Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Difficulty of Acquiring a Perfect Human Rebirth
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Singapore
How to establish our motivation so each day is meaningful
Topics: Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The third book in our FPMT Lineage Series, drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s graduated path to enlightenment (lamrim) teachings
Chapters:
The Perfect Human Rebirth •
Publisher's Acknowledgments: PHR •
Editor's Preface: PHR •
Chapter 1: What is Dharma? •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the special meaning and purpose of this human rebirth in this excerpt from the Seventh Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1974.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
With this human body we have the opportunity to practice virtue and abandon nonvirtue
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Cumbria, England, 1979
Excerpts from teachings on Geshe Langri Tangpa's Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
Chapters:
The Benefits of Thought Transformation •
The Precious Human Rebirth; Bodhicitta Motivation •
Bodhicitta Motivation, continued •
Making the Precious Human Rebirth Meaningful •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Kindness of the Mother
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1981
Death is definite and this precious human body is more valuable than a mountain of diamonds.
Topics: Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico 2008
An edited public talk on lamrim by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2008.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Root Institute, Bodhgaya, India; 26 December 2003 - 02 January 2004
Teachings at Root Institute, Days 1 - 4; includes an oral transmission and commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Chapters:
Day One: The cause of problems •
Day One: Seeing suffering of others and developing the wish to offer them the highest benefit •
Day One: Developing the wish to repay the kindness of others, Dedications •
Day Two: Precious Human Rebirth •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in San Francisco, CA USA
A commentary given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on an essential mind training text composed by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Chapters:
Day One: Perfect Human Rebirth •
Day One: Renunciation •
Day One: Shortcomings of Desire Part A •
Day One: Shortcomings of Desire Part B •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for practices for the rest of his life. Rinpoche responded with this advice.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India 1982
An address to students doing a Vajrasattva group retreat
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India September 1984
Teachings on a range of lamrim topics, including renunciation, perfect human rebirth, tantra, Mahayana thought transformation and bodhicitta
Chapters:
Chapter 1: Generating Bodhicitta •
Chapter 2: Renouncing Samsara •
Chapter 3: The Eight Freedoms •
Chapter 4: The Ten Richnesses •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in London, England 1975
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Meditating on the Perfect Human Rebirth
Topics: Monthly E-letter
