These teachings were given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the Third Kopan Meditation Course, October-November 1972, and the Fourth Kopan Meditation Course, March-April, 1973, held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal. Lightly edited by Gordon McDougall.
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Bibliography
INDIAN AND TIBETAN TEXTS
Nagarjuna. Letter to a Friend. Translated by Padmakara Translation Group. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2005.
——. Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland. Translated by Jeffrey Hopkins. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2007.
Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo. Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand. Edited by Trijang Rinpoche, translated by Michael Richards. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2006. Also published in three parts as Liberation in Our Hands, translated by Tharchin and Engle. Howell, NJ: Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Press, 1990–2001.
Tsongkhapa, Je. The Foundation of All Good Qualities (yön tän zhir gyur ma). Pp. 111–15 in FPMT Essential Prayer Book, which can be found in the FPMT Catalogue. Portland: FPMT, 2024.
——. Great Treatise on the Path to Enlightenment (lam rim chen mo) (vol 1). Translated by Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2000.
——. The Three Principal Aspects of the Path (lam tso nam sum). Pp. 116–22 in FPMT Essential Prayer Book, which can be found in the FPMT Catalogue. Portland: FPMT, 2024.
Sangye, Padampa. A Hundred Advices to the Tingri People. Translated by John Canti of the Padmakara Translation Group. Taken from www.tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com.
Shantideva. A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. (Bodhisattvacaryavatara; jang chub sem pä chö pa la jug pa). Translated by Stephen Batchelor. Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archive, 2011.
Thangpa, Langri. Eight Verses of Thought Transformation, which can be found in the FPMT Catalogue. Translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Portland: FPMT, 2019.
Zangpo, Thogme. Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva. Available in The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas: An Oral Teaching by Geshe Rinchen Sonam. Translated by Ruth Sonam. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 1997.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTS
FPMT. FPMT Essential Prayer Book, which can be found in the FPMT Catalogue. Portland: FPMT, 2024.
——. Lama Chöpa Jorchö, which can be found in the FPMT Catalogue. Composed by Losang Chökyi Gyältsän and Jamphäl Lhundrub. Portland: FPMT, 2016.
Sopa, Geshe Lhundub. Steps on the Path to Enlightenment (5 vols). Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004.
Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Thubten. How to Practice Dharma: Teachings on the Eight Worldly Dharmas. Boston: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, 2012.
——. The Wish-Fulfilling Golden Sun of the Mahayana Thought Training. Portland: FPMT, 2016. Online at LamaYeshe.com.
Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Thubten and McDonald, Kathleen. Wholesome Fear: Transforming Your Anxiety About Impermanence and Death. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2010.