Teachings

Donating Organs and the Time of Death
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Rinpoche discusses in depth the process one should take when making preparations for death and giving the gift of life through organ donation
Topics: Death and Transitions > Preparing Oneself for Death
Tags: death, q&a, transference of consciousness (powa), consciousness, tara, pure land, cherishing others, samsara (cyclic existence), ego, attachment, Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara), preparing for death, impermanence, merit
The Benefits of Making Statues
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India 1990

Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to accumulate merit and the causes of ultimate happiness by viewing, making and respecting holy objects, in this teaching given at Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India, in May 1990.
Topics: Holy Objects
Tags: merit, holy objects, liberation, enlightenment, offering, karma, happiness
The Benefits of Prayer Wheels
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Soquel, California, 1994

Explanation of the different types of prayer wheels as a means of purifying negativities and accumulating merit
Topics: Holy Objects
Tags: holy objects, purification, merit, visualization
How to Make Offerings and Prayers in Front of Holy Objects
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Aptos, CA 2005

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's prayers and offerings to the holy objects.
Topics: Holy Objects
Tags: offering, holy objects, prayers, merit, guru devotion

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