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On Christmas Eve 2025, a long-life puja was offered to His Holiness at Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, India, this year’s host of the Annual Winter Debate. Several thousand attended this event.
Cynthia Karena of Tara Institute was in attendance with Geshe Doga …
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Cynthia Karena of Tara Institute was in attendance with Geshe Doga …
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Geshe Doga and Students from Tara Institute Attend Long Life Puja for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
On Christmas Eve 2025, a long-life puja was offered to His Holiness at Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, India, this year’s host of the Annual Winter Debate. Several thousand (mostly monks) attended this ...
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January 21, 2026 at 11:37 PM
On Christmas Eve 2025, a long-life puja was offered to His Holiness at Drepung Monastery in Mundgod, India, this year’s host of the Annual Winter Debate. Several thousand attended this event.
Cynthia Karena of Tara Institute was in attendance with Geshe Doga …
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Cynthia Karena of Tara Institute was in attendance with Geshe Doga …
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As a tremendous blessing to all of the monks participating, His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended the annual Winter Jang Debate, held this year at Drepung Monastery, South India. Two-thousand monks participated from over 20 monasteries.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Attends Annual Winter Debate at Drepung Monastery
As a tremendous blessing to all of the monks participating, His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended the annual Winter Jang Debate, held this year at Drepung Monastery, South India. Two-thousand monks par...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:28 PM
As a tremendous blessing to all of the monks participating, His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended the annual Winter Jang Debate, held this year at Drepung Monastery, South India. Two-thousand monks participated from over 20 monasteries.
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The grounds of Rinchen Jangsem Ling retreat center in Triang, Malaysia, were illuminated by 102,647 tea lights during its recent 100,000 Light Offerings to 1000-Armed Chenrezig on Dec 6, 2025, breaking a record for the most tea lights offered in Malaysian history.
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100,000 Candles Lit at Rinchen Jangsem Ling, Malaysia
The grounds of Rinchen Jangsem Ling retreat center (RJL) in Triang, Malaysia, were illuminated by 102,647 tea lights during its recent 100,000 Light Offerings to Thousand-Armed Chenrezig on the evenin...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The grounds of Rinchen Jangsem Ling retreat center in Triang, Malaysia, were illuminated by 102,647 tea lights during its recent 100,000 Light Offerings to 1000-Armed Chenrezig on Dec 6, 2025, breaking a record for the most tea lights offered in Malaysian history.
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave teachings at the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni in Kalmykia, Russia. Oct 4-6, 2019. These teachings were preliminary to the Great Chenrezig Initiation offered. He continued to teach during the 100 Million Mani retreat until October 20, 2019.
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Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Practicing Compassion is Taking Care of Your Life
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave teachings at the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia. October 4-6, 2019. These teachings were preliminary to the Great Chenrezig Initiation offered du...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave teachings at the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni in Kalmykia, Russia. Oct 4-6, 2019. These teachings were preliminary to the Great Chenrezig Initiation offered. He continued to teach during the 100 Million Mani retreat until October 20, 2019.
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Over the course of 2025, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) celebrated what would have been the 90th birthday of the FPMT’s co-founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe. To honor his profound legacy, ILTK invited Lama Yeshe’s students from across the globe to share their memories
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Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa Captures Treasured Memories of Lama Yeshe
Over the course of 2025, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) in collaboration with Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA) celebrated what would have been the 90th birthday of the FPMT’s co-founder, Lama Thubte...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Over the course of 2025, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) celebrated what would have been the 90th birthday of the FPMT’s co-founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe. To honor his profound legacy, ILTK invited Lama Yeshe’s students from across the globe to share their memories
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Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi & Kopan sangha offering Vajrayogini self initiation in Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s room in front of Rinpoche’s holy body on this special day.
The Tibetan 11th month is a special time for mother tantra, a special time for Vajrayogini, & a special month to offer Vajrayogini tsog.
The Tibetan 11th month is a special time for mother tantra, a special time for Vajrayogini, & a special month to offer Vajrayogini tsog.
January 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi & Kopan sangha offering Vajrayogini self initiation in Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s room in front of Rinpoche’s holy body on this special day.
The Tibetan 11th month is a special time for mother tantra, a special time for Vajrayogini, & a special month to offer Vajrayogini tsog.
The Tibetan 11th month is a special time for mother tantra, a special time for Vajrayogini, & a special month to offer Vajrayogini tsog.
FPMT Education Services is pleased to present this volume of teachings on the six yogas of Naropa by Gyume Khenzur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, A Detailed Commentary on the Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa…
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Precious Commentary on the Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa
FPMT Education Services is pleased to present this volume of teachings on the six yogas of Naropa by Gyume Khenzur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, A Detailed Commentary on the Practice of the Six Yogas of Nar...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
FPMT Education Services is pleased to present this volume of teachings on the six yogas of Naropa by Gyume Khenzur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, A Detailed Commentary on the Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa…
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In a collaborative effort between Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC), Singapore; Tara Lanka Study Group, Sri Lanka; and dedicated selfless volunteers, disaster relief was offered to those devastated by recent floods in Sri Lanka.
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Amitabha Buddhist Centre and Tara Lanka Join Efforts to Offer Aid to Flood Victims in Sri Lanka
In a collaborative effort between Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC), Singapore; Tara Lanka Study Group, Sri Lanka; and dedicated selfless volunteers, disaster relief was offered to those devastated by re...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:26 PM
In a collaborative effort between Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC), Singapore; Tara Lanka Study Group, Sri Lanka; and dedicated selfless volunteers, disaster relief was offered to those devastated by recent floods in Sri Lanka.
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche requested Geshe Tenzin Namdak to translate sections of Geshe Thubten Soepa’s book on vegetarianism, Dharma Discourses on Abandoning Killing, Harming & Consuming the Meat of Innocent Sentient Beings, titled ‘The Melody of Willows Bending in the Wind.’
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Dharma Discourses on Vegetarianism: A Translation from Geshe Tenzin Namdak
Several years ago Lama Zopa Rinpoche requested Geshe Tenzin Namdak to translate sections of Geshe Thubten Soepa’s book on vegetarianism, Dharma Discourses on Abandoning Killing, Harming and Consuming ...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Lama Zopa Rinpoche requested Geshe Tenzin Namdak to translate sections of Geshe Thubten Soepa’s book on vegetarianism, Dharma Discourses on Abandoning Killing, Harming & Consuming the Meat of Innocent Sentient Beings, titled ‘The Melody of Willows Bending in the Wind.’
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught in April 2023 from Kopan, “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do? Doing Vajrasattva practice & purification is the answer. You are purifying negative karma, from where all the sufferings came. Purification is the answer.”
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Purification is the Answer!
With the new year approaching, many of us are reflecting on the past year— rejoicing in the blessings we received, and also assessing mistakes we have made in relation to ourselves and others. Fortuna...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught in April 2023 from Kopan, “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do? Doing Vajrasattva practice & purification is the answer. You are purifying negative karma, from where all the sufferings came. Purification is the answer.”
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December 2025 marks 50 years since Lama Yeshe famously said, “We need an organization to keep this together,” during an 8 month tour of 9 countries–the most extensive Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche would ever make.
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Fifty Years of FPMT: Dr. Nick Ribush Remembers
December 2025 marks 50 years since Lama Yeshe famously said, “We need an organization to keep this together,” during an eight-and-a-half month tour of nine countries–the most extensive Lama Yeshe and ...
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December 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
December 2025 marks 50 years since Lama Yeshe famously said, “We need an organization to keep this together,” during an 8 month tour of 9 countries–the most extensive Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche would ever make.
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Sera Mey Monastery offering monthly extensive Medicine Buddha puja dedicated to all FPMT centers and projects, all the students, benefactors and volunteers and anyone who is sick and needs healing.
December 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Sera Mey Monastery offering monthly extensive Medicine Buddha puja dedicated to all FPMT centers and projects, all the students, benefactors and volunteers and anyone who is sick and needs healing.
Reflections on Christmas
By Lama Yeshe
This is the week of Holy Jesus’s birth, & I suggest that in honor of this special event we make some sort of celebration. But we should try to make it meaningful. It should not be some kind of physical sensation,bringing more confusion
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By Lama Yeshe
This is the week of Holy Jesus’s birth, & I suggest that in honor of this special event we make some sort of celebration. But we should try to make it meaningful. It should not be some kind of physical sensation,bringing more confusion
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Lama Yeshe on Christmas: Timeless Teaching and Video
Around Christmas time between 1971 and 1975, Lama Yeshe gave several talks related to Christmas to the Western students at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in case some of them were missing their families and ...
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December 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Reflections on Christmas
By Lama Yeshe
This is the week of Holy Jesus’s birth, & I suggest that in honor of this special event we make some sort of celebration. But we should try to make it meaningful. It should not be some kind of physical sensation,bringing more confusion
fpmt.org/lama-yeshes-...
By Lama Yeshe
This is the week of Holy Jesus’s birth, & I suggest that in honor of this special event we make some sort of celebration. But we should try to make it meaningful. It should not be some kind of physical sensation,bringing more confusion
fpmt.org/lama-yeshes-...
Live with compassion
Work with compassion
Meditate with compassion
When problems come
experience them with compassion
Die with compassion
Enjoy with compassion
Practicing this gives you the best happy life
It fulfills all your wishes & all living beings’ wishes for happiness
fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...
Work with compassion
Meditate with compassion
When problems come
experience them with compassion
Die with compassion
Enjoy with compassion
Practicing this gives you the best happy life
It fulfills all your wishes & all living beings’ wishes for happiness
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Enjoy the Holiday Season With Compassion
This holiday season, all of us at FPMT International Office would like to offer our warmest wishes for you to actualize true joy, peace, love, and compassion in your heart. “The sun of real happiness
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December 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Live with compassion
Work with compassion
Meditate with compassion
When problems come
experience them with compassion
Die with compassion
Enjoy with compassion
Practicing this gives you the best happy life
It fulfills all your wishes & all living beings’ wishes for happiness
fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...
Work with compassion
Meditate with compassion
When problems come
experience them with compassion
Die with compassion
Enjoy with compassion
Practicing this gives you the best happy life
It fulfills all your wishes & all living beings’ wishes for happiness
fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...
Warmest wishes, happiest of holidays, and a happy new year to you from all of us at FPMT International Office!
Our December e-news is available and includes:
🪷Teachings & video of Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche
🪷Support offered to ordained Sangha in 2025
🪷Resources for study and practice
Our December e-news is available and includes:
🪷Teachings & video of Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche
🪷Support offered to ordained Sangha in 2025
🪷Resources for study and practice
FPMT International Office News December 2025
International Office News December 2025 Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore, September 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab. Warmest wishes, happiest of holidays, and a happy new...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Warmest wishes, happiest of holidays, and a happy new year to you from all of us at FPMT International Office!
Our December e-news is available and includes:
🪷Teachings & video of Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche
🪷Support offered to ordained Sangha in 2025
🪷Resources for study and practice
Our December e-news is available and includes:
🪷Teachings & video of Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche
🪷Support offered to ordained Sangha in 2025
🪷Resources for study and practice
In 1982, FPMT hosted its first Enlightened Experience Celebration, (EEC1) was held in India from Jan to June 1982. The purpose of the EEC was to gather students of Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche to strengthen & facilitate the transmission of Dharma into Western culture.
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Enlightened Experience Celebration (1) 1982: Precious Videos of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In 1982, FPMT hosted its first Enlightened Experience Celebration, (EEC1) which was held in India from January to June 1982, and hosted by International Mahayana Institute. The purpose of the first E...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
In 1982, FPMT hosted its first Enlightened Experience Celebration, (EEC1) was held in India from Jan to June 1982. The purpose of the EEC was to gather students of Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche to strengthen & facilitate the transmission of Dharma into Western culture.
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Supporting monks & nuns is one of the highest priorities for the FPMT organization, because the preservation of the Buddhadharma is dependent on the existence of Sangha. The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund provides support for food, accommodation, health care, education, & practice.
Rejoicing in Support offered to Ordained Sangha in 2025
Supporting monks and nuns is one of the highest priorities for the FPMT organization, because the preservation of the Buddhadharma is dependent on the existence of Sangha. The Supporting Ordained Sang...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Supporting monks & nuns is one of the highest priorities for the FPMT organization, because the preservation of the Buddhadharma is dependent on the existence of Sangha. The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund provides support for food, accommodation, health care, education, & practice.
Vajrayogini self initiation being offered in Kyabje Lama Zopa room in front of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s kudung on Lama Tsong Khapa day.
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Vajrayogini self initiation being offered in Kyabje Lama Zopa room in front of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s kudung on Lama Tsong Khapa day.
Ganden Ngamchoe, literally “Ganden Offering of the 25th Day,” or Lama Tsongkhapa Day, is a celebration of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is celebrated on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. This year, Lama Tsongkhapa Day falls on Dec 14, 2025.
Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchoe) is on December 14
Ganden Ngamchoe, literally “Ganden Offering of the Twenty-Fifth Day,” or Lama Tsongkhapa Day, is a celebration of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is celebrated on the twenty-fifth...
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December 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Ganden Ngamchoe, literally “Ganden Offering of the 25th Day,” or Lama Tsongkhapa Day, is a celebration of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is celebrated on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. This year, Lama Tsongkhapa Day falls on Dec 14, 2025.
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program (LRZTP) is an FPMT project in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. In addition to the 2 year intensive training program, LRZTP also runs short Tibetan language courses & offers private online Tibetan language lessons.
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Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translation Program Welcomes New Students for LRZTP 10
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program (LRZTP) is an FPMT project in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. LRZTP has produced many gifted Dharma interpreters-translators for FPMT Dharma centers sinc...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program (LRZTP) is an FPMT project in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. In addition to the 2 year intensive training program, LRZTP also runs short Tibetan language courses & offers private online Tibetan language lessons.
fpmt.org/fpmt-communi...
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Lama Yeshe offered this teaching about the importance of bodhicitta & the mind of enlightenment when he was bestowing bodhisattva vows at Chenrezig Institute, on Sep 14, 1979. This discourse is now published in the book Knowledge-Wisdom: The Peaceful Path the Liberation:
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Lama Yeshe's Wisdom: The Enlightenment Attitude
Lama Yeshe offered this teaching about the importance of bodhicitta and the mind of enlightenment when he was bestowing bodhisattva vows at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, on September 14, 1979. This ...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Lama Yeshe offered this teaching about the importance of bodhicitta & the mind of enlightenment when he was bestowing bodhisattva vows at Chenrezig Institute, on Sep 14, 1979. This discourse is now published in the book Knowledge-Wisdom: The Peaceful Path the Liberation:
fpmt.org/lama-yeshes-...
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The FPMT Masters Program in Buddhist Studies of Sutra & Tantra is FPMT’s most advanced education program.
Nalanda Monastery, France, extends an invitation to all interested to join the teachings on the Madhyamakavatara, starting February 2026.
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Nalanda Monastery, France, extends an invitation to all interested to join the teachings on the Madhyamakavatara, starting February 2026.
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Opportunity to Join the FPMT Masters Program Teachings in 2026
The FPMT Masters Program in Buddhist Studies of Sutra and Tantra (MP) is FPMT’s most advanced education program, the realization of the vision of Lama Thubten Yeshe. Its mission is to provide a full-t...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The FPMT Masters Program in Buddhist Studies of Sutra & Tantra is FPMT’s most advanced education program.
Nalanda Monastery, France, extends an invitation to all interested to join the teachings on the Madhyamakavatara, starting February 2026.
fpmt.org/edu-news/opp...
Nalanda Monastery, France, extends an invitation to all interested to join the teachings on the Madhyamakavatara, starting February 2026.
fpmt.org/edu-news/opp...
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One must practice with the bodhisattva attitude every day. People can't see your mind, what people see is a manifestation of your attitude in your actions of body & speech.Pay attention to your attitude all the time, guard it as if you are the police, a nanny who cares for a child, like a bodyguard
December 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
One must practice with the bodhisattva attitude every day. People can't see your mind, what people see is a manifestation of your attitude in your actions of body & speech.Pay attention to your attitude all the time, guard it as if you are the police, a nanny who cares for a child, like a bodyguard
For the 10th year in a row, a very large thangka of Padmasambhava has been displayed & 100,000 tsog offering event has taken place at Kopan Nunnery.
We are delighted to share a report on this year's event from Ven. Sarah Thresher, who also offers details on the history..
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We are delighted to share a report on this year's event from Ven. Sarah Thresher, who also offers details on the history..
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Annual Padmasambhava Large Thangka Raising and Guru Bumtsog in Honor of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
For the tenth year in a row, a very large thangka of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) has been displayed and an auspicious 100,000 tsog offering event (Guru Bumtsog) has taken place at Khachoe Ghakyil Li...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For the 10th year in a row, a very large thangka of Padmasambhava has been displayed & 100,000 tsog offering event has taken place at Kopan Nunnery.
We are delighted to share a report on this year's event from Ven. Sarah Thresher, who also offers details on the history..
fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...
We are delighted to share a report on this year's event from Ven. Sarah Thresher, who also offers details on the history..
fpmt.org/lama-zopa-ri...
Wrapping up the huge thangka of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) that is 75 feet (23 meters) high & 87 feet (27 meters) after the amazing Bum Tsog (Guru Rinpoche 100,000 Tsog offering) offered annually. The thangka is joyfully & carefully taken off the scaffolding & rolled up for next years offering.
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Wrapping up the huge thangka of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) that is 75 feet (23 meters) high & 87 feet (27 meters) after the amazing Bum Tsog (Guru Rinpoche 100,000 Tsog offering) offered annually. The thangka is joyfully & carefully taken off the scaffolding & rolled up for next years offering.