Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund

FPMT directly preserves the Mahayana tradition by supporting the great masters of the Lama Tsongkhapa lineage. These lamas hold teachings and practices that have come in an unbroken line from Lama Tsongkhapa to the present. Every day they preserve this precious tradition by practicing it, teaching it, and passing it on to their students, the masters of tomorrow.

These great masters are not paid by their monasteries. That is why His Holiness the Dalai Lama requested Lama Zopa Rinpoche to establish the Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund. This fund provides a monthly stipends for the great masters of Sera, Drepung, Ganden, and Tashi Lhunpo monasteries, and Gyume and Gyuto tantric colleges – centers of learning and practice that were established by Lama Tsongkhapa himself and his disciples, places where our own teachers learned and practiced (see Geshe Thubten Sherab's account of Life at Sera Je)

Through this fund, FPMT also revived the annual winter debate, where the best scholars gather to hone their understanding of the Buddha’s highest teachings. Before the fund existed, the monasteries could no longer afford to hold the debates. Now these great scholars can meet once again to debate and practice with each other. The fund also sponsors the annual Gelug Exam, where monks become qualified as teachers.

Your support is vital in keeping this tradition alive. Please contribute to the Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund.

LATEST NEWS

In Feb 2008, FPMT sent $25,000 for transport, accommodation, and food for 600 monks from the three great monasteries to attend the winter debate.

For more information please contact: Ven Holly Ansett

The Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund  is a project of FPMT Inc. All donations made to the fund are tax-deductible within the United States in accordance with IRS Code article 501(C)(3).

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