Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
In this excerpt from Kopan Course No. 27, Rinpoche explains that if our actions are done with renunciation, right view and bodhicitta, our lives become meaningful
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Washington, New Jersey
A teaching given prior to a ceremony for generating the mind of enlightenment (bodhicitta).
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Teachings on patience, bodhicitta, and reincarnation from the 29th Kopan Course, 1996.
Chapters:
The Kindness of the Enemy •
Benefits of Bodhicitta •
Reincarnation: First Beliefs and Q&A •
Reincarnation: Proof and Q&A •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Teachings on bodhicitta, adapted by T. Y. Alexander
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Instructions on tong-len, the practice of “taking and giving"; the quickest way to generate bodhicitta and achieve enlightenment
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Advice on Tong-len as a Preliminary Practice •
Tong-len: A Short Practice •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Deer Park, Madison USA
The loving, compassionate thought of bodhicitta is the best way to heal HIV/AIDS, cancer or any other disease
Topics: Sickness and Health
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
How to meditate on the four immeasurable thoughts: immeasurable equanimity, immeasurable loving kindness, immeasurable compassion and immeasurable joy.
Chapters:
Editor's Introduction: The Preliminaries •
The Prayer and the Practice •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This book highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities, in order to generate the mind of bodhicitta.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Bodhisattva Attitude •
Bodhisattva Attitude: Editor's Introduction •
The Verses •
The Teachings: Everything Depends on Your Attitude •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in France, 2003
In this short teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche emphasizes the importance of renunciation, right view and bodhicitta
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 in ACI, New York, 1999
A teaching on the purpose of life, compassion and guru devotion
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Guru Devotion
Chapters:
The Importance of Compassion in Daily Life •
The Importance of Compassion in Daily Life, continued •
Guru Devotion •
Guru Devotion, continued •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Happiness comes from bodhicitta, which is received by depending on the kindness of sentient beings
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal 1975
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The practice of Thousand-arm Chenrezig combined with the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1975
Commentary on the practice of Avalokiteshvara and theEight Verses of Thought Transformation
