The center started as a FPMT study-group in 2001: https://longku.fpmt.ch/en/home and is since 2004 an officially acknowledged member of the international Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition FPMT. Lhagsam Tibetan Meditation Zurich is since 2017 affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). https://lhagsam.ch/who-we-are/