
Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Self-Cherishing Thought
A short Vajrasattva practice composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published in a pocket-sized format. Whenever we have broken a vow or created any other kind of negative karma, we can purify that negativity with the four opponent powers without a second’s delay.
How to make eating the cause of enlightenment for oneself and all other sentient beings. Through the Mahayana practice of offering the food we eat, our lives become most beneficial, not only for ourselves but for all sentient beings.
A public talk on the essential practice of mind training (lo-jong)
A teaching on buddha nature and the emptiness of the mind.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Meditation on Emptiness and Tonglen
After a short discourse on emptiness, Rinpoche teaches tonglen, or taking and giving—the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: How to Make Waterbowl Offerings
Extensive advice on how to make waterbowl offerings, starting with the correct motivation.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Serving the Guru through Dharma Study
A speech by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the opening of a new building for Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore.
A teaching on guru devotion given during an oral transmission of Calling the Guru from Afar, a prayer composed by Pabongka Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Creating the Causes of Happiness
A short teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Lama Chöpa (Guru Puja), an essential guru yoga practice.