Teachings

Why Compassion Is Most Important at the Dharma Center
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Rinpoche gave this advice about resolving complaints and dealing with interpersonal conflict at the Dharma center. Rinpoche said the real enemy and the cause of all our problems is the self-cherishing thought.
Topics: Working for the Dharma > Advice to Dharma Centers
Tags: dharma center, milarepa, guru devotion, kindness of mother sentient beings, self-cherishing, patience, compassion, bodhicitta, education
Lamrim Talk
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Deer Park, Madison, Wisconsin, 1999

How to use depression and other problems to develop the good heart
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Tags: lamrim (path to enlightenment), depression, compassion, bodhicitta, problems, suffering, happiness, self-cherishing, merit, maitreya
Mind Training in Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, December 1987

A teaching on mind training using the seven Mahayana techniques, and equalizing and exchanging oneself for others.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Tags: bodhicitta, self-cherishing, equanimity, kindness of mother sentient beings, compassion
Transforming Depression
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in various locations

How to use depression to develop compassion and bodhicitta, and ultimately to achieve enlightenment.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Depression
Tags: depression, bodhicitta, self-cherishing, tonglen (taking and giving), sickness and health, compassion, happiness, suffering, enlightenment, vajrayogini