Teachings

How We Create Ignorance
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"
Tags: ignorance, I, emptiness (shunyata), delusions, labels, merely labeled
Ultimate Wisdom: Actualizing the Path to Cessation
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Pomaia, Italy

In this teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that the realization of emptiness is the most important goal in our life, so that we can cease suffering and its cause, delusion and karma.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Four Noble Truths
Tags: emptiness (shunyata), ignorance, delusions, samsara (cyclic existence), suffering, four noble truths
Don't Get Angry at the Stick
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

The real enemy is ignorance, the self-cherishing thought, so there’s no reason to get angry with external conditions
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
Tags: delusions, ignorance, anger, karma, cause and effect, self-cherishing, enemy
The Three Poisonous Minds
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1975

Anger, attachment and ignorance are the cause of all our suffering
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
Tags: anger, attachment, ignorance, delusions
The Root of Samsara
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how delusion and karma bind us to samsara in this excerpt from a teaching at the 11th Kopan Course.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
Tags: samsara (cyclic existence), ignorance, karma, calm abiding (shi-nä / shamatha), 12 links, delusions