Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
In this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses ignorance, the root of samsara.
Topics: Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that we live our entire life grasping at the real I, but in Buddhism we learn that the way the self appears is a total hallucination.
Topics: Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bodhgaya, India
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the merely labeled I in this excerpt from a teaching given at Root Institute, Bodhgaya, in 2012.
Topics: Emptiness > How Things Exist
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche sent this advice to a Dharma center which was having difficulties with the decisions and conduct of one of the people working at the center.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kadampa Center, Raleigh, USA
In this teaching, Rinpoche offers advice on the practice of the good heart and the role of parents in guiding their children. Rinpoche also discusses emptiness and gives a commentary on the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim)
Chapters:
How to Live Life With the Good Heart •
Where Is the Real I? •
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation •
By Nicholas Ribush, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Where is the Real I?
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche's teachings on the emptiness of the "I" are presented here in a multimedia format.
Topics: Emptiness
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Adelaide, Australia
A teaching on the purpose of our life and how to develop a positive attitude, as well as advice on searching for the I.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Vulture's Peak, Bihar, India
A step-by-step guide on how to realize emptiness and cut the root of samsara.
Topics: Emptiness > How Things Exist
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Singapore
The I appears to exist from its own side, but it is merely imputed by the mind
Topics: Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Chapters:
How the I is Merely Labeled •
The Real Refuge •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Lawudo Monastery, Nepal, and Instituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy
Self-grasping ignorance believes the I to be concrete and inherently existent
Topics: Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in London, England, 1990
A teaching on the mind, the death process and the ultimate nature of the I
Topics: Emptiness > Nature of Mind
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
The I and the aggregates are merely imputed by the mind
Topics: Emptiness > How Things Exist
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal 1992
The I appears to exist, but it can't be found anywhere on the aggregates
Topics: Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico 2008
An edited public talk on lam-rim by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2008.
