His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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Teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Category: Introductory
- When the Ironbird Flies (Last Updated Sep 15, 2008 )
  An Interview with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
- The Birthright of All Beings (Last Updated Jun 2, 2009 )
  A message from His Holiness at Saka Dawa about each of us seeking joy and freedom from suffering
- Seeking an Inner Refuge (Last Updated Feb 21, 2009 )
  Short teaching on the basics of Buddhism
- Preliminary Teachings to the Kalachakra Initiation (Members Only) (Last Updated Aug 14, 2008 )
  Preliminary teachings to the Kalachakra Initiation 1994
- Happiness, Karma and Mind (Last Updated Sep 15, 2008 )
  Teaching on how to gain happiness and the path to liberation from suffering
Category: Lineage Lamas
- Category: Praises and Tributes
  - A Prayer for the Quick Return of Kyabje Ling Rinpoche (Last Updated Apr 11, 2010 )
    For His Holiness Ling Rinpoche, who died in 1983
Category: Buddhist Practices
- A Survey of the Paths of Tibetan Buddhism (Last Updated Mar 18, 2009 )
  A survey of all the Buddhist practices including the systems of both sutra and tantra undertaken in the Tibetan tradition
- Category: Deity Practice
  - The Yoga Method of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion (Last Updated Mar 16, 2009 )
    A commentary on the self-generation sadhana of Avalokiteshvara
  - Commentary on Gyalwa Gyatso (Last Updated Mar 8, 2009 )
    Commentary on the Chenrezig Gyalwa Gyatso sadhana
Category: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim)
- Category: General Lam-rim
  - Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment (Last Updated Apr 7, 2010 )
    Commentary on two core lam-rim texts by Atisha and Lama Tsongkhapa
- Category: Three Principal Aspects of the Path
  - The Spirit of Manjushri (Last Updated Nov 17, 2008 )
    Teachings on renunciation, bodhicitta, and emptiness, along with a Manjushri blessing.
- Category: Four Noble Truths
  - The Four Noble Truths (Members Only) (Last Updated Apr 11, 2010 )
    Teachings on this core topic in Buddhism
  - Four Noble Truths (Last Updated Apr 12, 2010 )
    Teachings on the Four Noble Truths
Category: Contemporary Issues
- Category: Religious Tolerance
  - Dimensions of Spirituality (Last Updated Oct 11, 2008 )
    Compassion as the core value of all the world's religions
- Category: World Peace
  - The Global Community and The Need for Universal Responsibility (Last Updated Sep 15, 2008 )
    A talk on the need for a greater sense of human community in order to bring about peace in our world
  - New Millennium Message (Last Updated Feb 21, 2009 )
    A message from His Holiness for the turn of the century
  - A Human Approach to World Peace (Last Updated Sep 15, 2008 )
    A talk on how compassion and universal responsibility lead to a peaceful world
Category: Meditation
- Category: Meditation Practice
  - Commentary on Chapter 8 of Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    A commentary on Chapter 8 – the chapter titled "Meditation" – of Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara (Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life).
Category: Love and Compassion
- Category: Developing Compassion
  - Compassion and the Individual (Last Updated Mar 15, 2010 )
    The development of compassion as the key to a happier and more successful world
- Category: Mind Training (lo-jong)
  - The Thirty-Seven Practices of the Bodhisattva (Last Updated Jul 28, 2010 )
    His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave this teaching at Bodhgaya in January 1974.
  - The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (Members Only) (Last Updated Mar 15, 2010 )
    Preliminary Teachings to the Kalachakra Initiation 1989
  - The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation (Last Updated Jul 29, 2010 )
    Commentary on the text written by Kadampa geshe Langri Tangpa
Category: Bodhicitta
- Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara (Members Only) (Last Updated Aug 14, 2008 )
  Preliminary teachings to the Kalachakra Initiation 1991
Category: Nature of Mind
- What is the Mind? (Last Updated Dec 22, 2008 )
  His Holiness explains the Buddhist concept of mind to the participants of a Mind Science symposium at Harvard University
Category: Sufferings of Samsara
- Category: Anger
  - The Monk in the Lab (Last Updated Sep 15, 2008 )
    New York Times Editorial
Category: Impermanence & Death
- Category: Death and Rebirth
  - Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth (Last Updated Mar 16, 2010 )
    Published as the foreword to "Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth" by Lati Rinpoche and Jeffrey Hopkins