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We have begun our annual campaign to support Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the FPMT International Office. To learn how you can participate, visit the Work a Day webpage.
We are delighted to announce that the FPMT Annual Review 2011: Cherishing Life is out now and available to read online!
We very much hope you will enjoy and be inspired by the FPMT Annual Review 2011.
Khensur Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup passed away on 7th Sept 2011. His quick return prayer in Tibetan and English, and more information are available here.
New prayer Remembering the Kindness of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan People by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Also available as an A4 booklet in French.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Health - Official Updates and Practices Requested
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Bodhicaryavatara Commentary from Australia, April, 2011, available on the Online Learning Center (under Special Commentaries). First time users of the OLC must create a login first.
News and stories from Life on the Road with Lama Zopa Rinpoche authored by Ven. Roger Kunsang, CEO of FPMT and attendant to Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Watch Streaming Videos from the 2009 and 2010 Light of the Path Retreat on the FPMT Media Center in five languages.
Follow Rinpoche's activities and those of the world-wide FPMT family on Facebook and Twitter
Discovering Buddhism (English and French), Living in the Path, Death and Dying, and Buddhism in a Nutshell are now offered on the FPMT Online Learning Center!
FPMT's charitable projects are essential to our objective of building a more compassionate world. Read about some amazing projects
FPMT serving the community - read about some amazing community services
Would you like to be part of FPMT? Check out current Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities
Collection of Advice Regarding Shugden (Dholgyal)
Buddhism is not saying that objects have no beauty whatsoever. They do have beauty. The craving mind, however, projects onto an object something that is beyond the relative level, which has nothing to do with that object. That mind is hallucinating, deluded and holding the wrong entity.
Mandala’s April-June 2012 issue, “Actualizing the Path through Retreat,” takes a look at retreat and practice within FPMT. We explore the purpose of retreat, introduce Mandala readers to the organization’s international array of retreat centers and provide an overview of Education Services materials that support retreat. Also in this issue: a profile of Kopan Monastery’s new abbot, Khenrinpoche Geshe Chonyi; a report from the Kalachakra for World Peace 2012; an excerpt from Karuna Cayton’s new book The Misleading Mind; plus a round-up of news from FPMT centers, projects and services around the world.
Rinpoche’s Health – Official Updates and Practices »
Read the latest News about Lama Zopa Rinpoche including: stories, videos, photos, schedule, blog, and advice.
Friends of FPMT has been established to truly support your Buddhist education while you work with other Friends toward a larger goal: making this world a better place. We’re confident we’ve designed a level that is perfect for your budget, study, and practice.
This fund covers the cost for gold and paper for Lama Zopa Rinpoche and a few of our best calligraphy artists who are writing the Prajnaparamita and Sanghata Sutra When the Maitreya Statue is completed, these precious sutra texts will be enshrined in the very heart of the statue. more...
is a magnificent 500ft/152m bronze statue in the form of Maitreya Buddha. The statue is being built to last at least 1,000 years, providing an enduring monument to the quality of loving-kindness. The purpose is to bring as much benefit as possible, for as long as possible - spiritually, in education and healthcare, and economically, through the direct and indirect creation of employment opportunities.
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