Teachings
By Pabongka Rinpoche
The Heart’s Utmost Need: Urging Myself and Others to Remember Impermanence. This text, formerly known as Heart-Spoon, was extensively revised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 2020, and further reviewed by Rinpoche in 2022.
Topics: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Root Texts
By Lama Tsongkhapa
A praise to the Buddha, composed by Lama Tsongkhapa after he realized emptiness. Translated by Geshe Thupten Jinpa.
Topics: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Root Texts
By Pabongka Rinpoche
Comprehensive lamrim outlines from the text Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, by Pabongka Rinpoche. These outlines were produced by Piero Sirianni and are freely available for download as PDF files.
By The Buddha
A practice to overcome financial difficulties and empower financial endeavors that are dependent on others for success.
By Lama Atisha
A seminal text that sets out the stages of the path to enlightenment (lamrim)
Topics: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Root Texts
By HH Trijang Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India
An overview of tantric practice, excerpted from a teaching given to Western students in Dharamsala.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice
By H. H. Zong Rinpoche in Soquel, CA, USA 1978
An introductory teaching on entering the Buddhist path
Topics: Introductory
By Pabongka Rinpoche
A definitive root text on the seven-point mind training, supplemented by outlines.
Topics: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Root Texts
By Pabongka Rinpoche
A heartfelt request to the guru for blessings to realize all the stages of the path to enlightenment, as well as a meditation on the nature of the guru.
Topics: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Root Texts
Chapters:
Calling the Guru from Afar (Extensive Version) •
Calling the Guru from Afar (Brief Version) •
By Pabongka Rinpoche
A Teaching With Special Emphasis on the Methods of an Experiential Instruction
Topics: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Root Texts
By Geshe Lhundub Sopa in New Delhi, India July 1980
An overview of the Buddhist path by a great scholar.
Topics: Introductory
By Khunu Lama Rinpoche in Boudhanath, Nepal, 1975
The great bodhisattva Khunu Lama Rinpoche gave this teaching on Lama Tsongkhapa's text to the monks and nuns of the International Mahayana Institute at Boudhanath, Nepal, in 1975.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Guru Devotion
By Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche in New Delhi, India, 1979
A teaching on renunciation, first published in Teachings at Tushita
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Renunciation
By Khunu Lama Rinpoche in Boudhanath, Nepal, 1975
A commentary on Atisha's text, given to Western monks and nuns in Boudhanath, Nepal, in 1975. The teaching is translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and edited by Nicholas Ribush.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
By Lama Tsongkhapa
A seminal text, translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, describing how to cultivate renunciation, bodhicitta, and the correct view of emptiness.
Topics: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Root Texts
