Teachings
Rinpoche discusses the shortcomings of samara in this excerpt from Kopan Course No. 40, 2007.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that the best way to help others prepare for death is by offering guidance when they have the capacity to understand and put Dharma into practice.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises the importance of providing support for people who are dying, so they can die with a happy and peaceful mind, free from fear and negative emotions.
A teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on impermanence and death, excerpted from the 26th Kopan Course.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the death process and explains the signs which indicate that the consciousness has left the body. Rinpoche draws on his own experiences of seeing the deceased and gives a detailed account of Lama Yeshe's passing and cremation.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches via live stream to students in Singapore and around the world.
Life finishes quickly, like autumn clouds or lightning in the sky
Death is definite and this precious human body is more valuable than a mountain of diamonds.
Meditation on impermanence and death is a powerful method to protect us from the delusions.
A public talk about the purpose of life and developing the correct attitude toward death
Rinpoche discusses in depth the process one should take when making preparations for death and giving the gift of life through organ donation
Establishing the value of meditating on death and impermanence as motivation for practice and preparation for death.
Liberation from samsara is possible by remembering impermanence and death and purifying negative karma
Prayers, practices and mantras for the time of death