The majority of FPMT centers are organized around the core activities of study and meditation, providing a means for students to receive teachings and meditate upon them. Centers offer weekly meditation sessions, weekend courses and retreats of various lengths. More serious students can enroll in intensive study programs which are based on the commentaries of Atisha, Tsong Khapa and other great masters, following an unbroken lineage from the teachings given by the Buddha 2,500 years ago. Most centers have retreat facilities. Some are set up specifically for retreat and have lamas in residence for guidance.
Some centers have resident communities to provide facilities for study and meditation.
Community living is an opportunity to practice intensively among fellow Buddhists and provides one with the opportunity to serve others. The Sangha of ordained practitioners have played a central role in keeping alive and passing on the lineages of teachings and practice since the time of the Buddha. The FPMT communities specifically for monks are Kopan in Nepal, Nalanda in France, Takden Shedrup Targye Ling in Italy and Thubten Shedup Ling in both Nepal and Australia. Juk Ling Nunnery in Canada. Publishing FPMT publishers translate, edit, publish and distribute books around the world.