Kopan Course No. 52 (2019)

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Kopan Monastery, Nepal (Archive #2120)

These teachings were given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 52nd Kopan Meditation Course, held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in November–December 2019. Transcribed and edited by Ven. Joan Nicell, and subsequently lightly edited by Gordon McDougall. You can find videos, audio files and transcripts of all Rinpoche’s lectures from Kopan 2019 here, along with two discourses by Khadro-la, given during this course. 

Forthcoming: LYWA will be publishing an ebook of the teachings from this course, as part of a new series which will convert all the Kopan courses into ebooks, including those already published on our website and those not yet published.

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Sutra Requested by Sagaramati. Published as The Questions of Sagaramati (Sagaramatipariprccha). Dharmachakra Translation Committee. 84000.co, 2020.

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Khunu Lama Rinpoche (Tenzin Gyaltsen). Praise to Bodhicitta. Published as Vast as the Heavens Deep as the Sea: Verses in Praise of Bodhicitta. Translated by Gareth Sparham. New York: Wisdom Publications, 1999.

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTS

FPMT. FPMT Essential Prayer Book. Portland: FPMT, 2024.

Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Thubten. Bodhisattva Attitude. Boston: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, 2012.

________. How to Make My Lives Wish-Fulfilling: The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment). Portland: FPMT, 2022.