Teachings
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Manjushri Institute, Cumbria, England
Lama Yeshe discusses the benefits of meditation practice in this teaching given at Manjushri Institute in September 1976.
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy
Lama Yeshe advises students to avoid extremes and abide in meditation with intensive awareness in this excerpt from a commentary on the yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso given in Italy, September 1983.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Grizzly Lodge, California
A talk on meditation, excerpted from a commentary on the Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig) yoga method, given at Grizzly Lodge, California, in May 1980.
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Cumbria, England
Lama Yeshe discusses tantric meditation experience in this teaching excerpt from A Commentary on the Yoga Method of Divine Wisdom Manjushri.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students doing a long retreat, including guidance on motivation, specific practices, how to successfully complete the retreat and what to do if there are obstacles.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Long Retreat
Life Retreat •
Completion of Three Year Retreat •
Continue With Lamrim in Long Retreat •
Gradual Completion Stage •
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 > Lamrim Retreat
Basic Program and Lamrim Retreat •
Ten-Day Lamrim 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
