Teachings

By Pabongka Rinpoche

The Heart’s Utmost Need: Urging Myself and Others to Remember Impermanence. This text, formerly known as Heart-Spoon, was extensively revised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 2020, and further reviewed by Rinpoche in 2022.

This text by the great Indian pandit Nagarjuna is famous for its descriptions of the bodhisattva's path of compassion and for its clear, concise analysis of the Buddha's teachings on emptiness.

By Lama Tsongkhapa

A praise to the Buddha, composed by Lama Tsongkhapa after he realized emptiness. Translated by Geshe Thupten Jinpa.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recommended this prayer for protection and healing from the coronavirus COVID-19.

By His Holiness the Dalai Lama

A prayer for peace in Tibet and compassion in the world.

Tags: dalai lama, Tibet
By Vajradhara Losang Jinpa

A short lamrim prayer that contains the essence of the whole path to enlightenment

By Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol

A short prayer that helps us develop the correct attitude toward the virtuous friend.

By Lama Atisha

A seminal text that sets out the stages of the path to enlightenment (lamrim)

By Geshe Langri Tangpa

A classic mind training (lojong) text by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa.

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By Pabongka Rinpoche

A definitive root text on the seven-point mind training, supplemented by outlines.

By Pabongka Rinpoche

A heartfelt request to the guru for blessings to realize all the stages of the path to enlightenment, as well as a meditation on the nature of the guru.

Chapters:
Calling the Guru from Afar (Extensive Version) •
Calling the Guru from Afar (Brief Version) •
By Pabongka Rinpoche

A Teaching With Special Emphasis on the Methods of an Experiential Instruction

By Lama Tsongkhapa

A seminal text, translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, describing how to cultivate renunciation, bodhicitta, and the correct view of emptiness.

By Lama Tsongkhapa

This concise prayer by Lama Tsongkhapa teaches the entire graduated path to enlightenment.

By Lama Tsongkhapa

A brief presentation of the stages of the path to enlightenment.