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FPMT International Office
The FPMT Puja Fund
Sponsoring continual pujas and practices around the
world for the benefit of all FPMT centers and projects,
all FPMT students and benefactors, and for all beings
everywhere
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FPMT International Office
• The FPMT Puja Fund began in 1995, as
a result of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wish
to offer ongoing pujas and practices
dedicated specifically for the entire
organization and all the students and
benefactors
• Sponsoring these pujas and practices
not only benefits FPMT, but has a direct
financial benefit to the monasteries
and nunneries and the Sangha that
perform them
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FPMT International Office
Pujas and practices are performed on
an ongoing basis on the following
auspicious days:
• The four great wheel turning days
• Full moon and new moon
• The anniversaries of Trijang Rinpoche
and Lama Tsongkhapa
• Losar (Tibetan New Year)
• Each Tibetan 8th (a special day to
perform the Medicine Buddha puja)
Monks at Sera Je Monastery doing Hayagriva practice to
eliminate obstacles
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FPMT International Office
Monthly pujas and practices
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Medicine Buddha puja – offered by 2,000 monks of
Sera Mey
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Extensive Hayagriva puja- offered by 40 - 50 senior
monks of Sera Je
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Offering saffron, a new giant silk umbrella and lights at
the Boudhanath stupa and Swambunath stupa in Nepal
– this is offered every full and new moon
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16 Arhant Puja – offered by 370 monks of Kopan
Monastery
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Offering gold to the face of Jowo Buddha in the Jokang,
Tibet
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Offering new robes to the Shakyamuni Buddha statue
Gold is offered to the face of Jowo Buddha every full moon
in Bodh Gaya, India
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FPMT International Office
On the 4 great Buddha days these pujas and
practices are offered
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Tukchuma puja - 64 Offerings to Kalarupa to eliminate
obstacles for one’s activities or projects that are bringing
benefit to others
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Namgyäl Tsechog -1,000 offerings to Namgyalma (long
life deity)
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Medicine Buddha puja and recitation of the King of
Prayers
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Namgyäl Tongchu -Long life puja of Namgyalma
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Offerings are made to all of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s gurus,
such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Offerings are made to the Sangha at FPMT Sangha
communities
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FPMT International Office
During the month of Saka Dawa these
pujas and practices are offered
• 100,000 recitations of the Praises to the
21 Taras offered by the 400 nuns of
Khachoe Ghakyil Ling Nunnery, Nepal
• Gyurme Tantric College offers recitation
of the Prajnaparamita (three versions)
by 650 monks
• 100,000 Tsog Offerings to
Padmasambhava - offered by Lama
Zopa Rinpoche, Dagri Rinpoche, Khadrola and high lamas from Geluk, Nyingma
and Kagyu monasteries.
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FPMT International Office
• On these days, virtuous
karma is increased many
times, magnified as much
as 100 million times
• Many of these pujas are
done by over 9,000
ordained Sangha from
Sera Je and Sera Mey,
Ganden, Drepung and
Kopan Monastery
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FPMT International Office
Annually
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The 1,750 monks at Ganden Monastery
offer a requesting puja for Buddha to
descend from Tushita
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100,000 Praises to the 21 Taras are offered
by the 400 Kopan nuns
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Recitation of the entire Kangyur by the
400 nuns of Kopan Nunner
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Tsog is offered on the anniversary of Trijang
Rinpoche’s passing at Ganden Monastery
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10,000 light offerings are made at Ganden
Monastery on Lama Tsongkhapa day
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Robes are offered to scholars of Sera Je
who have been able to memorize certain
rare texts
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FPMT International Office
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Offerings are made on the 15th day of the
annual Monlam festival at Kopan monastery
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Stupas are made and sponsored every Saka
Dawa at Chenrezig Institute
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A full set of robes are offered to all the FPMT
geshes and resident teachers
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Each year FPMT checks with one of
Rinpoche’s gurus to see if there are obstacles
to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s health or to the
FPMT and then pujas are arranged
accordingly
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FPMT International Office
Lama Zopa Rinpoche requested the Sangha
serving at his house each day to do prayers
and practices
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For those who have died they make, fill and
dedicate a Kadmapa stupa
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For those who are sick they make 7 Medicine
Buddha, 13 Mitukpa and 3 Long Life Deity
tsa-tsas
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Animal liberations are performed 4 x a
month with extensive prayers and
dedications.
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FPMT International Office
The Sangha who perform these pujas and
practices always dedicate the merit
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To the long life of His Holiness the Dalai
Lama
To the removal of all obstacles to all FPMT
Dharma activities, centers and projects
To all people working for FPMT and their
families
To all benefactors and their families
To all beings who sick
To all beings who have passed away
To all who have requested for prayers
And to all sentient beings
The Kopan nuns
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FPMT International Office
“So far, these offerings and pujas have not been
publicized much, but I would like to make it known
so that other people can participate in making
these extensive offerings. The offering to all these
monasteries and sangha happen continuously,
every year, every month. My idea is for these
offerings and pujas to continue forever or as long
as the monasteries exist. All the offerings that are
made are in monasteries of my gurus; this is
because it creates so much more merit.
If you make offerings, please think in this way and
dedicate, and you can also remember on the actual
day that the pujas are happening, rejoice and
dedicate. This is the best business, the best way to
create most extensive merit.”
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
These are the actual robes offered every month to the
Buddha in Bodh Gaya
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FPMT International Office
• The annual cost for all these
practices and pujas is
$85,000
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For the last fifteen years
Rinpoche himself has almost
entirely covered the cost of
these pujas and practices
because of their importance
for the success of the entire
organization
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The pujas will happen
continuously for as long as
the monasteries and
nunneries exist
Rinpoche recently commented “how is it possible
for a day to go by without doing puja’s, it is so
extremely important”
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FPMT International Office
All these pujas and practices are being offered
by ordained Sangha, sometimes up to 9,000,
many whom are fully ordained monks and all
of whom are disciples of His Holiness the
Dalai Lama
Even offering one dollar to this fund helps it
continue
For more information
www.fpmt.org/projects/puja
Or please email
[email protected]
Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche doing puja
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