Teachings
In this excerpt from the 50th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches that happiness and suffering arise from the mind, just as a shadow follows the body.
We have the potential to be totally free from the suffering of samsara and its cause, delusion and karma.
A talk to workers at the hospice about the benefits of serving others with a sincere heart
A strong understanding of karma gives energy to the mind and increases the fear of creating negative karma
Happiness and suffering arise in dependence on the mind.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this advice on how to think when diagnosed with cancer. When we experience the cancer for the sake of all sentient beings we collect skies of merit and it brings us closer to enlightenment.
Teachings given at Root Institute, Days 5 - 7; includes a commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland
An explanation of beginningless mind, reincarnation and the causes and effects of karma
Identifying the cause of suffering and how to end it
Transcript of teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the Fifth Kopan Course in 1973.