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Holy objects at Lama Zopa Rinpoche's house in Aptos, California.

Many Years of Practice

Advice on practices for many years or a whole lifetime.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kurukulla Center, Boston, USA. August 2018. Photo: Amdo GT Photography.

E-letter No. 182: August 2018

Welcome to our August 2018 E-letter!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Long Life Puja, Kopan Monastery, Nepal.

Kopan Course No. 42 (2009)

A teaching on karma, the eight worldly dharmas, and other lam-rim topics.

LYWA Multimedia: The Seven-Limb Practice

Experience our new multimedia presentation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings.

Abiding in the Retreat

Our latest book is now available, in print and as an ebook.
Lama Yeshe with students at the Fourth Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973.

1973: First Steps, First Students

Read the revised 1973 chapter from Big Love.

The Urgency of Realizing Lamrim

The Urgency of Realizing Lamrim (2006)

A wonderful teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche given during a lamrim retreat at Vajrapani Institute in 2006. In this teaching Rinpoche impresses upon us the urgent importance of concentrating all our efforts on realizing the stages of the path to enlightenment. This should be our most important goal. Read along with the transcript of this teaching.

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