Stupa Fund

	There is a need in the world to develop compassion and a warm heart. Building stupas helps develop so much peace and happiness for numberless sentient beings. As a result, wars, disease, and desire will all be pacified. Instead of feeling hopeless, people will gain courage. This is about peace – for the beings who see it, for the whole country, for the entire world, for all sentient beings.
–Lama Zopa Rinpoche

The Great Thousand Buddha Relic Stupa, Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Nick Dawson

Found in all Buddhist countries, stupas are the archetypal symbol of the enlightened mind. Even just seeing a stupa brings immense benefit -- incredible purification, incredible merit, and incredible blessing. Stupas transcend the limitations of language to plant the seeds of enlightenment and peace in the minds of all who see them, human or animal, Buddhist or non-Buddhist.

Osel Ling Centro de Retiros, Granada, Spain. Photo: Osel Ling

One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche's heart projects is building stupas and other holy objects. Rinpoche has already inspired the construction of nearly forty large stupas around the world, including the Great Thousand Buddha Relic Stupa at Kopan Monastery in Nepal, the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion being built in Australia, the 100,000 Stupa Project being planned in the USA, a Kadampa stupa in France, and stupas in Nepal, Europe, the United States, Mexico, Iceland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Kadampa Stupa, Lama Zopa Rinpoche's House. Photo: Ueli Minder

In order to create the cause for world peace and eliminate suffering, Lama Zopa Rinpoche wants to build 100,000 stupas worldwide. The inconceivable merit of building a stupa is not limited to the person who physically builds it; those who support the project financially, materially, or through prayer receive equal benefit! Help us make Rinpoche's vision for world peace a reality!

Latest News!

Draft of the Kurukulla Center stupa by Rabkar Wangchuk

Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Stupa Fund have offered $20,000 as a matching grant to build the new Kalachakra stupa at Kurukulla Center in Boston! This will be the first Kalachakra stupa built in the USA!

In 2007, the Stupa Fund supported the creation of over 1000 small Kadampa stupas by resident Sangha at Lama Zopa Rinpoche's home in California. These stupas were handmade daily for students who have died, with prayers and dedications for their positive rebirth. The Stupa Fund continues its support of this precious project.

Contribute to the Stupa Fund

For more information on the Stupa Fund, please contact Ven. Holly Ansett.

FPMT publishes a three-part book series, Benefits and Practices Related to Statues and Stupas, giving Lama Zopa Rinpoche's advice on stupas. Read an excerpt from Part 1 of this series, a short teaching from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the benefits and blessings of holy objects!

The Stupa 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).