Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
A brief outline of tonglen, the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness,
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
In this excerpt from the 30th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses bodhicitta, the determination to achieve enlightenment for all sentient beings
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This book presents Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings on bodhicitta, the mind of enlightenment, based on verses from two inspiring bodhicitta texts, The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta, by Khunu Lama Rinpoche, and A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, by Shantideva
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
The Nectar of Bodhicitta •
Editor's Preface •
1.1 Inspiring Us to Develop the Awakening Mind •
1.2 Whatever We Do, We Should Do It With Bodhicitta •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to relate the four immeasurable thoughts to our daily life, with a strong determination to make our life beneficial for others.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
In this excerpt from the 50th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses tonglen, the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche discusses compassion, the good heart, in this teaching excerpt from the 36th Kopan Course.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Selangor, Malaysia
How to develop compassion and offer perfect service to others.
Chapters:
Subduing Anger Brings Peace •
How to Develop Compassion •
The Purpose of Our Life •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Florence, Italy 1990
After a short discourse on emptiness, Rinpoche teaches tonglen, or taking and giving—the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Actualizing the Wisdom Realizing Emptiness •
Taking the Suffering of Others •
Giving Your Body to Others •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Madrid, Spain
A teaching on Chenrezig visualization, the benefits of compassion and laws of karma
Chapters:
Chenrezig Visualization •
Compassion is the Real Answer •
Compassion Creates the Cause for Success •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
How to meditate on the four immeasurable thoughts: immeasurable equanimity, immeasurable loving kindness, immeasurable compassion and immeasurable joy.
Chapters:
Editor's Introduction: The Preliminaries •
The Prayer and the Practice •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This book highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities, in order to generate the mind of bodhicitta.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Bodhisattva Attitude •
Bodhisattva Attitude: Editor's Introduction •
The Verses •
The Teachings: Everything Depends on Your Attitude •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This booklet highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities, and contains excerpts from the book Bodhisattva Attitude, published by LYWA in 2012.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Bodhisattva Attitude: Introduction •
Bodhisattva Attitude: The Verses •
Bodhisattva Attitude: The Commentary •
Bodhisattva Attitude: The Meditation •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal 1984
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains why we should cherish other sentient beings who harm us
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bendigo, Australia
Edited teachings on the merely imputed I, the benefits of altruism and compassion, how to transform problems and the five powers.
Chapters:
How the I Exists (First Discourse) •
Developing Altruism (First Discourse, con't) •
The Benefits of Compassion (Second Discourse) •
The Benefits of Problems (Second Discourse, con't) •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Deer Park, Madison, Wisconsin, 1999
How to use depression and other problems to develop the good heart
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
