Teachings
In this meditation on the refuge and bodhicitta prayer, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to make the prayer most meaningful and heartfelt.
In this teaching, Rinpoche offers advice on the practice of the good heart and the role of parents in guiding their children. Rinpoche also discusses emptiness and gives a commentary on the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation.
This series presents chapters from the LYWA book Freedom Through Understanding in a format that includes written teachings enhanced by audio, video and images.
A teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at a refuge ceremony at Kopan.
A short teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Lama Chöpa (Guru Puja), an essential guru yoga practice.
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
Teachings on patience, bodhicitta, and reincarnation from the 29th Kopan Course, 1996.
In this short teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche emphasizes the importance of renunciation, right view and bodhicitta
Excerpts from teachings on Geshe Langri Tangpa's Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
A teaching on the purpose of life, compassion and guru devotion
This book covers the purpose of meditation, bodhicitta, the importance of motivation, tonglen and the shortcomings of attachment, among other topics.
Transcript of teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the Fifth Kopan Course in 1973.