Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the importance of practicing bodhicitta and the good heart in this teaching excerpt in this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche advises the infinite benefits of cherishing even one sentient being in this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course No. 32.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
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
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on bodhicitta, the altruistic mind of enlightenment.
Practicing Patience •
Generating Bodhicitta •
You Have So Much to Rejoice About in This Life •
Effortful Bodhicitta Motivation •
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 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 Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to make charity to beggars by remembering the bodhicitta attitude and reflecting on emptiness, so that the action of giving becomes the cause of enlightenment.
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
"The best Dharma practice, the most perfect, most substantial, is without doubt the practice of bodhicitta." – Lama Yeshe
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Bodhicitta: The Perfection of Dharma •
The Bodhisattva Vows •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Chenrezig Institute, Austalia
This teaching about the importance of bodhicitta, the mind of enlightenment, was given by Lama Yeshe when he was bestowing bodhisattva vows at Chenrezig Institute, Australia, in 1979.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This multimedia collection presents chapters from Bodhisattva Attitude, a book that highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Bodhisattva Attitude Multimedia: About the Series •
Everything Depends on Your Attitude •
Cutting the Concept of Permanence •
Give Up Stretching the Legs •
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 His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Washington, New Jersey
A teaching given prior to a ceremony for generating the mind of enlightenment (bodhicitta).
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Teachings on bodhicitta, adapted by T. Y. Alexander
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Instructions on tong-len, the practice of “taking and giving"; the quickest way to generate bodhicitta and achieve enlightenment
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Advice on Tong-len as a Preliminary Practice •
Tong-len: A Short Practice •
