FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in Taiwan Telephone Code for International Calls: 886 Corrections to your center listing can be made by contacting Center Services. Jinsiu Farlin F12-1,No 81, Section 3 Pa-Te Road Taipei Tel:| FPMT
FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in Switzerland Telephone Code for International Calls: 41 Corrections to your center listing can be made by contacting Center Services. www.fpmt.ch/ Gendun Drupa Center Route de Finettes 59| FPMT
FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in Spain Telephone Code for International Calls: 34 Corrections to your center listing can be made by contacting Center Services. FPMT Hispana Centro Luz de Nagarjuna| FPMT
FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in Mexico Telephone Code for International Calls: 52 When calling from outside Mexico, add "01" Corrections to your center listing can be made by contacting Center Services. Bengungyal Study| FPMT
FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in Italy Telephone Code for International Calls: 39 Corrections to your center listing can be made by contacting Center Services. Centro Lama Tzong Khapa Via Peseggiana 31| FPMT
FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in Ile de la Reunion Telephone Code for International Calls: 262 Corrections to your center listing can be made by contacting Center Services. Gyaltsab Je Center 30| FPMT
FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in Germany Telephone Code for International Calls: 49 Corrections to your center listing can be made by contacting Center Services. Aryatara Institut Barerstraße 70/Rgb. 80799 München Tel: (089)| FPMT
FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in French Polynesia Telephone Code for International Calls: 689 Corrections to your center listing can be made by contacting Center Services. Naropa Meditation Center BP 4369 - 98713| FPMT
FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in France Telephone Code for International Calls: 33 Corrections to your center listing can be made by contacting Center Services. Monastère Dorje Pamo En Baut 81500 Fiac Tel: (06)| FPMT
FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in Colombia Telephone Code for International Calls: 57 Corrections to your center listing can be made by contacting Center Services. Centro Yamantaka Carrera 27 # 61 D -| FPMT
FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in Belgium Telephone Code for International Calls: 32 Corrections to your listing can be made by contacting Center Services Shedrup Zungdel Study Group Oudler 100 4790 Burg Reuland| FPMT
FPMT Centers, Projects and Services in Austria Telephone Code for International Calls: 43 Corrections to your center listing can be made by contacting Center Services. Panchen Losang Chogyen Gelugzentrum Servitengasse 15, 2b+4b Vienna A-1090| FPMT
In July 2022, Lama Zopa Rinpoche expressed his wish to lead a Heart Sutra Retreat, but did not do so before showing the aspect of passing away in April 2023. To honor the first anniversary of Rinpoche’s parinirvana and to ... Read more »| FPMT
Tara Lanka study group is committed to fulfilling the wish of Lama Zopa Rinpoche to build a five-story high (approximately 15 meters/50 feet) Medicine Buddha statue in Sri Lanka. Ven. Tenzin Lekdron has led this initiative and a 1.5-meter high ... Read more »| FPMT
On July 6, 2025, students, friends, and admirers around the world celebrated His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday with strong prayers for His Holiness to remain among us for a very long time. The events surrounding His Holiness’s birthday ... Read more »| FPMT
In April 2019 Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave series of teachings at Nagarjuna center in Madrid, Spain. Today we are sharing the first video from that event, “How to Have a Happy Life With a Happy Mind.” The purpose of one’s ... Read more »| FPMT
A wonderful opportunity to trek to Lawudo is upcoming—a trek and retreat from Kopan Monastery to Lawudo Gompa and back will take place October 6-21, 2025 this year. Ven. Katy Cole will be joined by special guest Charok Lama to ... Read more »| FPMT
Our August 2025 e-News is now available and brings many causes for rejoicing including: Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe, Support offered to eight schools in India and Nepal, Resources and opportunities for study and practice, Information about ... Read more »| FPMT
A mantra is a series of syllables, most often in Sanskrit, that is the subject of recitation, meditation, or other spiritual practice. The term “mantra” means “mind protection,” because mantras function to protect the mind from ordinary impure appearances as ... Read more »| FPMT
Recently we shared that 44 new 2004 videos of Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, are now available. Today we'd like to bring your attention to one of these precious teachings,| FPMT
Contribute to the Social Services Fund Translate* *powered by Google Translate The Social Services Fund offers benefit to others primarily in India, Nepal, Tibet and Mongolia by helping children, the elderly, sick, and very poor| FPMT
DONATE | Latest News The Social Services Fund Offers Support in Many Areas The Social Services Fund, established to support Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization, focuses efforts primarily in India, Nepal,| FPMT
I am just expressing here a general plan for FPMT. There is no limit of time when to complete. I also don’t mean for the centers to do this, I don’t mean to be giving| FPMT
On June 25, 2025, eleven students at Jinsiu Farlin, the Taiwanese FPMT center based in Taipei, completed 16 years of study of Ornament for Clear Realization, an FPMT Masters Program text. To honor this remarkable achievement FPMT Education Services issued ... Read more »| FPMT
The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives offers a growing index of teaching excerpts from Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe. In addition to the fascinating historical narrative from students of Lama Yeshe, Big Love is also filled with ... Read more »| FPMT
De scribing the significance of one of his Vast Visions for the FPMT organization, supporting practice and realizations, Lama Zopa Rinpoche said, “Anybody who dedicates their life to achieving lamrim realizations with the goal to liberate numberless beings from the ... Read more »| FPMT
In the remote valleys and small local communities of India and Nepal, education is more than a classroom experience – it is a lifeline to opportunity, cultural preservation, and spiritual growth. FPMT’s Social Services Fund| FPMT
In 2004, Lama Zopa Rinpoche covered many topics during a Ganden Lha Gyama retreat from September 3-30 at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy. The 44 teaching sessions covered the following topics, broadly: Integration of study| FPMT
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On July 5 and 6, 2025, two powerful events occurred in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, in celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday, and with strong prayers for His Holiness to remain among us| FPMT
TEACHING June-July 2007 The Tibetan word “chöd” means “to cut off” or “to slay.” The traditional practice of Chöd cuts off self-cherishing and grasping at a truly existent “I.” It creates the conditions under which| FPMT
By Paul Wells, Jamyang London Communications Manager In a move that reflects the evolving needs of modern Dharma centers, FPMT's Jamyang London has created a new People & Community Manager role. Like many spiritual organizations,| FPMT
Lama Yeshe teaching in Ibiza, Spain, 1977. Photo by Francois Camus (donor), courtesy of the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.| FPMT
The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archives offers a growing index of teaching excerpts from Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe. In addition to the fascinating historical narrative from students of Lama Yeshe, Big Love is also filled| FPMT
We share stories from the international community of FPMT centers, projects, services, and study groups; as well as from individuals within the FPMT community including obituaries for those who have passed. Go to Submission Guidelines| FPMT
In September 2024, Sri Lankan-born, Australian-based nun Ven. Tenzin Lekdron led a pilgrimage tour in Sri Lanka to raise funds for the 5MB Project, a mission to build a five-story high Medicine Buddha statue in| FPMT
A Sacred Climb: Pilgrimage to Sri Pada By Ven. Tenzin Lekdron In April 2025, a small but determined group of seven pilgrims gathered in Sri Lanka to ascend the sacred mountain Sri Pada—known also as| FPMT
When the world is in trouble, it can feel very powerless and overwhelming to not know what we can do to actually help. IMI Sangha recently asked Lama Zopa Rinpoche for advice on prayers and| FPMT
Recently we shared that three young buffalos were saved from impending death in Kathmandu in honor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s ninetieth birthday and for the health and long, long life of His Holiness.| FPMT
On July 5, 2025 five FPMT representatives joined in the long life puja being offered in Dharamsala by Kashag of the Central Tibetan Administration to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in honor of His Holiness’s| FPMT
We join students, friends, and admirers around the world in wishing His Holiness the Dalai Lama every good wish imaginable on his ninetieth birthday! A voice for the voiceless, a light in the dark, a| FPMT
The time has come for students, friends, and supporters around the world to join together in celebrating the ninetieth birthday of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, which occurs this year on July| FPMT
On July 6, students, friends, and supporters around the world will observe the incredibly momentous occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's ninetieth birthday. We wanted to remind you of the vast resources available to| FPMT
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama's ninetieth birthday is approaching on July 6, 2025, we hope to remember the unbelievable and unshakeable kindness of His Holiness. According to the Tibetan calendar, His Holiness's birthday fell| FPMT
In 2022, after the war in Ukraine started, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice on prayers and practices to do in order to pacify the threats of war. All are welcome to download the booklet, Prayers| FPMT
The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition preserves and spreads Mahayana Buddhism worldwide; listen, reflect, meditate, practice, and actualize the teachings of the Buddha and spreading the Dharma to sentient beings.| FPMT
Dear Friends, It has been brought to the attention of the FPMT Inc. Board that some distressing social media posts have been made regarding the situation of Osel Hita, and our involvement with him. Many| FPMT
About Tenzin Ösel Hita Torres Tenzin Ösel Hita Torres is the recognized incarnation of FPMT’s founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe. He is a 21st-century radical freethinker, humanitarian, documentary filmmaker, musician, father, friend, life-long student, and former| FPMT
Dagri Rinpoche was one of the Tibetan teachers on the FPMT Tibetan Teachers List for many years. In May 2019, FPMT Inc. was informed that Indian police had received a formal complaint from a woman| FPMT