Teachings

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Cumbria, England

Lama Yeshe discusses tantric meditation experience in this teaching excerpt from A Commentary on the Yoga Method of Divine Wisdom Manjushri.

Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Meditation and Visualization

Tags: meditation, tantra, visualization, deity practice

Introduction to a Vajrayogini Commentary

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Chenrezig Institute, Australia, September 1979

Three discourses excerpted from a series of talks about the Highest Yoga Tantra practice of Vajrayogini.

Topics: Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice

Tags: vajrayogini, initiation, Highest Yoga Tantra, tantra

Chapters:

Introduction to a Vajrayogini Commentary •

First Introductory Discourse •

Second Introductory Discourse •

Third Introductory Discourse •

The Peaceful Path to Liberation

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal

A teaching by Lama Yeshe on refuge, the five lay precepts, the bodhisattva vows and more. This was one of Lama's last teachings before he passed away.

Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Refuge

Tags: refuge, precepts, vows, ordination, bodhicitta, tantra

E-letter No. 197: November 2019

By Lama Thubten Yeshe, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Thubten Yeshe: The Power and Potential of the Mind

Topics: Monthly E-letter

Tags: tantra, meditation, consciousness

The Enlightened Experience: Volume 2 eBook

By Lama Thubten Yeshe

Volume 2 in our ebook series includes teachings on a range of lamrim topics and excerpts from Lama's commentary on the deity yoga practice of Manjushri.

Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim)

Tags: lamrim (path to enlightenment), karma, refuge, impermanence, death, tantra

Chapters:

The Enlightened Experience •

Preface: The Enlightened Experience, Volume 2 •

Table of Contents: The Enlightened Experience, Volume 2 •

Monsters (Un)Incorporated

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Cumbria, England

Lama Yeshe discusses meditation experience in tantric practice.

Topics: Emptiness > Mahamudra

Tags: mahamudra, meditation, emptiness (shunyata), hallucination, tantra

Six Yogas of Naropa

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Vajrapani Institute, California

Lama Yeshe introduces the Six Yogas of Naropa, an advanced tantric practice.

Topics: Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice > Tantra

Tags: tantra, Lama Tsongkhapa, lineage lamas

The Experience of Transformation

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Pomaia, Italy

A brief introduction to the tantric path and methods. Lama Yeshe gave this talk during His Holiness the Dalai Lama's tour through Europe in 1982.

Topics: Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice

Tags: tantra, three principal aspects, Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara), dalai lama, self-cherishing

The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in California, 1980 and France, 1982

This book contains two teachings by Lama Yeshe. The first teaching is The Three Principal Aspects of the Path and the second teaching, Introduction to Tantra, comprises the first two lectures of a commentary on the Chenrezig yoga method.

Topics: Introductory

Tags: three principal aspects, renunciation, bodhicitta, emptiness (shunyata), tantra, q&a

Chapters:

The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism •

Editor's Introduction •

Translations •