Teachings

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Tags: meditation
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 Lama Thubten Yeshe in Melbourne, Australia, 1975

The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Two of "Ego, Attachment & Liberation."

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Melbourne, Australia, 1975

The audio recording and transcript for Chapter Seven of "Ego, Attachment and Liberation."

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Melbourne, Australia 1975

Teachings and meditations given by Lama Yeshe at a five-day meditation retreat in Australia.

Chapters:
Ego, Attachment and Liberation •
Ego, Attachment and Liberation: Editor's Introduction •
Chapter One: Making Space for Wisdom •
Chapter Two: Techniques for the Meditation Session and the Break •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Bloomington, Indiana

A public talk about the essence and purpose of meditation practice. 

Tags: meditation, mind
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in India

A description of chulen (taking the essence) pills and the methods for practicing a pill retreat.