Teachings

Dharma is the Best Psychology
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

Rinpoche explains how Dharma practice protects us from the delusions in this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course 39.
Topics: Introductory
Tags: dharma in daily life, dharma practice, delusions, meditation, psychology
The Five Paths
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

In this excerpt from the 13th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises the importance of a long-term plan to practice Dharma, generate realizations and seek enlightenment for the benefit of others.
Topics: Introductory
Tags: five paths, bodhicitta, Mahayana, enlightenment, meditation
The Essence of Dharma Practice
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bodhgaya, India

A talk about Dharma practice in daily life, given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to a group of Russian students who were visiting Bodhgaya.
Topics: Introductory
Tags: guru devotion, spiritual teacher (guru / lama), dharma in daily life, dharma practice, lamrim (path to enlightenment), meditation, buddha
How the Kopan Courses Began
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Singapore

The story of events leading up to the first Kopan meditation course in 1971.
Topics: Introductory
Tags: kopan course, life stories, spiritual teacher (guru / lama), meditation
The Aim of a Spiritual Practice
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

A teaching on the purpose of meditation and the spiritual path, excerpted from the 25th Kopan meditation course, 1992.
Topics: Introductory
Tags: meditation, spirituality, dharma practice