Teachings

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Chenrezig Institute, Eudlo, Australia

In this teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that instead of ending our life by committing suicide, we can use this precious human rebirth to bring benefit and happiness to ourselves and others.

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Advice on how to make life meaningful by integrating Dharma into everyday life.

Real Happiness •
Discovering Dharma •
Making Life Meaningful •
The Most Important Thing is to Practice Dharma •
By Nicholas Ribush

In this multimedia title, Nicholas Ribush shares an account of traveling with Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche to Lawudo, Solu Khumbu, Nepal.

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By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Power of the Object

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

In this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course No. 32, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that temporary samsaric pleasure doesn’t last and it eventually becomes the suffering of pain.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

Rinpoche discusses the merit of offering to a holy object, even if we don’t have a pure motivation, in this teaching excerpt from the 32nd Kopan Course. 

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Advice for prisoners on how to use the situation to develop their mind on the path to enlightenment.

Being in Prison •
Preliminaries and Other Practices in Prison •
A Nun in Jail •
The Prison is Your Retreat House •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

Rinpoche advises the infinite benefits of cherishing even one sentient being in this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course No. 32.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Lamrim Shows the Entire Path

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Advice on the merit of offering service, which pleases the guru, purifies our negative karma and brings us closer to enlightenment.

The Merit of Study  •
The Merit of Working for the Guru •
Recitations for Rinpoche’s Health and Long Life •
Thanks for Your Service to the Guru •
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Advice for students doing a retreat on the lamrim, the graduated path to enlightenment. Rinpoche says taming the mind through the lamrim is the best offering and the best way to bring world peace.

Basic Program and Lam-rim Retreat •
Ten-Day Lam-rim Retreat •
Progress in Retreat •
Lamrim Retreat Advice •
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Advice for students on various transitions including education, relationships, career choices and other life decisions. 

The Best Life Direction •
Continuing With School •
The Benefits of Experiencing Hardship •
Wanting to Be Ordained •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

Lamrim teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 32nd Kopan Meditation Course.

Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 32 Index Page •
1. The Essence of Buddhism is Compassion •
2. Buddha Nature •
3. The Thirty-Five Buddhas •

Browse our collection of translations into Vietnamese, now available as free PDF files. Our latest Vietnamese translation is Chapter 4: A Brief History of Maitreya Buddha of Universal Love.

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By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Preparing for Death

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