Teachings
Rinpoche discusses the shortcomings of samara in this excerpt from Kopan Course No. 40, 2007.
In this excerpt from the 13th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that if we listen to the teachings but don't practice, our mind will not be transformed.
In this video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to show respect to Dharma texts, including digital devices containing Dharma.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains why there is an urgent need for refuge in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha in this teaching excerpt from the 36th Kopan Meditation Course.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how Dharma provides us with a method to achieve happiness and avoid suffering in this excerpt from a two-week lamrim course held in California in 1977.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote this article at the request of Renuka Singh for her anthology, The Path of the Buddha, published in 2004.
The teachings become beneficial for subduing the mind if we listen effectively with a pure motivation
Extracts from a series of teachings given prior to a chöd initiation
Detailed instructions on the refuge preliminary practice, compiled and edited by Ven. Thubten Wongmo
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Why Dharma?
An introduction by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to the truth of suffering, its causes and the method that can cease all suffering.
Practicing bodhicitta as the best way to love and take care of oneself.
Rinpoche's advice on the purpose of centers and study groups
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Giving Up the Eight Worldly Dharmas
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Refuge and the Guru Omniscient Mind