Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students doing a retreat on the lamrim, the graduated path to enlightenment. Rinpoche says taming the mind through the lamrim is the best offering and the best way to bring world peace.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Lam-rim Retreat
Basic Program and Lam-rim Retreat •
Ten-Day Lam-rim Retreat •
Progress in Retreat •
Lamrim Retreat Advice •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bendigo, Australia
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises students to make the retreat most beneficial by striving to subdue the mind.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Practice advice and instructions for students doing various types of retreat, including preliminaries, lamrim and deity practice.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
Retreat Place •
Destroying Delusion •
Advice for Seven-Month Retreat •
Six-Month Retreat •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to correctly visualize certain deities during one's meditation practice.
Vision of Buddhas •
Improving Visualizations •
Namgyalma Long-life Meditation •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Madrid, Spain
An interview with the directors and staff of O Sel Ling Retreat Centre about the benefits of the retreat center.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Maitripa College, Portland, Oregon 2009
Extracts from a series of teachings given prior to a chöd initiation
Chapters:
This Precious Human Rebirth •
Dharma in Daily Life •
Chöd: Slaying the Ego •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Melbourne, Australia 1991
Part Two of a series of teachings which are the basis for the book Ultimate Healing.
Chapters:
Transforming Problems; Using Criticism •
The Power of Holy Objects •
The Power of Compassion; Disciplining the Mind •
The Importance of Compassion •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Melbourne, Australia, 1991
Part One of a series of teachings which form the basis for the book Ultimate Healing
Chapters:
Rinpoche's Early Life •
Benefits of Healing Practices •
Purifying Disease; White Light Meditation •
Equanimity •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Nepal 1972
An edited version of the earliest known recording of Lama Yeshe in the Archive, which was delivered to a group of Western students in January of 1972
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Nepal 1972
The earliest known recording of Lama Yeshe in the Archive, which was delivered to a group of Western students in January of 1972
By Nicholas Ribush in Pomaia, Italy 1995
In this article written for Kung-Fu Magazine, Nicholas Ribush gives an overview of Buddhism and the importance of meditation on the path to enlightenment.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Indiana, USA July 1974
An introduction to the practice of meditation, given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Indiana, USA.
By Gelek Rimpoche in New Delhi, India, 1980
A teaching on the development of single-pointed concentration (samadhi).
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bloomington, Indiana, USA 1999
A commentary on Chapter 8—the chapter titled "Meditation"—of Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara (A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life)
Chapters:
Bodhicaryavatara Commentary: Index of Teachings •
Section One: August 20th AM •
Section Two: August 20th PM •
Section Three: August 21st AM •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1973
Equanimity meditation, with techniques for overcoming anger and developing patience.
