Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Lama Zopa Rinpoche reflects on the qualities of the great yogi Geshe Lama Konchog in this short excerpt from Kopan Course No. 40.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Praises and Tributes
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche teaches on guru devotion, using Milarepa’s life story as an inspiring example, in this excerpt from the 38th Kopan Course.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Biographies
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche describes the qualities of Lama Yeshe's holy body, speech and mind, the search for Lama's incarnation and the confirmation of Lama Ösel as the incarnation.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Praises and Tributes
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Tushita-Delhi and Tushita-Dharamsala, India
Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes how he first met Lama Yeshe and speaks of his last illness and of his pure compassion and great spiritual attainments in this interview with Piero Cerri shortly after Lama passed away.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Praises and Tributes
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A supplication of long life entreating the holy mind of Khadro Bumkye Tsomo, called Divine Melodious Drum
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Praises and Tributes
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
A teaching about the life of Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen, a great bodhisattva and scholar from the Kinnaur region of Himachal Pradesh, northern India.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Biographies
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Milarepa achieved enlightenment by following the path, with much hardship
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Biographies
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A prayer composed by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the swift return of Khensur Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup Rigsel
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Praises and Tributes
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976
Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes the life and work of the great bodhisattva Atisha.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Biographies
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.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
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.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
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
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
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
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
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.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Chapters:
Day One: Perfect Human Rebirth •
Day One: Renunciation •
Day One: Shortcomings of Desire Part A •
Day One: Shortcomings of Desire Part B •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A prayer composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the swift return of Geshe Jampa Gyatso
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Praises and Tributes
