Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice and methods for purifying past nonvirtuous actions.
How Vajrasattva Practice Purifies Negative Karma •
Purifying Negative Karma •
Mantras for Purifying Negativities •
Practices for Purification •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on nyung nä, a powerful two-day practice associated with Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices > Nyung-näs
Continue With Nyung-näs and Lam-rim •
We Can Be Free from Samsara •
Unable to Complete Nyung-näs •
Nyung-nä Advice •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This book combines several teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on nyung nä, a powerful two-day practice associated with Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
Chapters:
Abiding in the Retreat •
Editor's Preface •
1: The Benefits of Nyung Nä Practice •
2: Chenrezig •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Soquel, CA
A short Vajrasattva practice composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and published in a pocket-sized format. Whenever we have broken a vow or created any other kind of negative karma, we can purify that negativity with the four opponent powers without a second’s delay.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
Chapters:
Introduction •
A Short Vajrasattva Meditation •
Translations (Daily Purification) •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Lawudo Retreat Centre, Nepal
A series of ten teachings given during a nyung-nä retreat at Lawudo Gompa, Nepal, in 1978
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
Chapters:
Nyung-nä Teachings at Lawudo: Index Page •
1. Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion •
2. The Benefits of Reciting OM MANI PADME HUM •
3. The Path of Secret Mantra •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Aptos, CA, USA
Topics include prostrations, offerings, rejoicing, the sufferings of samsara, bodhicitta and emptiness
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
Chapters:
Nyung-nä Practice: Prostrations •
Nyung-nä Practice: Offerings and Rejoicing •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Jinsiu Farlin Center, Taipei Taiwan, 1994
A short teaching on the benefits of purifying negative karma, given before a Vajrasattva jenang.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Labsum Shedrub Ling, Washington, New Jersey
A commentary on Vajrasattva meditation and recitation as a purification practice.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy
The practice of prostrations to the Thirty-five Buddhas is a powerful method to purify past harmful actions and prevent unwanted sufferings in the future.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
Chapters:
The Benefits of Making Prostrations •
Commentary on the Practice •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Extracts from teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe on the practice of Vajrasattva
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
Chapters:
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Benefits of Vajrasattva Practice •
Lama Yeshe: The Benefits of Purification with Heruka Vajrasattva •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
A teaching on the four opponent powers, a practice that purifies negative karma and obscurations
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Maitreya Instituut, Netherlands
This commentary includes advice on combining the practice with prostrations and lam-rim meditation.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Shakyamuni Center, Taichung, Taiwan
Nyung-nä teachings at Shakyamuni Center, Taiwan, in February 2007.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
Chapters:
Aryamanjushrisanghiti Sutra; Benefits of Nyung-Nä •
Oral Transmission of Nyung-Nä Text; Songtsen Gampo •
Offerings; Vase Water; Torma Mantras; Dedications •
Benefits of Nyung-Nä; Oral Transmission (continued); Tormas •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Soquel, CA USA 1999
Teachings from a three-month Vajrasattva retreat covering many lam-rim topics, purification practices, mantras, pujas and more.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
Chapters:
Teachings from the Vajrasattva Retreat •
Editor's Introduction •
Chapter 1: February 6 •
Chapter 2: February 7-a •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India 1986
A practice for the purification of negative karma and obscurations
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices
Chapters:
Commentary: Introduction •
Commentary: Preliminaries •
Commentary: The Actual Meditation •
Commentary: Conclusion •
