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Kopan Course No. 28 (Fall 1995)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche

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The following are teachings given by Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche at the Twenty-Eighth Kopan Meditation Course. They include oral transmissions of the Heart Sutra, the 35 Buddhas Confession Prayer, and Pabongka Rinpoche's Heart-Spoon.

This set of lectures does not represent the entire course, just primarily Rinpoche's teachings. During the early part of the course, discourses were given by geshes and Western students.

Since these teachings were recorded on audio tape, you will notice some comments related to the tapes within the transcript. In addition to reading or listening to the individual lectures, you may also download the entire transcript in a pdf file (65 pgs). If you have trouble opening this file in your browser, try right-clicking on the link and choosing "Save Target As..." to save the pdf file to your local drive. Then, open the file from your machine using Acrobat.

LECTURES BY LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE


Lecture 1

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Introduction to Great Chenrezig Initiation
Buddha’s compassion is all-embracing and non-discriminating
Because of compassion Buddha is a reliable guide
The benefits of compassion and need to develop compassion
Rinpoche’s mother and Lama Yeshe
Benefits of practicing tantra
Importance of dedication.


Lecture 2

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Recitation and visualization of Chenrezig mantra
The benefits of practicing tantra
The four classes of tantra
Vajrayana the “result vehicle”
Accumulating the two types of merit
Generation and completion stages
Unification of clear light and illusory body
Reason to practice tantra is only compassion.
Origination of the universe and its inhabitants
Why tantra is precious and rare
Important to be aware how the maras disturb Dharma practice
All buddhas attain enlightenment through tantra.
Meditations to help depression
Oral transmission of Heart-spoon
Motivation and preparation of Great Chenrezig initiation


Lecture 3

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The meaning of vajrayana
The importance of lam.rim as a basis for tantra practice
Dangers of not having lam.rim as a basis
Meaning of secret mantra
The benefits of reciting Chenrezig mantra
Rinpoche’s mother recited OM MANI PADME HUM
Checking dreams
Everything is hallucinated appearance
Lecture 4 Dedication after taking precepts
Benefits of the eight precepts
Lecture 5 Buddha potential
Purifying obscurations
Karma, four possessed results of
Covetousness
Lecture 6
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Shopping with lam.rim awareness
Emptiness, the four philosophical schools
Need to realize the Prasangika School view of the refuting object
Hallucinated appearances
Wisdom and the specific ignorance that is the root of samsara
Daily attitude without the three principal paths is deluded
We need lam.rim in every aspect of life
Importance of motivation and bodhicitta in daily life
Why there is no fulfillment in the heart
Lecture 7
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Results of ordained and lay people’s negative actions
Results of actions done with bodhicitta motivation
Importance of Vajrasattva daily recitation
Introducing bodhisattva and tantra vows
Vajrasattva purifies everything
Start of Vajrasattva initiation

Lecture 8
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Incomparable merit of meditating on emptiness
Understanding samsara
Oral transmission of the Heart of Wisdom Sutra.
Oral transmission of the Thirty-five Buddhas Confession prayer
The power of Medicine Buddha practice
Medicine Buddha practice to cure heavy sicknesses
Healing stories
Good to be pure vegetarian
Lecture 9
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Continuity of aggregates
Nature of the mind
Continuity of delusions
Importance of taking refuge and actualizing lam.rim
Obscurations removed on the five Mahayana paths
Refuges of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
The Hinayana two causes of taking refuge
Mahayana refuge
Essence of taking precepts is to bring others happiness
Morality is the best basis
Living in the vows accumulates merit even in a coma
So.jong ceremony and the sound of beating the wood
Vast difference in merits accumulated by people holding vows or not
Accumulating two types of merit.
Taking refuge and precepts
Motivation
Contaminated aggregates cause future samsara
Absolute and conventional Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
Refuge and precepts ceremony
Dedication