Teachings
We have the potential to be totally free from the suffering of samsara and its cause, delusion and karma.
A teaching on the first of the six types of suffering
Teachings prior to a refuge ceremony on topics including the suffering nature of samsara, refuge practice and precepts
We are under the control of karma and delusion and this keeps us circling in samsara.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the nature of samsara in this excerpt from a teaching at the 25th Kopan Course.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this advice on how to think when diagnosed with cancer. When we experience the cancer for the sake of all sentient beings we collect skies of merit and it brings us closer to enlightenment.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how delusion and karma bind us to samsara in this excerpt from a teaching at the 11th Kopan Course.
Rinpoche gives an oral transmission of Lama Tsongkhapa's text, In Praise of Dependent Arising, and teaches on emptiness, karma and bodhicitta
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Shortcomings of Samsara
Teachings given at Root Institute, Days 5 - 7; includes a commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland
An interview with Rinpoche on basic Buddhist topics
Rinpoche discusses in depth the process one should take when making preparations for death and giving the gift of life through organ donation
Identifying the cause of suffering and how to end it
A commentary on the practice of thought transformation and bodhicitta in everyday life