Basic Program students, Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, July 2018. Photo by Sylvia Mairs.
FPMT registered teacher and German monk Ven. Fedor Stracke has agreed to teach two Basic Program subjects—Ornament for Clear Realization and Seventy Topics and Grounds and Paths of Secret Mantra—during July and August of 2019 at Kopan Monastery, FPMT’s mother monastery, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
“Ven. Fedor Stracke is a highly qualified and committed teacher who has been teaching the FPMT Basic Program (BP) at Kopan Monastery for ten years,” said Ven. Fran Mohoupt, Kopan Monastery course coordinator. “These two subjects conclude the second round of Basic Program he has offered at Kopan. Ven. Fedor has studied extensively at Sera Je and also offers the Basic Program as the resident teacher of Aryatara Institut in Munich, Germany. He has contributed much treasured BP materials and translations, both in English and in German.”
Ven. Fedor Stracke, Munich, Germany, February 2017. Photo by Hermann Wittekopf.
“Students who attend these study retreats with Ven. Fedor are often very impressed. Basic Program graduates who studied at Kopan have become Discovering Buddhism teachers and Kopan meditation leaders, and the current teaching assistant for the residential Basic Program at Nalanda Monastery in France completed part of her BP at Kopan.”
Kopan offers the Basic Program in summer intensives over consecutive years. This unique format allows students who missed BP subjects in another center to complete the program while visiting Kopan and connecting with FPMT’s roots. The residential setting allows for daily meditation and group discussion in addition to receiving teachings from Ven. Fedor. A three-month lamrim retreat, which is necessary for graduation from the entire program, is scheduled for next year.
The view from Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2018. July 2018. Photo by Sylvia Mairs.
Learn more about how to register for Basic Program at Kopan Monastery:
https://kopanmonastery.com/courses-retreats/courses/fpmt-basic-program/2018-program
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