Teachings
In this excerpt from the 30th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses bodhicitta, the determination to achieve enlightenment for all sentient beings
This book presents Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings on bodhicitta, the mind of enlightenment, based on verses from two inspiring bodhicitta texts, The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta, by Khunu Lama Rinpoche, and A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, by Shantideva
After a short discourse on emptiness, Rinpoche teaches tonglen, or taking and giving—the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness
A teaching given prior to a ceremony for generating the mind of enlightenment (bodhicitta).
How to meditate on the four immeasurable thoughts: immeasurable equanimity, immeasurable loving kindness, immeasurable compassion and immeasurable joy.
This book highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities, in order to generate the mind of bodhicitta.
This booklet highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities, and contains excerpts from the book Bodhisattva Attitude, published by LYWA in 2012.
How to use depression and other problems to develop the good heart
How to use depression and other problems to develop the good heart
A teaching on mind training using the seven Mahayana techniques, and equalizing and exchanging oneself for others.
The good heart as the source of all happiness
In this talk, Dr. Nicholas Ribush discusses how to develop compassion, which is at the heart of the Buddhist path.
Teachings on the seven points of the cause and effect instruction and tong-len.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave these preliminary teachings at the Kalachakra Initiation, 1989.