The Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) has introduced that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has confirmed that the reincarnation of their founding trainer, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, has been reborn. According to a assertion launched by FPMT:
With nice rejoicing, we share the great information simply introduced at the 2025 CPMT Summit that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has confirmed that the reincarnation of our most valuable religious director, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, has been reborn. According to His Holiness’s statement, the reincarnation has taken rebirth in Nepal.
The assertion additionally gives a notice from H.H. the Dalai Lama relating to the rebirth of the reincarnation of Lama Zopa, launched on March 18, 2025:
As requested primarily by devotees of Kopan Ogmin Jangchub Choling Monastery, Kopan Khachoe Gakhyil Ling Nunnery, FPMT facilities worldwide, along with Sera Je Drati Khangtsen and the disciples usually. The consequence of checking is:
The reincarnation of Zopa Rinpoche reveals to exist and that too seems to point out inside Nepal, progressively search for and do the investigation.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was a Buddhist trainer and writer who co-founded Kopan Monastery, Wisdom Publications, and the worldwide group of Buddhist sanghas and tasks often called the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). He handed away on April thirteenth, 2023. According to this announcement, H.H. the Dalai Lama has confirmed that the rebirth of Lama Zopa has taken place, nevertheless, his reincarnation has not been discovered or acknowledged but. According to the announcement by FPMT, information and updates on this course of because it unfolds will proceed to be communicated by means of their web site.
The recognition of the reincarnation of excessive lamas is a well-established observe in the Tibetan Buddhist custom, generally often called the tulku system. In this technique, realized masters are believed to deliberately take rebirth with a view to proceed their religious exercise for the profit of others. Among the most well-known tulku lineages are the Karmapas and the Dalai Lamas, each of which have performed pivotal roles in Tibetan Buddhist historical past.
