Karuna Hospice Services

Karuna's goal is to provide comfort and quality of life for people who are dying and their families, and relieve fear and suffering associated with loss. Our service is based on the values of the preciousness of life, respect, compassionate service, empowerment and universal responsibility.

Kindness Week

Kindness week is a community project designed to nurture the spirit of kindness and enhance our lives. Simple kindness adopted on a daily basis creates a happier and safer environment for all of us: at school, at work, at home and in all aspects of life.

FPMT and FPMTA

The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) transmits the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through Tibetan Buddhist teachings, meditation, community service, retreat centers, and projects that preserve the tradition. FPMT is based on the Gelugpa tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught by our founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe and spiritual director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

FPMT Australia Ltd is affiliated with the FPMT and serves all FPMT centres and study groups in Australia by supporting centres, organising regular regional meetings, coordinating teaching tours and maintaining communication between the centres and other parts of the organisation.

Mandala Magazine

Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist Journal that captures the life and times of a vibrant organization flourishing in 31 countries. Mandala offers a look at the culture, practice and experiences of an international community that has a clear and practical approach to the challenges of the 21st century.

Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive

The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA) is the collected works of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Kyabje Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. The Archive was founded in 1996 by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, its spiritual director, to make available in various ways the teachings it contains. Publication of books of edited teachings for free distribution is one of the ways.

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche began teaching at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in 1970. Since then, their teachings have been recorded and transcribed. At present we have more than 10,000 hours of digital audio and some 60,000 pages of raw transcript on our computers. Many recordings, mostly teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, remain to be transcribed, and as Rinpoche continues to teach, the number of recordings in the Archive increases accordingly. Most of our transcripts have been neither checked nor edited.