Project Guru Rinpoche

A passionate initiative to create magnificent Guru Rinpoche statues in Pokhara and Maratika, honoring the spiritual heritage of Tibetan Buddhism and serving as beacons of wisdom and compassion.

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Project Guru Rinpoche

A passionate initiative to create magnificent Guru Rinpoche statues in Pokhara and Maratika, honoring the spiritual heritage of Tibetan Buddhism and serving as beacons of wisdom and compassion.

Donate Now

Project Guru Rinpoche

A passionate initiative to create magnificent Guru Rinpoche statues in Pokhara and Maratika, honoring the spiritual heritage of Tibetan Buddhism and serving as beacons of wisdom and compassion.

Donate Now

Who is Guru Rinpoche?

Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) is perhaps the most universally cherished realized being in all of Tibetan Buddhism. Padmasambhava came to Tibet from India in the 8th century and helped establish a pure lineage which is still practiced today by all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism around the world.

Why are we building statues?

The Padmasambhava Project for Peace is dedicated to fulfilling Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s goal of building many large statues of Padmasambhava around the world in order to create the cause for peace for all beings. To date, 27 statues have been built. The statues sponsored by this project are built with utmost precision and care. They not only bless the environment with Padmasambhava’s powerful image, but they also contribute to the local economy where they are built and preserve ancient artisan techniques.

“Building Guru Rinpoche statues will bring immeasurable benefit, peace, happiness, and freedom to the world. They will have immeasurable impact.”

- Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Benefits of building the statues

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Project Pokhara

The Guru Rinpoche statue to be created in Pokhara will be built next to the renowned Annapurna Cable Car. With meticulous attention to detail, the development will harmoniously blend with the natural landscape, creating a captivating and serene environment.

Pokhara Roadmap

Land procurement

Current stage

Construction to begin end 2023

Expected completion to be late 2025

Images provided by Scale Architects

Project Maratika

The Guru Rinpoche statue to be created in Maratika will be built in Halesi, Khotang.

Maratika Roadmap

Land procurement

Completed

Construction to begin (TBC)

Expected completion date (TBC)

“My wish is for FPMT to build many holy objects everywhere, as many as possible. Making it so easy for sentient beings to purify their heavy negative karma and making it so easy for sentient beings to create extensive merit. Which makes it so easy to achieve the realizations of the path and so easy to achieve liberation and enlightenment.”

- Lama Zopa Rinpoche

How to support the project

We deeply appreciate your support and willingness to contribute to this noble cause. You can easily make a donation by through local bank transfer or international transfers through FPMT website. To show our heartfelt appreciation for larger donations, we have prepared special gifts of a prayer wheel for contributors at the donation levels of SGD$5,000, and SGD$20,000. They represent our gratitude for your exceptional support and dedication to this project.

With the cost of land for Pokhara at $2 million. We are seeking roughly 2000 shares of $1000 SGD for the required amount. However, any amount of donation is welcomed to support this project.

$5,000 Donation Gift

Table top Prayer Wheel

$20,000 Donation Gift

Swarovski Crystal Prayer Wheel

Table top prayer wheel contains 500,000,000,000 Om mani padme hum mantras.

Swarovski Crystal prayer wheel contains 21,000,000,000,000 Om mani padme hum mantras.

For Local Transfers

Local transfers can be made via bank transfer to our DBS Bank account 029-036303-0.

For International Transfers

International Transfers can be made through the FPMT Website.

Link to FPMT Donation page

For donations of SGD$5,000 or more and SGD$20,000 or more, screenshot your transaction confirmation and complete the attached Google form. We'll reach out to you with the gift collection details. Thank you for your support!

Link to Google Form

100% of the donations will go to land procurement and cost of construction.