Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this inspiring talk at the European Regional Meeting in June 2014. Rinpoche teaches on the four immeasurables and the kindness of others, and advises why Western students need to actualize the path.
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
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.
Lama Thubten Yeshe: Bodhicitta is the Real Essential
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: You Are the Most Lucky Person
This series presents chapters from the LYWA book Freedom Through Understanding in a format that includes written teachings enhanced by audio, video and images.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Not One Single Difficulty to Work for Other Sentient Beings
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).
The loving, compassionate thought of bodhicitta is the best way to heal HIV/AIDS, cancer or any other disease
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.
A teaching on the purpose of life, compassion and guru devotion
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation