Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Read the sixth discourse, just posted to our website, where Rinpoche gives a thorough explanation of techniques for meditating on emptiness. The retreat was on the four Kadampa deities, however, Rinpoche taught on a broad range of lamrim topics.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim)
Chapters:
1. How to Achieve Real Happiness •
2. Motivation for the Retreat •
3. The Emptiness of Sound •
4. The Compassion Buddha •
5. The Good Heart •
6. Meditation on Emptiness •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: How to Transform Obstacles
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Portland, Oregon, USA
In this teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins by praising Lama Yeshe's qualities as a hidden meditator with the ability to inspire people from all walks of life. Rinpoche continues with an extensive explanation of how to transform problems into happiness.
Chapters:
Transforming Problems •
How to Be a Real Professional •
By Tenzin Ösel Hita in Institut Vajra Yogini, France
A talk by Ösel about developing a positive attitude and inner values.
Topics: Introductory
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Inner Winning is the Real Winning
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Adelaide, Australia
A talk on how to transform problems into happiness by defeating the self-cherishing thought and cherishing others. Rinpoche also advises how Dharma practice in everyday life can help us at the time of death.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Geneva, Switzerland
A public talk on the essential practice of mind training (lo-jong)
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Florence, Italy 1990
After a short discourse on emptiness, Rinpoche teaches tong-len, or taking and giving—the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Actualizing the Wisdom Realizing Emptiness •
Taking the Suffering of Others •
Giving Your Body to Others •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Adelaide, Australia 1991
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Happiness Depends on Transforming the Mind
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Adelaide, Australia
A teaching on the purpose of our life and how to develop a positive attitude, as well as advice on searching for the I.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Sydney, Australia
A public talk on how to transform problems into happiness
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Techniques for the practice of mind training
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
When we practice thought training, experiencing problems becomes a cause for finishing the results of negative karma
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Karma
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 •
