FPMT's Charitable Projects

FPMT’s Charitable Projects include ambitious initiatives to build 100,000 prayer wheels, stupas, and statues; to providing education scholarships; to granting stipends to all the main teachers and abbots of the Lama Tsongkhapa tradition; to offering nutritious meals to thousands of monks studying at Sera Je Monastery; to building a hospital in Tibet; to translating Dharma texts into many languages; plus many more. These projects are essential to FPMT’s objective of building a more compassionate world from the inside out and critical to our mission of transmitting Mahayana Buddhist teachings and values worldwide. The FPMT Charitable Projects are managed by FPMT International Office.

Current Priorities

Amdo Eye Hospital
The prevalence of blindness in Amdo is four times higher than the national average for China, which is why we are so happy to support the Amdo Eye Hospital. This is a hospital in Xining, the capital of Amdo, Tibet, which has now officially opened and is dedicated to providing continuous, sustainable and quality eye care to all and in particular those from underprivileged backgrounds. The hospital is also offering smaller outreach microsurgery eye clinics in remote areas. more...

Online Learning Fund
Follow FPMT standard programs online. Discovering Buddhism, Basic Program, Buddhism in a Nutshell, Meditation 101, and Light of the Path will all be made available online. more...

Puja Fund
The FPMT Puja Fund sponsors ongoing pujas (prayer ceremonies) at the great monasteries in India and Nepal and several other monastic locations dedicated to the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and to the success of all the FPMT centers and projects, students, benefactors and those serving the organization in any way. Pujas such as Medicine Buddha puja, 100,000 Praises to the 21 Taras and Hayagriva puja have been personally chosen by Lama Zopa Rinpoche as most beneficial in overcoming obstacles and creating success. more...

Sera Je Food Fund
The Sera Je Food Fund offers 3 meals a day to the 2600 monks who are studying at Sera Je Monastery. The Sera Je Food Fund has been offering the food for the last 20 years and ensures that the monks have well-balanced, nutritious meals. more...

FPMT Charitable Projects

Animal Liberation Fund
The Animal liberation fund is for buying animals that are going to be killed; they are rescued and circumambulated around holy objects in order to plant the seeds of enlightenment in their minds. They receive blessings from blessed water, prayers are said for their good rebirths and then these creatures are released into safe environments to live out their natural lives. more...

Education Scholarship and Development Fund
Qualified Western teachers and practitioners are essential to the successful transmission of the Dharma to the West. The Education Scholarship and Development Fund provides the funding needed to create our comprehensive educational programs and helps financially support our students all over the world. more...

International Merit Box Project
The International Merit Box Project is an incredibly meritorious way to develop generosity and help to fulfill Lama Zopa Rinpoche's wishes by contributing directly to his personal projects. 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 sit the traditional winter debate, where the best scholars hone their understanding of Buddha’s highest teachings. more...

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Other Projects
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Other Projects helps to support a number of personal projects and activities of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Such as covering the cost of thousands of light and water offerings made daily, also the sponsorship of many holy objects in India, Nepal, Tibet and in FPMT centers also this fund sponsors the food for young reincarnate Lama’s and many sangha around the world. more...

Long Life Puja Fund
For many centuries, Tibetan Buddhists have offered long life pujas to their teachers. The long life puja purifies the relationship between teacher and disciple, and creates the karmic cause for the teacher to remain among us. FPMT is extremely fortunate in being able to offer long life pujas every year to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Now we invite individuals to join in this special opportunity. more...

Osel Support Fund
The Osel Support Fund helps to support the studies and activities of Osel. Osel is recognized as the incarnation of FPMT’s founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe, was in his early life known as Lama Osel and today prefers to be called simply Osel. As Osel has said: There is no separation between myself and FPMT - we are all working together in so many aspects and terrains. Humanity is our office. more...

Padmasambhava Project for Peace
The Padmasambhava Project for Peace is for building large statues of Padmasambhava all around the world, specifically dedicated for world peace. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast visions is to build 100,000 large statues of Padmasambhava. more...

Prayer Wheel Fund
The Prayer Wheel Fund is dedicated to building prayer wheels around the world as a way to increase compassion and cultivate world peace. It is one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast visions to build 100,000 large prayer wheels across the world. more...

Sakya Initiations
Preserving the Mahayana Tradition by sponsoring a rare collection of initiations from His Holiness Sakya Trizin in Dehradun, India. more...

Stupa Fund
The Stupa Fund is for building large stupas around the world. Stupas are the archetypal symbol of the enlightened mind. Even just seeing a stupa brings immense benefit -- incredible purification, incredible merit, and incredible blessing. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast visions is to build 100,000 large stupas around the world. more...

Translation Fund
As the Dharma takes root in the West, clear and accurate translations of the classic texts are essential. The FPMT Translation Fund supports this critical work with translation from the original Tibetan into English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Mongolian, and other languages. Sponsoring translations of Dharma texts is an incredible way to accumulate the positive energy of merit. more...

Writing the Prajnaparamita & Sanghata Sutra
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...