Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India 1986
A commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga practice, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Guru Devotion
Chapters:
Editor's Preface •
Table of Contents •
1. Motivation •
2. The Benefits of Ganden Lha Gyäma Practice •
3. Preliminary Prayers •
4. Seeing the Guru as Buddha •
5. Guru Yoga •
6. Karma •
7. Refuge in the Three Jewels •
8. The Preliminary Practices from Jorchö •
9. Ganden Lha Gyäma: Part 1 •
10. Ganden Lha Gyäma: Part 2 •
11. Mandala Offering •
12. Prostration •
13. Water Bowl Offerings •
14. Dedication •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the special meaning and purpose of this human rebirth in this excerpt from the Seventh Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1974.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Penang, Malaysia 2009
These teachings include oral transmission of Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga and the Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Guru Devotion
Chapters:
Motivation, Oral Transmission and Prayers •
Offerings to the Guru •
Benefits of Lama Tsongkhapa's Teachings •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Rinpoche answers questions from students at a Dharma center about the lam-rim.
By Nicholas Ribush
Study as the Basis of Meditation
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Los Angeles, CA 2000
In this book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama offers readers one of the clearest and most authoritative expositions of the Tibetan Buddhist path ever published.
Now available as an audiobook
Chapters:
Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment •
Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment: Foreword •
Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment: Prologue •
Chapter One: General Introduction •
Chapter Two: Features of the Lam-Rim Teachings •
Chapter Three: Relying on a Spiritual Teacher •
Chapter Four: Becoming inspired to practice Dharma •
Chapter Five: Refuge, Karma and Precepts •
Chapter Six: Seeking freedom from cyclic existence •
Chapter Seven: Cultivating the altruistic intention of Bodhicitta •
Chapter Eight: The ceremony for generating Bodhicitta •
Chapter Nine: Bodhisattva outlook and action •
Chapter Ten: The Perfection of Wisdom •
Appendix 1: A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment •
Appendix 2: Lines of Experience •
Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment: Notes •
