The answer is … yes!
Please read the latest advice offered by His Holiness to continue reciting Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri as well as Migtsema practice. Additionally, Khenrinpoche Geshe Chonyi and Ven. Roger Kunsang have checked with Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin who confirms that continuing the swift return prayers as previously recommended is good to do at this time. This is a dynamic situation and we will update you on the latest advice as we receive it.
Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), is a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Richard Gere with Ven. Roger Kunsang. April 18, 2023. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
We are so happy to share with you a truly moving and heartfelt interview with Richard Gere on the qualities of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Richard Gere, a long-time friend and student of Rinpoche, was in Nepal and when he received the news of Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away, he came to Kopan Monastery to pay his respects and during the first few days meditated in Rinpoche’s rooms. During this time, Ven. Roger Kunsang requested an interview with him regarding his impressions of Rinpoche’s many qualities, after spending time with Rinpoche many times over the years.
Ven. Roger Kunsang interviewing Richard Gere, Nepal, April 18, 2023. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Ven. Roger interviewed him personally, just five days after Rinpoche passed away, with Ven. Lobsang Sherab filming and editing the video. The result is a wonderfully kind, open, and extremely sincere tribute to Rinpoche, with stories from personal experiences that really highlight the remarkable way Rinpoche spent every moment benefiting others with such infectious joy.
“I don’t think I ever saw a flash of ego from him,” Richard Gere shared. “Or the sense that the lowest of any of us wasn’t worthy of his greatest love and affection.”
The interview is filled with incredibly astute reflections of Rinpoche’s extraordinary nature. “I think it is extremely rare in any culture,” Richard Gere reflected, “when there is someone as clearly developed as Rinpoche was and worked so hard on himself and was highly embraced and respected within his own community and so highly respected and embraced in the outer community as well—the westerners and foreigners he came in contact with. To have that type of charisma, but on top of that, to be a visionary who was skillful enough to get things done—that combination is extremely rare.”
We welcome you to watch this touching video.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Heruka Lama Chopa at Kopan Monastery on the second anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche passing into parinirvana, April 13, 2025. Photo by Capucine T.Dekyong
April 13, 2025 marks the two-year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche passing into parinirvana. Around the world students are gathering for collective prayers and practice, and to sincerely remember with immense gratitude the great kindness of our most precious spiritual guide.
At Kopan Monastery, Heruka Lama Chopa with extensive offerings has begun and will be followed by group recitation of Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri. Kopan Lama Gyupas and senior monks are offering Yamantaka self-initiation in Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s room in front of his holy body, followed by recitation of the Guhyasamaja root tantra.
Kopan Lama Gyupas and senior monks offering prayers at Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s holy body, April 13, 2025. Photo by Capucine T.Dekyong.
Over 1,000 people have arrived at Kopan for this event, including: Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin, Khandro Tseringma Rinpoche, Khenpo Thinley Dorje, Segyu Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Wangdu, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Thubten Chonyi, Kusho Tengye Rinpoche, Losang Namgyal Rinpoche, Rigsel Rinpoche; all the Kopan monks and nuns; and many IMI Sangha. CPMT Summit participants are also in attendance after completing the meeting on April 11 and assembling for group prayers for Rinpoche’s swift return at Boudha Stupa on April 12.
Please rejoice in this most auspicious activity happening at Kopan and around the world today, which we will collect and share very soon.
As a reminder, His Holiness recently confirmed that the reincarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been born and His Holiness has advised to continue reciting Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri as well as Migtsema practice.
Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away is a short text translated by Rinpoche that explains the importance of making offerings on the anniversary of the passing away of one’s guru
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Kopan Monastery main gompa. Photo by Kira Dane.
April 13, 2025 marks the two-year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away.
As a reminder to students, Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away is a short text translated by Rinpoche that explains the importance of making offerings on the anniversary of the passing away of one’s guru. It sets out the benefits of making offerings, how to make the offerings with six remembrances, and how to offer and dedicate the roots of virtue collected. Rinpoche specifically wanted to translate this text for the anniversary of Lama Yeshe’s passing, and it was a text that he wanted available for quite some time. We mention this to emphasize how important Rinpoche felt it was to offer these practices on the anniversary of the guru’s passing, for example, doing Lama Chopa and Tsog Offering as Rinpoche said in the Foreword.
A commemoration will be held at Kopan Monastery on April 13 with high lamas, students, and friends engaged in prayers and practice including the participants of 2025 CPMT Summit who conclude their meeting on April 11. FPMT centers, monasteries, and various communities around the world will also host events of pujas and prayers. We look forward to sharing about what was done around the world on this special occasion.
This is an incredibly powerful time for these prayers as His Holiness recently confirmed that the reincarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been born, and is living in Nepal. His Holiness advised to continue reciting Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri as well as Migtsema practice.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Nepal, March 27, 2023. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
With great rejoicing we share the wonderful news just announced at the 2025 CPMT Summit that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has confirmed that the reincarnation of our most precious spiritual director, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, has been reborn. According to His Holiness’s observation, the reincarnation has taken rebirth in Nepal. A translation of His Holiness’s message from March 18, 2025 reads:
An Answer to the Request for Checking on the Reincarnation of Zopa Rinpoche
As requested mainly by devotees of Kopan Ogmin Jangchub Choling Monastery, Kopan Khachoe Gakhyil Ling Nunnery, FPMT centers worldwide, together with Sera Je Drati Khangtsen and the disciples in general. The result of checking is:
The reincarnation of Zopa Rinpoche shows to exist and that too appears to show inside Nepal, gradually look for and do the investigation.
For pujas and prayers carry on the recitation of Chanting the Names of Manjushri (Jampal Tsenjo) and Migtsema.
The FPMT Inc. Board of Directors has appointed a search team: Khenrinpoche Geshe Chonyi, Ven. Roger Kunsang, Ven. Thubten Pemba, Ani Tenzin Jangsem, Ven. Tenpa Choden, and Dale Davis.
All are encouraged to continue reciting Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri as well as Migtsema practice as advised by His Holiness.
We will share updates and news on this process as it unfolds. Please join us in rejoicing in this wonderful news.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at teachings organized by Gendun Drupa Center, Martigny, Switzerland, November 2018. Photo by Olivier Adam.
We are so pleased to share a wonderful new resource for students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche!
We have collected Rinpoche’s literary and graphic works which are available electronically and/or in print, with particular emphasis on key teachings that Rinpoche especially wanted his students to take note of and put into practice, as well as a guide on where to find the audio and video productions.
We hope you will enjoy and thoroughly utilize this precious collection.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching at Potowa Center, Indonesia, 2010. Photo by Ven. Thubten Kunsang.
From January 25 through February 7, 2010, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered 12 sessions of teachings at Potowa Center in Indonesia. These teachings provided a comprehensive overview of key Buddhist concepts, focusing on how to integrate them into daily practice to progress on the path to enlightenment. All 12 videos from this event are available on our RAN page.
Today we share a teaching from this series, a concise 12 minute video, “Dedicating Oneself to Benefit Others” which begins with a very interesting conversation with a student about who “owns” one’s body and mind:
All of these sessions are available for students to explore as they wish. On this page, you can also find a full combined transcript of these teachings, more information about the sessions, and MP3 audio download.
As students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, we are unbelievably blessed by the vastness of beneficial teachings left for us over decades, and in a wide variety of formats. Please explore our Rinpoche Available Now page, the Essential Extracts page, the FPMT YouTube channel, enjoy teachings in podcast format, and also peruse the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive for essential advice and teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), is a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore, August 2022. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered many teachings from Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore from July-September 2022. On August 10 of that year, he gave a recorded teaching about how anger destroys happiness.
In this video, Rinpoche reminds that we can train our mind to practice patience, and it gets easier the more we practice. Since anger is the cause of hell suffering, we should stop it. Therefore, motivate every morning to practice patience. Otherwise, anger suddenly arises. You have to prepare yourself with determination to stop it.
Please watch Rinpoche giving this teaching on video, and access a full transcript.
As students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, we are unbelievably blessed by the vastness of beneficial teachings left for us over decades, and in a wide variety of formats. Please explore our Rinpoche Available Now page, the Essential Extracts page, the FPMT YouTube channel, enjoy teachings in podcast format, and also peruse the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive for essential advice and teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), is a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.