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Venerable Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

—Spiritual Director of the FPMT

Rinpoche met His Holiness in Deer Park, USA. July 2008. Photographer Ven Roger Kunsang The most happy thing in my life, most fulfilling thing is to work for and to benefit sentient beings. Even just the mere thought to cause happiness to sentient beings, to benefit them, to free them from suffering is the BEST offering to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas. This is the best offering, the best puja; this is what pleases their holy mind most. –Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in 1946 in Thami, in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, not far from the Lawudo cave where his predecessor had meditated for the last 20 years of his life. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is now the Spiritual Director of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition and oversees all of its activities.

• Rinpoche’s Health – Official Updates and Practices
  

  Dec 24 2011

  Rinpoche meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama in December 2011

  Lama Zopa Rinpoche during long life puja held at Tushita

  Lama Zopa Rinpoche using right hand to write the long Amitayus mantra, for exercis....

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• Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Includes downloadable prayers and practices related to world events and FPMT current events
• Anecdotes about Lama Zopa Rinpoche (PDF)
• Biographies and Articles read more about Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Follow Rinpoche's activities on Facebook and Twitter
• Life on the Road with Lama Zopa Rinpoche – News and stories from on the road with Lama Zopa Rinpoche authored by Ven. Roger Kunsang, CEO of FPMT and attendant to Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
• How to Contact Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Mitrugpa Practice for Rinpoche's Long Life (2009)
• News about Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Updated Monthly (News Archives)
• Photo Gallery, featuring photos of Lama Zopa Rinpoche past and present.
• Prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Rinpoche Laughing
• Schedule for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
• Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
• Watch Recorded Video Webcasts from the 2010 Light of the Path Retreat on the FPMT Media Center from September 13th to September 26th 2010.  Also watch, listen or read Rinpoche’s teachings during the 2009 Light of the Path Retreat.
• Watch Rinpoche - Short Video Clips