Teachings

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal

Lama Zopa Rinpoche reflects on the qualities of the great yogi Geshe Lama Konchog in this short excerpt from Kopan Course 40.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

Rinpoche teaches on guru devotion, using Milarepa’s life story as an inspiring example, in this excerpt from the 38th Kopan Course.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Tushita-Delhi and Tushita-Dharamsala, India

Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes how he first met Lama Yeshe and speaks of his last illness and of his pure compassion and great spiritual attainments in this interview with Piero Cerri shortly after Lama passed away.

A special issue of Wisdom magazine in honor of Lama Yeshe's life and work, published in 1984. This commemorative issue features thirty pages of tributes, teachings, poems and photographs.

By Adele Hulse

Read Chapter 7 of Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe. This chapter describes the lamas' pilgrimage to Lawudo and the beginnings of Kopan Monastery in 1969.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

A teaching about the life of Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen, a great bodhisattva and scholar from the Kinnaur region of Himachal Pradesh, northern India. 

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976

Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes the life and work of the great bodhisattva Atisha.

By Adele Hulse

Explore our Big Love resources and order your copy here.

Chapters:
Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe •
Resources •
Foreword by Lama Zopa Rinpoche •
Author's Note •
By Nicholas Ribush

Dr Nicholas Ribush describes the qualities of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso in this article. 

By Various lamas

An account of Lama Yeshe's last days, death and funeral, and a collection of tributes written by fellow lamas and students

Chapters:
Account of Lama's Last Days and Funeral •
Address to Funeral Attendees by Lama Zopa Rinpoche •
Tribute by Lama Zopa Rinpoche •
Tribute by Geshe Tegchok •