Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Need for Power Comes from Attachment
Lama Thubten Yeshe: Refuge in the Three Rare Sublimes
Rinpoche explains how Dharma practice protects us in this teaching excerpt from the 31st Kopan Course.
In this teaching excerpt, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the great Kadampa master, Dromtönpa, who completely abandoned all worldly activities and devoted himself correctly to his guru, Lama Atisha.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises the importance of having a pure motivation free from worldly concerns, so that our actions become Dharma. This excerpt is from a series of ten discourses that form the basis of Rinpoche's book The Door to Satisfaction.
In this video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche reminds us to practice contentment and to bring happiness to others instead of harming them.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how freedom from the eight worldly concerns creates real peace, in this teaching excerpt from the Fourth Kopan Meditation Course.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Problems Come from Following the Eight Worldly Dharmas
How to deal with attachment, so we remain calm and clear when experiencing pleasure.
Excerpts from a book of teachings on the eight worldly dharmas, edited by Gordon McDougall.
A Dharma talk explaining the mind, or cognition
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Importance of Knowing What Dharma Is
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Meditation on the Sound of Praise and Criticism
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Equalizing the Eight Worldly Dharmas