Teachings

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

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

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

The lineage of the teachings was handed down to the Kadampas by Atisha, an Indian pandit who revived Buddhism in Tibet.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Root Institute, Bodhgaya

Commentary on the teachings of Atisha and the Kadampa geshes, the exemplary practitioners of Buddhism in Tibet.

Chapters:
Kadampa Teachings •
Editor's Preface (Ailsa Cameron) •
Kadampa Teachings 1: Bodhgaya, January 2003 •
Kadampa Teachings 2: Bodhgaya, December 2003 - January 2004 •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Root Institute, Bodhgaya, India; 26 December 2003 - 02 January 2004

Teachings given at Root Institute, Days 5 - 7; includes a commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland

Chapters:
Day Five: Jewel Garland Commentary - Cherishing the practice and turning away from samsaric happiness •
Day Five: Jewel Garland Commentary - Protecting ordination by reflecting on impermanence and suffering of samsara •
Day Five: Jewel Garland Commentary - Protecting the senses by analyzing how attachment arises •
Day Five: Dedications •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Root Institute, Bodhgaya, India; 26 December 2003 - 02 January 2004

Teachings at Root Institute, Days 1 - 4; includes an oral transmission and commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland

Chapters:
Day One: The cause of problems •
Day One: Seeing suffering of others and developing the wish to offer them the highest benefit •
Day One: Developing the wish to repay the kindness of others, Dedications •
Day Two: Precious Human Rebirth •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in San Francisco, CA USA

A commentary given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on an essential mind training text composed by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa.

Chapters:
Day One: Perfect Human Rebirth •
Day One: Renunciation •
Day One: Shortcomings of Desire Part A •
Day One: Shortcomings of Desire Part B •
By Adele Hulse

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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 His Holiness the Dalai Lama

A prayer composed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, who passed away in 1983.

By Khunu Lama Rinpoche in Boudhanath, Nepal, 1975

A commentary on Atisha's text, given to Western monks and nuns in Boudhanath, Nepal, in 1975. The teaching is translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and edited by Nicholas Ribush.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

A prayer composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the swift return of Geshe Jampa Gyatso

Tags: prayers
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Sydney, Australia September 1996

Praise and request to His Holiness the Dalai Lama given at the long-life puja offered to His Holiness in September 1996, after the Kalachakra initiation in Sydney, Australia

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 •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Praises and requests to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and advice about his qualities.

Topics: Lineage Lamas
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Request for Kalachakra Initiation •
A Praise to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama •
For His Holiness the Dalai Lama •
Rinpoche’s Address to His Holiness the Dalai Lama •

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