Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal 1978
Renouncing the eight worldly dharmas brings real happiness and peace of mind
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Renunciation
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Tara Institute, Australia, June 3, 2006
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these teachings at Tara Institute, Australia, June 3, 2006.
Chapters:
How the Kopan Courses Started •
The Qualities of the Bhumis •
Developing Guru Devotion •
Developing Lamrim Realizations •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in UK September 1975
This book covers the purpose of meditation, bodhicitta, the importance of motivation, tonglen and the shortcomings of attachment, among other topics.
Chapters:
Freedom Through Understanding •
Editor's Preface (Nick Ribush) •
1. What is Meditation? (Lama Yeshe) •
2. An Introduction to the Path to Enlightenment (Lama Zopa Rinpoche) •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Excerpt from an edited compilation of Rinpoche's teachings on the subject of karma.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Karma
Chapters:
The Importance of Understanding Karma •
What Karma Is •
The Four Outlines •
The Four Suffering Results •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In this book, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to train the mind in guru devotion, the root of the path to enlightenment.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion
Chapters:
The Heart of the Path •
Foreword by His Holiness Sakya Trizin, and Reviews •
Editor's Preface by Ailsa Cameron •
1. Why Do We Need a Guru? •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Rinpoche answers questions from students at a Dharma center about the lamrim.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico, 2008
Days 5-8 of an eight-day series of lamrim teachings in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2008.
Chapters:
Day 5: Sufferings of Lower Realms •
Day 5: Meditation, Emptiness and Bodhicitta •
Day 5: Gen Jampa Wangdu •
Day 5: The King of Prayers •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico, 2008
Days 1-4 of an eight-day series of lamrim teachings in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2008.
Chapters:
Day 1: The Cause of Suffering Part 1 •
Day 1: The Cause of Suffering Part 2 •
Day 1: Hymns of Experience / Refined Gold Oral Transmission •
Day 2: Nature of Samsara •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico, April 2008
A public talk on lamrim by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2008.
Chapters:
Public Talk: Lamrim Part 1 •
Public Talk: Lamrim Part 2 •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Boulder Creek, CA 2006
These teachings were given during a lamrim retreat held at Vajrapani Institute in Boulder Creek, California, from August 20-23, 2006.
Chapters:
Sunday, August 20th: Part A •
Sunday, August 20th: Part B •
Sunday, August 20th: Part C •
Monday, August 21st: Part A •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Vajrayana Institute, Sydney 2006
These teachings include a talk about the benefits of the Dharma center and commentary on Opening the Door of Dharma, a Kadampa mind training text.
Chapters:
Thursday June 8th: Center Opening Talk •
Friday June 9th: Teachings Part A •
Friday June 9th: Teachings Part B •
Saturday June 10th: Teachings Part A •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal 1973
A core lamrim text written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for use during the Kopan Meditation courses. Edited by Nicholas Ribush.
Chapters:
WFGS: Preface •
WFGS: Introduction •
Meditation One: Perfect Human Rebirth, Impermanence and Death •
Meditation Two: The Three Lower Realms, Refuge and Karma •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India September 1984
Teachings on a range of lamrim topics, including renunciation, perfect human rebirth, tantra, Mahayana thought transformation and bodhicitta
Chapters:
Chapter 1: Generating Bodhicitta •
Chapter 2: Renouncing Samsara •
Chapter 3: The Eight Freedoms •
Chapter 4: The Ten Richnesses •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Munich, Germany, April 2001
The meaning of "guru," the qualities of a guru, and the practice of guru devotion, with a focus on His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This teaching also contains advice on the practice of Dorje Shugden.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion
