Teachings

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

The spiritual teacher must have correct understanding of the graduated path to enlightenment

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Amitabha Buddhist Center, Singapore April 1992.

Teachings on guru devotion given during an oral transmission of Pabongka Rinpoche's Calling the Guru from Afar.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Tara Institute, Australia, June 3, 2006

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these teachings at Tara Institute, Australia, June 3, 2006.

Chapters:
How the Kopan Courses Started •
The Qualities of the Bhumis •
Developing Guru Devotion •
Developing Lam-rim Realizations •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

In this book, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to train the mind in guru devotion, the root of the path to enlightenment.

Chapters:
The Heart of the Path •
Foreword by His Holiness Sakya Trizin, and Reviews •
Editor's Preface by Ailsa Cameron •
1. Why Do We Need a Guru? •
By Khunu Lama Rinpoche in Boudhanath, Nepal, 1975

The great bodhisattva Khunu Lama Rinpoche gave this teaching on Lama Tsongkhapa's text to the monks and nuns of the International Mahayana Institute at Boudhanath, Nepal, in 1975.

By Gomchen Gampala in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1975

A teaching to students in a lam-rim retreat and the monks and nuns of the International Mahayana Institute.

By Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey

A commentary on the text "The Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion"

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Munich, Germany, April 2001

The meaning of "guru," the qualities of a guru, and the practice of guru devotion, with a focus on His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This teaching also contains advice on the practice of Dorje Shugden.

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