Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Advantages of Taking Vows
Advice about bhikshuni ordination, excerpted from a teaching given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bendigo, Australia, on May 7, 2018.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: How Living in Morality Brings Peace
Watch the video and read the transcript of this talk, as Rinpoche discusses the importance of living in vows and purifying negative karma, while staying focused on the goal, enlightenment.
A short teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Lama Chöpa (Guru Puja), an essential guru yoga practice.
The eight Mahayana precepts should be taken with the motivation of bodhicitta, remembering the kindness of other sentient beings
A teaching by abbot Achos Rinpoche, with a commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Teachings given during a refuge ceremony. Topics include the motivation for refuge and the benefits of taking vows.
Rinpoche's advice on the benefits of working for Dharma centers
The Practice and Benefits of the Eight Mahayana Precepts
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for practices for the rest of his life. Rinpoche responded with this advice.
A small collection of talks by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche to their ordained students.
A talk and video from Lama Zopa Rinpoche's visit to Nalanda Monastery, France in 2001.