Foundation Membership Package

FPMT is proud to offer the Foundation Membership package, designed to provide valuable benefits for donors at all levels of support. No matter which level you choose, every dollar is critical to the maintenance of FPMT programs, to the commitment we've made to charitable projects worldwide, and to our ability to grow and be of increasing benefit to the world.

Membership Levels

A membership term is for one year. All membership levels of $30 or more include a subscription to Mandala magazine, access to the new online Mandala e-zine and a discount for all purchases made through the Foundation Store.

$30/Golden Fish Member

• Free Mandala magazine
• Special Mandala e-zine
• Foundation Store Discount - 5% off on all purchases

$55/Right-Turning Conch Member

• Free Mandala magazine
• Special Mandala e-zine
• Foundation Store Discount - 10% off on all purchases

$108/Precious Umbrella Member

• The above, plus
• Free Mystic Tibet DVD

$365 or $1 a day/Endless Knot Member

• The above, plus
• Free Discovering Buddhism DVD Set

$500 and up/Lotus Flower Member

• The above, plus
• Please allow us to honor you in Mandala and on the FPMT website

Patron Levels

$1000 and up/Great Treasure Vase Founding Patron

Founding Patrons are critical to establishing the membership program and helping to make manifest the vision of FPMT and its Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
• The above, plus
• Special updates informing you of FPMT's progress due to your patronage

$5000 and up/Victory Banner Publishing Patron

Publishing Patrons are instrumental to keeping the Dharma alive through helping the publishing efforts of FPMT, a precious opportunity which brings great merit.  
• The above, plus
• Personal contact regarding custom dedication in FPMT-sponsored puja  

Can I make a donation today
and consider membership later?

YES! Become a Dharma Wheel Donor
Make a donation today to support the Foundation and its work toward lasting happiness for all beings.

Contact us!

FPMT International Office
1632 SE 11th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214-4702
USA

Office Telephone: (503) 808-1588
Toll free (US only): 866-808-3302
Fax: (503) 808-1589

Email: membership@fpmt.org

What is Foundation Membership?

The Buddha taught that every living being has the potential to be free from suffering and to develop limitless love and compassion. For more than thirty years, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) has provided education which transforms people's minds into their highest potential, teaching people how to understand and integrate the teachings of Buddhism into their heart. The heart of FPMT reaches out across thirty-three countries, preserving and transmitting the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and its values toward the happiness of all beings.

As a Foundation Member, you will belong to this community of students, supporting FPMT educational programs which distill the essence of the teachings into courses taught by FPMT's qualified teachers worldwide.

As Buddhism has spread internationally, an accurate presentation of the tradition by qualified teachers in whom students can place their trust is critical. FPMT follows the guidance of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, a peerless representative of the Buddhist teachings in a troubled world. FPMT's founder Lama Thubten Yeshe was a master of the tradition whose teachings still resonate powerfully. FPMT's Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, is respected internationally as a lama of rare ability who has truly realized what it means to live for others.

Your membership supports the Foundation in engaging in charitable projects and services worldwide according to the guidance of these amazing teachers.

Key elements of the Buddha's Mahayana tradition also risk fading away if attention is not paid to preserving the rich array of Buddhist practices which FPMT has inherited from its teachers.

As a Foundation Member, you will be supporting FPMT in its work to keep these practices alive, authentic, and engaged with issues facing the modern practitioner.

In the early years, FPMT was a tightly-knit family of a handful of students looking for answers and two ground-breaking lamas who had profound answers to give. It grew as students decided to bring back what they had learned to their local communities, and FPMT centers began springing up around the world. We are now an international community of over 150 centers, retreat centers, publishing houses, monasteries, and social service projects, and we are still a family:

Become a Foundation Member today and lend your heart to the cause of happiness for all.