Teachings

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy

Lama Yeshe discusses our potential for pure love, compassion and wisdom in this excerpt from a commentary on the yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso given at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, in September 1983.

Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Developing Compassion

Tags: loving kindness, compassion, wisdom, deity practice, selfishness

Meditation on the Clarity of Mind

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Grizzly Lodge, California

A talk on meditation, excerpted from a commentary on the Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig) yoga method, given at Grizzly Lodge, California, in May 1980.

Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Meditation and Visualization > Meditation Practice

Tags: meditation, mind, concentration

Ground Zero: Emptiness as the Basis for Deity Yoga

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Grizzly Lodge, California

Lama Yeshe advises how to meditate on emptiness in this excerpt from a commentary on the Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig) yoga method given in May 1980.

Topics: Emptiness > Advice on Emptiness Practice

Tags: emptiness (shunyata), meditation, ego, deity practice

Visualizing Yourself as a Deity

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Cumbria, England

Lama Yeshe discusses tantric meditation experience in this teaching excerpt from A Commentary on the Yoga Method of Divine Wisdom Manjushri.

Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Meditation and Visualization

Tags: meditation, tantra, visualization, deity practice

Silent Mind Holy Mind

By Lama Thubten Yeshe

The celebration of Christmas focuses on our longing for peace and deepest expression of love. Taking as his major focus the ways in which we customarily celebrate Christmas, Lama Yeshe exposes the foibles of our secular age and shows how we can surmount them.

Topics: Contemporary Issues > Religious Tolerance

Tags: religion, christmas, christianity, buddhism, jesus

Chapters:

Silent Mind Holy Mind •

Contents •

Preface (by Nicholas Ribush) •

Introduction (by Jonathon Landaw) •

E-letter No. 243: September 2023

By Lama Thubten Yeshe, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Thubten Yeshe: The Positive Vibration of Mantra

Topics: Monthly E-letter

Tags: mantras, mind, prayers, three principal aspects

E-letter No. 237: March 2023

By Lama Thubten Yeshe, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Thubten Yeshe: Lama Yeshe on Bodhicitta

Topics: Monthly E-letter

Tags: bodhicitta, ego, energy, enlightenment

E-letter No. 235: January 2023

By Lama Thubten Yeshe, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Thubten Yeshe: Refuge in the Three Rare Sublimes

Topics: Monthly E-letter

Tags: refuge, three jewels, eight worldly dharmas

Knowledge-Wisdom

By Lama Thubten Yeshe

The collected teachings in this book demonstrate Lama Yeshe's understanding of the Western psyche and his ability to express profound truths in simple terms.

Topics: Introductory

Chapters:

Knowledge-Wisdom •

Contents •

Preface •

7. The Experiential Nature of Lord Buddha’s Teachings •