Teachings
This text by the great Indian pandit Nagarjuna is famous for its descriptions of the bodhisattva's path of compassion and for its clear, concise analysis of the Buddha's teachings on emptiness.
Topics: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Root Texts
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche discusses the perfect human rebirth in this teaching from Kopan.
Our latest Italian translations, including Ego, Attachment and Liberation by Lama Yeshe, and The Heart of the Path by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Topics: Translations > Italian
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses compassion, the good heart, in this teaching excerpt from the 36th Kopan Meditation Course.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains why there is an urgent need for refuge in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha in this teaching excerpt from the 36th Kopan Meditation Course.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Refuge
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
In this teaching Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises the benefits of Medicine Buddha practice for peace, happiness and prosperity.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Welcome to our August 2020 e-letter: Always Wanting More and Better
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Lamrim teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 36th Kopan Meditation Course, Nepal, in 2003.
Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 36 Index Page •
Lecture 1: Universal Responsibility •
Lecture 2: Golden Light and Arya Sanghata Sutras •
Lecture 3: The Kindness of the Enemy •
Lecture 4: The Shortcomings of Desire •
Lecture 5: Pervasive Compounding Suffering •
Lecture 6: Refuge and Bodhicitta •
Lecture 7: The Yoga of Offering Food •
Lecture 8: A Direct Meditation on the Graduated Path •
Lecture 9: Golden Light Sutra and Refuge Ceremony •
Lecture 10: The Seven-Limb Practice •
Lecture 11: The Emptiness of the Ice Cream •
Lecture 12: Practicing Dharma After Kopan •
Lecture 13: The Purpose of Our Life •
Lecture 14: The Nature of Causative Phenomena •
Lecture 15: Golden Light Sutra Oral Transmission •
Lecture 16: Preliminary Prayers •
Lecture 17: The Need for Purification •
Lecture 18: How Vajrasattva Practice Purifies Negative Karma •
Khadro-la wrote this message to explain the purpose of a series of ritual practices she initiated in order to pacify and extinguish the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to resolve conflict with fellow students at the Dharma center by remembering their kindness and developing a tolerant and compassionate attitude.
- Having the Attitude to Help •
- Complaints about Director •
- Advice for Dealing with Difficult People •
- Conflicts with Fellow Students •
- Living with a Difficult Student •
- Every Sentient Being Is Most Kind, Most Dear, Most Precious •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Thubten Yeshe: The Reality of What You Are
Topics: Monthly E-letter
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for those who have offered service as center director and are retiring from that role.
- Thanks to Outgoing Director •
- Departing Center Director •
- Thanks For Service as Director •
- On Retiring •
- When the Center Director Is Changed •
- Work at the Center Is So Beneficial •
- Resuming Study After Directorship •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to care for others who are very ill and approaching death, with essential advice and practices for the moment of death.
- Working With the Dying •
- Close to Death •
- Imminent Death •
- When Someone Is Dying •
- How to Support Someone Who is Dying •
- Helping a Dying Grandmother •
- Helping a Friend Die •
- Dying Father •
- Sickness and Death •
- Dying of Cancer •
- Mantra Recitation for a Dying Person •
- What to do for Dying Mother •
- Whether to Tell Someone She Is Dying •
- More Talks on this Topic: Caring for the Dying •
- How to Help People Who Are Sick and Dying •
- Make Strong Prayers to Medicine Buddha •
- We All Have to Die Sooner or Later •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the Diamond Cutter Sutra, a Mahayana sutra which helps us to actualize wisdom and bodhicitta quickly, along with other realizations.
- Benefits of Reciting the Diamond Cutter Sutra •
- The Diamond Sutra •
- Sutra Recitation for Sick Nuns •
- Diamond Cutter Sutra in Retreat •
- Sutra Recitation to Remove Obstacles and Bring Happiness to All Beings •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Making Your Mind Vajrayana
Topics: Monthly E-letter
