Institut Vajra Yogini (IVY) in France will soon start a new series of Nyung Na retreats (November 11, 2025 – June 15, 2026). It hosted its fourteenth series of 108 Nyung Na retreats from November 2024 to June 2025! fpmt.org/charitable-a...

At the request of many students, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, composed a swift return prayer for His Eminence the 104th Ganden Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin (1934–2025), who showed the aspect of passing away on Sep 26, 2025 at at Sera Je Monastery, India. fpmt.org/edu-news/a-p...

The Education & Preservation Fund supports Dharma study & contributes to the development of Buddhist education programs & the preservation of the Dharma through the publication of Dharma practice materials & translations. In 2024, the Fund supported three key projects fpmt.org/charitable-a...

Our October e-Newsletter is now available & includes 🪷Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche & Lama Yeshe 🪷News about His Holiness the Dalai Lama 🪷Information about Lhabab Duchen on Nov 11 🪷News from FPMT centers 🪷Resources practice 🪷Job opportunities in FPMT fpmt.org/media/newsle...

Take movies, for example. Sometimes what you see on the screen makes you afraid; sometimes it makes you so sad that you cry. It’s not reality; it’s an illusion. Therefore it’s very important that you remain aware of how the people and things around you affect your mind. Check up. - Lama Yeshe

In late September 2025, a historic event took place at Deer Park Buddhist Center in Oregon, Wisconsin: the enthronement of Tenzin Nawang Rinpoche, a 7-year-old boy recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of Geshe Lhundub Sopa. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

How do you move a Buddhist Center? That is the question that the team at Tekchen Choeling Buddhist Center in Spain had to ask themselves last month, when they had to relocate the center’s holy objects to a new location. Assistant director, Kelsang Bas, tells the story: fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

BDG news: Child Enthroned in Wisconsin as Reincarnation of Renowned Tibetan Buddhist Master 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/akeht5tk #Buddhism #Wisconsin #Reincarnation #LhundubSopa #TibetanBuddhism #TenzinNawang #DalaiLama

From September 12-14, 2025, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK), Italy, hosted the fifth edition of Festival of Tibet in Pomaia with thousands of participants benefiting from the event. The Tibetan community in Italy was brought together for a weekend of Dharma teachings & more fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

In this excerpt from the teaching, “Refuge is a State of Mind” given at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, on Sep 12, 1979, Lama Yeshe discusses many aspects of Refuge to consider. This teaching is published in the LYWA book: Knowledge-Wisdom: The Peaceful Path to Liberation: fpmt.org/lama-yeshes-...

Wisdom Publication’s new release, How to Live and Die: The Transformative Power of Meditating on Impermanence by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In this overview of death & impermanence—Rinpoche shows us how this practice can free us from fear, & transform the way we live. fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...

Brian Rae passed away suddenly of a heart attack on Sep 12, 2025 in New Zealand. May he be immediately born in a pure land or receive a perfect human body, meet the Mahayana teachings & perfectly qualified guru & achieve enlightenment as quickly as possible. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

FPMT International Office staffer Zarina Osmonalieva attended her fist Foundation Service Seminar at Institut Vajra Yogini in France this September. Here she shares her experience joining this FPMT immersion retreat. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

The FPMT Community Support Fund was launched as a transition from the Merit Box Project, which for 21 years provided grants to FPMT centers & Dharma initiatives worldwide. This new fund continues that legacy, offering vital support to projects around the globe. fpmt.org/charitable-a...

On Sep 20, more than a 1000 people from Korea and several South-east Asian countries gathered in the courtyard of the Main Tibetan Temple, Dharamsala, India, to make prayers & offer praise and cultural performances for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long life. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

With deep sadness and reverence we share news of a great loss for Tibetan Buddhism & the world. His Eminence the 104th Ganden Trisur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin, showed the aspect of passing away on September 26, 2025 at his residence at Sera Je Monastery, India. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

On Sep 14–15, 550 people received the Kalachakra initiation from HE Jhado Rinpoche at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, Australia. Lama Zopa Rinpoche advise this initiation should occur once a giant Kalachakra mandala was completed on the ceiling of the Great Stupa. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche expressed in His Vast Visions the wish for the FPMT organization to build many holy objects everywhere. In this way, countless beings can easily purify their negative karma & create merit. Read about the grants offered in 2025 toward holy objects. fpmt.org/charitable-a...

Our September e-News is now available & includes: 🪷Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche & Lama Yeshe 🪷An update from the FPMT Inc. Board 🪷Grants offered for health care & for animals 🪷Job opportunities in the FPMT including for FPMT International Office Executive Director fpmt.org/media/newsle...

68 participants attended a calm-abiding & lamrim retreat led by Ven. René Feusi at Nalanda Monastery, France, from August 15-30, 2025. Based on his own extensive meditative practice, Ven. René explained topics such as guru devotion, emptiness, bodhicitta, & calm-abiding fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

The Animal Liberation Fund continues to fulfill the wishes of Lama Zopa Rinpoche by supporting the liberation & care of animals through extensive prayers & compassionate action. We are delighted to share about the grants offered through the Animal Liberation Fund in 2025 fpmt.org/charitable-a...

In this excerpt from the teaching, “What is Dharma?” Lama Yeshe discusses the real meaning of Dharma & the nature of the mind in this discourse given at Chenrezig Institute, Australia,1979. This discourse is published in: Knowledge-Wisdom: The Peaceful Path the Liberation. fpmt.org/lama-yeshes-...

Lama Zopa Rinpoche chanting 'Calling the Guru from Afar" Nov 2011: youtu.be/RARznEaLqgU

In 2025, the FPMT Social Services Fund remained dedicated to its mission of uplifting the most vulnerable populations in India & Mongolia. These grants facilitated the operation of health camps, mobile clinics, soup kitchens, & outreach programs & impacted 44,000 individuals tinyurl.com/3af32emz

Tomorrow (7 September 2025) is a 🌒 lunar eclipse. Eclipses are considered an auspicious time for practice & provide opportunities for accumulating merit 700,000 times. See all the advice & links of practices: 👉https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/practice-during-solar-and-lunar-eclipses/

Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered teachings in January 2017 at Root Institute, Bodhgaya, India. In these teachings Rinpoche put strong emphasis on mind training. In one of these teachings, Rinpoche offered advice at about how to think & practice when working for a Dharma center. youtu.be/4R9rmYXjGg8?...

One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization is to establish 100 Million Mani Retreats (100,000 recitations of 100 million OM MANI PADME HUM). For the 13th year, FPMT Mongolia is hosting a 100 Million Mani Retreat & online participation is welcome! fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

The tradition of Buddhist debate originated in Nalanda University in the 5th century CE in Bihar, India. 🙏Two current students of the Nalanda debate course share with us some insightful perspectives on the topic fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

Lama Zopa Rinpoche expressed his wish to lead a Heart Sutra Retreat, but was not able to before showing the aspect of passing away. To fulfill Rinpoche’s wishes a retreat was offered at Kopan in 2024. Now the first European Heart Sutra Retreat was held in Italy in July 2025 fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

On July 6, 2025, students and admirers around the world celebrated His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday. The events surrounding His Holiness’s birthday also launched “the year of compassion” in celebration of His Holiness’s many compassionate activities & qualities. fpmt.org/edu-news/che...

Join us for a special evening of heartfelt remembrance & inspiration as Ven. Roger Kunsang shares stories & reflections on the life of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Wednesday, Aug 27, 2025 7:00pm – 8:30pm PDT in-person - Ocean of Compassion Buddhist Center & online www.gyalwagyatso.org/events/2025-...

A wonderful opportunity to trek to Lawudo is upcoming—a trek and retreat from Kopan Monastery to Lawudo Gompa and back will take place October 6-21, 2025 this year. Please continue to read a recently published report (with photos!) from last year's trek fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

In April 2019 Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave series of teachings at Nagarjuna Center in Madrid, Spain. Today we are sharing the first video from that event, “How to Have a Happy Life With a Happy Mind.” fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...

Our August 2025 e-News is now available & brings many causes for rejoicing including: 🪷Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche & Lama Yeshe 🪷Support offered to 8 schools in India & Nepal 🪷Resources for study & practice 🪷New opportunities to offer service in the FPMT organization fpmt.org/media/newsle...

A mantra is a series of syllables, most often in Sanskrit, that is the subject of recitation, meditation, or other spiritual practice. The term “mantra” means “mind protection,” because mantras function to protect the mind from ordinary impure appearances fpmt.org/edu-news/min...

Recently we shared that 44 new 2004 videos of Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, are now available. Today we’d like to bring your attention to one of these precious teachings, Overcoming Obstacles with Lojong. fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...

On June 25, 2025, 11 students at Jinsiu Farlin, the Taiwanese FPMT center based in Taipei, completed 16 years of study of Ornament for Clear Realization, an FPMT Masters Program text. To honor this remarkable achievement FPMT Education Services issued a special certificate. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives offers a growing index of teaching excerpts from Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe. 🙏Here we share an excerpt from a teaching by Lama Yeshe on how to investigate the space-like nature of all phenomena.. fpmt.org/lama-yeshes-...

In the Vast Visions for the FPMT organization, Lama Zopa Rinpoche said “Anybody who dedicates their life to achieving lamrim realizations with the goal to liberate numberless beings & to bring to enlightenment, this is what I regard as the most important thing in the world” fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...

In the remote valleys & small communities of India and Nepal, FPMT’s Social Services Fund continues to play an important role in offering consistent support to schools that serve children from Tibetan, Nepali & Indian backgrounds. In 2025 grants were offered to 8 schools fpmt.org/charitable-a...

The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion masterplan is an inspiration for future growth prepared by board member and architect Tom Young Rejoice! youtu.be/udKJEtP1-c4?...

Every month Sera Mey Monastery offer extensive Medicine Buddha puja dedicated to the whole FPMT family, every center, student, volunteer, benefactor, to all our teachers, to all who are sick or experiencing obstacles.

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Recently Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) hosted community events centered around the celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday and the Year of Compassion, & in observance of Chokhor Duchen. 🙏Carlota Pinheiro & Fabiana Lotito share details of these events fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

A very rare opportunity for a 2 week Most Secret Hayagriva Retreat occurred on grounds of Nalanda Monastery. from July 22-28, 2025. Hayagriva is the wrathful manifestation of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion & the practice is extremely powerful to pacify obstacles. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

The precious nuns of Khachoe Ghakyil Nunnery reciting praises to Tara, Chanting the names of Manjrushri & Migtsema mantra today on Chokhor Duchen. This puja is dedicated to the entire FPMT family & for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama & the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Happy Chokhor Duchen (Turning the Wheel of Dharma) and merit-multiplying day. For rejoicing in…. all the monks of Gyudmed Tantric Monastery offered Yamantaka self initiation and extensive consecration, sponsored and dedicated to the entire FPMT family and all beings.

In 2004, Lama Zopa Rinpoche covered many topics during a Ganden Lha Gyama retreat from September 3-30 at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy. The 44 teaching sessions covered 🪷Integration of study & meditation 🪷The importance of lamrim & Guru Yoga 🪷How to do deity retreats fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...

Happy Chokhor Duchen 🙏🙏🙏all the monks of Sera Je & Sera Mey Monastery are performing 1000 sets of offerings to Namgyalma puja, reciting the names of Manjrushri & Migtsema mantra dedicated to all beings, for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, & the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche..

Chokhor Duchen, one of the 4 annual holy days of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha, & FPMT International Sangha Day both take place this year on July 28. Please read about this special “Turning the Wheel of Dharma” merit-multiplying day, access all of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...