As FPMT has reached 50 years as an organization, we are taking the opportunity to celebrate the stories of all who have helped Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Today we are sharing the story of Ven. Elisabeth Drukier, director of Kalachakra Centre, Paris fpmt.org/fpmt-communi... #50yearsfpmt

We are delighted to share the January 2026 e-news with you. We share many causes for rejoicing including: 🪷Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche 🪷ILTK Remembering Lama Yeshe project 🪷His Holiness the Dalai Lama attends Winter Debate at Drepung Monastery 🪷FPMT celebrates 50 years! fpmt.org/media/newsle...

Dec 2025 marked 50 years since Lama Yeshe said, “We need an organization to keep this together.” Lama asked students to discuss how to coordinate the growing collection of centers, soon to be known as the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

On Christmas Eve 2025, a long-life puja was offered to His Holiness at Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, India, this year’s host of the Annual Winter Debate. Several thousand attended this event. Cynthia Karena of Tara Institute was in attendance with Geshe Doga … fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

As a tremendous blessing to all of the monks participating, His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended the annual Winter Jang Debate, held this year at Drepung Monastery, South India. Two-thousand monks participated from over 20 monasteries. fpmt.org/charitable-a...

The grounds of Rinchen Jangsem Ling retreat center in Triang, Malaysia, were illuminated by 102,647 tea lights during its recent 100,000 Light Offerings to 1000-Armed Chenrezig on Dec 6, 2025, breaking a record for the most tea lights offered in Malaysian history. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave teachings at the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni in Kalmykia, Russia. Oct 4-6, 2019. These teachings were preliminary to the Great Chenrezig Initiation offered. He continued to teach during the 100 Million Mani retreat until October 20, 2019. fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...

Over the course of 2025, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) celebrated what would have been the 90th birthday of the FPMT’s co-founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe. To honor his profound legacy, ILTK invited Lama Yeshe’s students from across the globe to share their memories fpmt.org/lama-yeshes-...

Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi & Kopan sangha offering Vajrayogini self initiation in Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s room in front of Rinpoche’s holy body on this special day. The Tibetan 11th month is a special time for mother tantra, a special time for Vajrayogini, & a special month to offer Vajrayogini tsog.

FPMT Education Services is pleased to present this volume of teachings on the six yogas of Naropa by Gyume Khenzur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, A Detailed Commentary on the Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa… fpmt.org/edu-news/pre...

In a collaborative effort between Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC), Singapore; Tara Lanka Study Group, Sri Lanka; and dedicated selfless volunteers, disaster relief was offered to those devastated by recent floods in Sri Lanka. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

Lama Zopa Rinpoche requested Geshe Tenzin Namdak to translate sections of Geshe Thubten Soepa’s book on vegetarianism, Dharma Discourses on Abandoning Killing, Harming & Consuming the Meat of Innocent Sentient Beings, titled ‘The Melody of Willows Bending in the Wind.’ fpmt.org/edu-news/dha...

Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught in April 2023 from Kopan, “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do? Doing Vajrasattva practice & purification is the answer. You are purifying negative karma, from where all the sufferings came. Purification is the answer.” fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...

December 2025 marks 50 years since Lama Yeshe famously said, “We need an organization to keep this together,” during an 8 month tour of 9 countries–the most extensive Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche would ever make. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

Sera Mey Monastery offering monthly extensive Medicine Buddha puja dedicated to all FPMT centers and projects, all the students, benefactors and volunteers and anyone who is sick and needs healing.

Reflections on Christmas By Lama Yeshe This is the week of Holy Jesus’s birth, & I suggest that in honor of this special event we make some sort of celebration. But we should try to make it meaningful. It should not be some kind of physical sensation,bringing more confusion fpmt.org/lama-yeshes-...

Live with compassion Work with compassion Meditate with compassion When problems come experience them with compassion Die with compassion Enjoy with compassion Practicing this gives you the best happy life It fulfills all your wishes & all living beings’ wishes for happiness fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...

Warmest wishes, happiest of holidays, and a happy new year to you from all of us at FPMT International Office! Our December e-news is available and includes: 🪷Teachings & video of Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche 🪷Support offered to ordained Sangha in 2025 🪷Resources for study and practice

In 1982, FPMT hosted its first Enlightened Experience Celebration, (EEC1) was held in India from Jan to June 1982. The purpose of the EEC was to gather students of Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche to strengthen & facilitate the transmission of Dharma into Western culture. fpmt.org/lama-yeshes-...

Supporting monks & nuns is one of the highest priorities for the FPMT organization, because the preservation of the Buddhadharma is dependent on the existence of Sangha. The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund provides support for food, accommodation, health care, education, & practice.

Vajrayogini self initiation being offered in Kyabje Lama Zopa room in front of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s kudung on Lama Tsong Khapa day.

Ganden Ngamchoe, literally “Ganden Offering of the 25th Day,” or Lama Tsongkhapa Day, is a celebration of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is celebrated on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. This year, Lama Tsongkhapa Day falls on Dec 14, 2025.

Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program (LRZTP) is an FPMT project in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. In addition to the 2 year intensive training program, LRZTP also runs short Tibetan language courses & offers private online Tibetan language lessons. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

Lama Yeshe offered this teaching about the importance of bodhicitta & the mind of enlightenment when he was bestowing bodhisattva vows at Chenrezig Institute, on Sep 14, 1979. This discourse is now published in the book Knowledge-Wisdom: The Peaceful Path the Liberation: fpmt.org/lama-yeshes-...

The FPMT Masters Program in Buddhist Studies of Sutra & Tantra is FPMT’s most advanced education program. Nalanda Monastery, France, extends an invitation to all interested to join the teachings on the Madhyamakavatara, starting February 2026. fpmt.org/edu-news/opp...

One must practice with the bodhisattva attitude every day. People can't see your mind, what people see is a manifestation of your attitude in your actions of body & speech.Pay attention to your attitude all the time, guard it as if you are the police, a nanny who cares for a child, like a bodyguard

For the 10th year in a row, a very large thangka of Padmasambhava has been displayed & 100,000 tsog offering event has taken place at Kopan Nunnery. We are delighted to share a report on this year's event from Ven. Sarah Thresher, who also offers details on the history.. fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...

Wrapping up the huge thangka of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) that is 75 feet (23 meters) high & 87 feet (27 meters) after the amazing Bum Tsog (Guru Rinpoche 100,000 Tsog offering) offered annually. The thangka is joyfully & carefully taken off the scaffolding & rolled up for next years offering.

On Dec 3 we observe the birth date of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. A very large thangka of Padmasambhava will be displayed & an auspicious 100,000 tsog offering event will take place at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling in honor of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday, to commemorate Rinpoche’s life fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...

LYWA is honored to offer you *The Dalai Lama’s Gift* documenting the first Kalachakra initiation offered in 1981 outside India, along with contemporaneous interviews with HHDL, Geshe Lhundup Sopa, and others. Produced by Ed Bastian with support from The Spiritual Paths Foundation.

Use problems as ornaments, seeing them as extremely precious, because they make you achieve enlightenment quickly, by getting you to achieve bodhicitta. Experience these problems on behalf of all sentient beings, giving all happiness to sentient beings. This is the ornament.​ ​ ~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche~

Pleasing all the buddhas and bodhisattvas ~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche https://justdharma.org/pleasing-all-the-buddhas-and-bodhisattvas/ #LamaZopaRinpoche #bodhisattvas #buddhas #compassion

Every year in the United States, tens of millions of turkeys are killed for the holiday of Thanksgiving, which is this Thursday, Nov 27, 2025. Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice in a 2018 teaching to help benefit the turkeys killed, and how we can think during the holiday. fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...

For 27 years, the Liberation Prison Project has been producing the Liberation Tibetan calendar to support their work helping people in prison. The calendar is grounded in lunar astrology & presents over 30 kinds of auspicious & inauspicious days for spiritual practice fpmt.org/edu-news/202...

Our November 2025 e-News is available & brings many causes for rejoicing: 🪷Progress on the Stupa of Complete Victory 🪷Teachings from Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche 🪷A generous offer for FPMT centers from the LYWA 🪷Grants offered for education & preservation … and more fpmt.org/media/newsle...

Your own experience of compassion ~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche https://justdharma.org/your-own-experience-of-compassion-lama-zopa-rinpoche/ #LamaZopaRinpoche #sentientbeing #bodhisattva #compassion

Lama Yeshe gave a teaching on refuge, the 5 lay precepts, the bodhisattva vows & more on Dec 9, 1983, during the 16th Kopan Meditation Course held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal. This was one of Lama’s last teachings before he passed away in March 1984. fpmt.org/lama-yeshes-...

In 2025, the FPMT Education & Preservation Fund continued its mission to share the profound teachings of the Mahayana tradition by awarding various grants. These contributions supported a diverse range of projects – from translation & publication efforts to teacher development tinyurl.com/4jdkhr5c

Most precious recitation of the Prajnaparamita sutra happening in Gyudmed Monastery today on Lhabab Duchen. Lama Zopa Rinpoche explained that the beginning of the Prajnaparamita sutra is called “mother” because all the past, present, & future buddhas have been born from this perfection of wisdom.

Lhabab Duchen, one of the 4 great holy days. This special day occurs this year on Nov 11. Lhabab Duchen celebrates Shakyamuni Buddha’s return to Earth from the God Realm of the 33. The karmic results of actions done on this day are multiplied 100 million times tinyurl.com/yey33zdv

The Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund continues to be a cornerstone in preserving the Geluk lineage of Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism. Named after the 14th-century master Lama Tsongkhapa, the Fund embodies His vision and in 2025, the Fund has already disbursed several grants … tinyurl.com/3wk8u99k

"Lama Zopa Rinpoche inquired about the killing of turkeys for Thanksgiving and was told that they are all killed in advance, since all the supermarkets are packed with frozen birds, all piled up like a mountain." Here's advice about what you can do ⤵️ www.lamayeshe.com/advice/thanksgiving

Director of FPMT Mongolia, Susan Roe, overviewed Chief Executive Officer of FPMT Inc. Ven. Roger Kunsang’s recent visit to Mongolia this October. We share this report to inspire you to rejoice in the incredible activities happening in Mongolia for the benefit of so many: fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

A Stupa of Complete Victory is being built at Kopan Monastery, Nepal & over monsoon extensive work has been undertaken on the incredible decorations that grace the stupa & the 32 smaller stupas that will surround the main stupa are currently being carved in sandstone in India.. tinyurl.com/5dsmuuzp

🪷Land of Medicine Buddha (LMB) in Soquel, California, completed its 10th annual Namgyalma Retreat in Oct 2025, fulfilling the holy wishes of Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche to make it a yearly event. 🙏We also rejoice that LMB recently celebrated their 19th Medicine Buddha Festival fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

A Life Full of Genuine Care for Others. Geshe Tenzin Wangdak passed away from cancer on Sep 8, 2025 in Dharamshala, India. Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program (LRZTP)'s dear teacher, Geshe Tenzin Wangdak touched the hearts of so many students and all who knew him. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

Milarepa Center is an FPMT retreat center located in rural Barnet, Vermont, in the United States. The center is situated on 275 acres of serene Vermont beauty with a Stupa of Many of Doors, a set of 10 prayer wheels, and forest trails for walking/hiking. fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...

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...