One of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Vast Visions for the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) was to sponsor people who make a serious commitment in this life to complete 1,...

Across the FPMT mandala, students are creating the causes and conditions for Dharma practice to flourish — from long-term intensive solitary and group retreats to the construction and preservation of ...

The FPMT Global Mani Retreat is in its final month!  Since its start on May 17, the retreat has included teachings from Khen Rinpoche Geshe Thubten Chonyi, a rare oral transmission and commentary from...

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this advice in 2008 about the five attitudes and qualities to teach a child to a student who was about to give birth. This is timeless advice for all who are

Welcome to this month’s newsletter. We are pleased to share precious advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe, along with many causes for rejoicing, including an overview of the recent beneficial...

“Where there is a mind, there are feelings such as pain, pleasure, and joy. No sentient being wants pain; instead all want happiness. Since we all share these feelings at some basic level, we as

Mongolia has a strong history of Buddhist practice in the Tibetan tradition and, in particular, Mani Retreats. The Mani Retreat started in Mongolia in the mid-15th century under the great Buddhist lea...

The Most Secret Hayagriva retreat — the practice Lama Yeshe gave to Lama Zopa Rinpoche as an annual commitment for the protection and success of the FPMT — has been offered in August 2026 at

After nearly fourteen years of searching, planning, and perseverance, the Animal Liberation Sanctuary in Nepal has a new home. On July 8, 2026, rescued cows, buffaloes and goats moved into newly compl...

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In this extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offers practical guidance for couples on how to transform daily life with a partner into a Dharma practice. This teaching is from Joyful Parents, Successful Childre...

The devastating floods that struck the border area of Tibet and Nepal on August 26 have caused immense suffering. According to the latest Nepal Government report, as of September 2, 1,204 people had l...

Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche returned to the Sutra of Great Liberation more than once over the years, offering the oral transmission and commentary of this text to students facing hardship — in Singapore...

People around the world have been deeply saddened by the devastating flash floods and mudslides that struck Nepal on August 26. The disaster has caused loss of life, injuries, displacement, and extens...

Over the years, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered various pieces of advice for prayers and practices to turn to when facing natural disasters. In light of the recent flash flood and mudslide along the...

To celebrate the ongoing FPMT Global Mani Retreat  which has brought together students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche from around the world to help fulfill one of Rinpoche’s most cherished wishes, we are shari...

To celebrate the ongoing FPMT Global Mani Retreat, which has brought together students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche from around the world to help fulfill one of Rinpoche’s most cherished wishes, we are shari...

In this extract, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche explores why living beings, though they long for happiness, so often create the very causes of suffering instead. The teaching is drawn from a weekend semina...

Podcast Episode · Lama Zopa Rinpoche full length teachings · August 14 · 1h 47m

Over the years, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered various pieces of advice for prayers and practices to turn to when facing natural disasters. In light of the recent earthquakes in Latin America—in Ve...

Lama Zopa Rinpoche often spoke about solar and lunar eclipses, which are considered auspicious for practice and provide opportunities for accumulating merit by multiple folds. As stated in the vinaya ...

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's book How to Practice Dharma: Teachings on the Eight Worldly Dharmas deals with the eight worldly dharmas, essentially how desire and attachment cause us to create problems and suf...

December 3, 2026, marks what would have been the 80th birthday of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. To honor his profound and enduring legacy, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA) has launched a special project to hono...

International Office News July 2026   His Holiness the Dalai Lama, India, Dharamsala, May 2026. Photo by Tenzin Choejor from dalailama.com. Welcome to this month’s newsletter! July is a very powerful ...

Today, communities of students and supporters of the universal message of loving-kindness around the world celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday on July 6, 2026. The Foundation for the...

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On July 6, 2026, Tibetan communities together with FPMT centers and projects, students, friends, and supporters around the world will celebrate His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday. ...

International Office News June 2026   Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi leading puja at the Vesak Celebrations 2026. Photo courtesy of Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore. Welcome to this month’s newsletter!...

Hayagriva is the wrathful manifestation of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion. The practice of Most Secret Hayagriva is extremely powerful for granting help and support and for quickly pacifying obst...

The great stupa of Boudhanath in Kathmandu, Nepal, was extremely important for Lama Zopa Rinpoche. It was in Boudha that Rinpoche first settled upon returning to Nepal in the late 1960s with Lama Thub...

This year, Saka Dawa Duchen falls on Sunday, May 31 — the fifteenth day of the fourth month in the Tibetan lunar calendar. One of the four great holy days of the Tibetan calendar, this