FPMT North America
FPMT North America is:
- A home for authentic Buddhist teachings within the Tibetan Gelugpa tradition
- A thriving network of 27 meditation centres and community service projects throughout the United States and Canada, supported by a regional office
- Serving the needs of both new students and long-time practitioners
- Creating spaces for authentic learning and practice in the modern world
- Affiliated with the international Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT)
- Inspired by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and working together to fulfil the wishes of our FPMT Founders Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
The FPMT North America Regional Office
We support and provide resources, coordination and collaboration for the 27 FPMT entities in the U.S. and Canada. Our team consists of a Regional Coordinator, Education Coordinator, a three-person Board of Directors and other volunteers. Check out our current volunteer and employment opportunities.
Our regional vision is a vibrant, healthy and sustainable team of FPMT centers, projects, services and study groups working together for the benefit of the sentient beings of North America by offering expansive and engaging Dharma programming and Dharma-based services rooted in FPMT tradition and delivered for a modern audience.
FPMT Mission Statement
of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT)
The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) is an organization devoted to preserving and spreading Mahayana Buddhism worldwide by creating opportunities to listen, reflect, meditate, practice, and actualize the unmistaken teachings of the Buddha and based on that experience spreading the Dharma to sentient beings.
We provide integrated education through which people’s minds and hearts can be transformed into their highest potential for the benefit of others, inspired by an attitude of universal responsibility and service. We are committed to creating harmonious environments and helping all beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and compassion.
Our organization is based on the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught to us by our founders Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.