Kopan Course No. 11 (1978) - Lama Zopa Rinpoche

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Section 1	The Unsubdued Mind Motivation Happiness is Created by the Mind Happiness is Not Outside You The Importance of Attaining Enlightenment Consciousness Karma Question and Answer Consciousness and Death Reincarnation The Importance of a Peaceful Mind Chenrezig Meditation Reincarnation Becoming Free of Ignorance and Delusions The Study of the Mind Stages of Enlightenment Guru Yoga Inspiration from Great Practitioners How to Listen to the Teachings
Section 2	The Faults of Self-Cherishing Qualities of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha Qualities of the Dharma Practicing Dharma in Degenerate Times The Seven Points of Thought Transformation Shamatha Meditation What to Do in the Break Time Four-Arm Chenrezig Meditation Explanation of the Mantra OM MANI PADME HUNG Review of the Lamrim Karma Sufferings of the Narak Realms Biography of Shantideva Basic Meditations on the Lamrim Sufferings of the Preta Realm
Section 3	Precious Human Rebirth Khunu Rinpoche Bodhicitta Guru Shakyamuni and the West Practicing the Lamrim How to Practice Dharma Milarepa More Precious Human Rebirth Buddha’s Omniscient Mind Practicing Dharma in Daily Life More Bodhicitta How to Think in Daily Life
Section 4	Motivation What Happens if You Disturb a Mouse, and Other Stories of the Animal Realm Lamrim Meditation Generating Realizations of the Path Precious Human Rebirth How Difficult it is to Live in Moral Conduct Anger is Destructive More Precious Human Rebirth Clinging to the Comfort of this Life The Difficulty of Practicing Dharma The Rarity of Virtue The Eight Worldly Dharmas Bodhicitta The Four Mindfulnesses Question and Answer Sexual and Romantic Attachment
Section 5	How to Generate True Love Bodhicitta Meditation Subdues the Mind Meditation Antidotes to the Delusions The Eight Worldly Dharmas The Ten Innermost Jewels and the Kadampa Geshes
Section 6	Impermanence and Death Attaining Enlightenment More Impermanence and Death Jim Jones
Section 7	Impermanence and Death Perserverence in Practicing Dharma Impermanence and Death Meditation on Impermanence and Death The Shortcomings of Samsara The Best Methods to Use at the Time of Death Death and Impermanence The Signs of Death Developing the Mind The Cycle of Samsara Liberation The Way to Practice Perfectly Refuge
Section 8	Refuge Bodhicitta How to Meditate on Lamrim The Objects of Refuge Training the Mind in Bodhicitta and Equanimity The Kindness of the Mother Training the Mind in Equanimity Drugs and Dharma More Refuge and Objects of Refuge Asanga More Bodhicitta Refuge Self-Cherishing Shortcomings of the Self-Cherishing Thought How to Meditate on Thought Transformation

Kopan Course No. 11 (Fall 1978) Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Kopan Course No. 11 (Fall 1978)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche