Teachings

E-letter No. 176: February 2018
By Nicholas Ribush

Lama Yeshe: The Dangers of the Discriminating Mind
Topics: Monthly E-letter
Tags: mind, karma, action, merit
The Benefits of Stupas
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Atisha Centre, Bendigo, Australia

An extensive teaching on the benefits and blessings of stupas; includes advice about the Great Stupa being built near Bendigo, Australia.
Topics: Holy Objects
Tags: holy objects, merit, karma, q&a, purification, enlightenment
Questions Regarding the Lamrim
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Rinpoche answers questions from students at a Dharma center about the lam-rim.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Lam-rim Study and Practice
Tags: lamrim (path to enlightenment), karma, bodhisattva, merit, spiritual teacher (guru / lama), Lama Tsongkhapa, pure land, prayers, q&a
Life Practices
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for practices for the rest of his life. Rinpoche responded with this advice. 
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices
Tags: vows, perfect human rebirth, karma, bodhisattva, omniscient mind, holy objects, merit, offering, prison, self-cherishing, I, emptiness (shunyata), compassion, labels, tonglen (taking and giving), patience, attachment, sex
The Benefits of Making Statues
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India 1990

Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to accumulate merit and the causes of ultimate happiness by viewing, making and respecting holy objects, in this teaching given at Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India, in May 1990.
Topics: Holy Objects
Tags: merit, holy objects, liberation, enlightenment, offering, karma, happiness