Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche discusses the merit of offering to a holy object, even if we don’t have a pure motivation, in this teaching excerpt from the 32nd Kopan Course.
Topics: Holy Objects > Making Offerings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
In this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course No. 32, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that temporary samsaric pleasure doesn’t last and it eventually becomes the suffering of pain.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche advises the infinite benefits of cherishing even one sentient being in this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course No. 32.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Lamrim Shows the Entire Path
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Lamrim teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 36th Kopan Meditation Course, Nepal, in 2003.
Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 36 Index Page •
Lecture 1: Universal Responsibility •
Lecture 2: Golden Light and Arya Sanghata Sutras •
Lecture 3: The Kindness of the Enemy •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Preparing for Death
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Excerpts from teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 35th Kopan Course.
Chapters:
Introduction and Motivation •
The Need for Lamrim in Daily Life •
Questions and Answers; Benefits of Holy Objects •
Thought Transformation at the Time of Death; Identifying the Object to be Refuted •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Guru Is All the Buddhas
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
An edited transcript of teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 33rd Kopan Course.
Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 33 Index Page •
Lecture One •
Lecture Two •
Lecture Three •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
In this teaching excerpted from Kopan Course No. 38, Rinpoche explains how to collect extensive merit in everyday life by making offerings to the Buddha.
Topics: Holy Objects > Making Offerings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche teaches on guru devotion, using Milarepa’s life story as an inspiring example, in this excerpt from the 38th Kopan Course.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Biographies
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Audio recordings and transcripts of the first five lectures by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 33rd Kopan Course.
Chapters:
Day 1: Introduction, Purpose of Meditation •
Day 1: Emptiness of the I, Oral Transmissions of the Heart Sutra and Diamond Cutter Sutra •
Day 2: The Nature of the Aggregates, Emptiness •
Day 2: Emptiness, Oral Transmission of the Diamond Cutter Sutra •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche discusses the meaning of buddha nature, our potential to become a buddha, in this teaching excerpt from the 38th Kopan Course.
Topics: Introductory
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses wrong view and the urgency of realizing emptiness in this excerpt from the 38th Kopan Course.
Topics: Emptiness
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal.
Audio recordings and transcripts of Lectures 6-10, given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 33rd Kopan Course.
Chapters:
Day 6: How Things Appear to Exist from their Own Side •
Day 6: The Emptiness of the I: Not One-ness With Aggregates, Not Separate From the Aggregates •
Day 6: What Exists is Merely Imputed by Mind •
Day 7: Merely Labeled by Mind, Bodhicitta Meditation, The Kindness of Mothers •
