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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 •
- Practices for Purification and Collecting Merit •
- Two Thousand Nyung Näs and Other Life Practices •
- The Benefits of Nyung-näs •
- Thank you for Nyung-näs •
- A Powerful Practice •
- Continue Nyung-näs •
- Nyung-nä Brings Us Closer to Enlightenment •
- Completion of 300 Nyung-näs •
- The Greatest Purification •
- 700 Nyung-näs Seems Good •
- Dispelling Obstacles For Nyung-nä Retreat •
- A Quick Way to Purify Obscurations •
- Animal Liberation and Nyung Näs •
- Drinking During a Nyung Nä •
- Two Thousand Nyung Näs •
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 •
Chapter 1: The Benefits of Nyung Nä Practice •
Chapter 2: Chenrezig •
Chapter 3: Bhikshuni Lakshmi •
Chapter 4: The Nyung Nä Lineage Lamas •
Chapter 6: The Benefits of Reciting OM MANI PADME HUM •
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 •
4. The Vehicle of the Result •
5. Blessing the Speech •
6. The Transcendental Wisdom of Great Bliss •
7. Abiding in the Retreat •
8. Prostrations and Offerings •
9. Meditation on Emptiness •
10. The Merely Labeled I •
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 je-nang
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 •
Oral Transmission (continued); Long Chenrezig Mantra; Dedications •
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 •
Chapter 3: February 7-b •
Chapter 4: February 8 •
Chapter 5: February 9-a •
Chapter 6: February 9-b •
Chapter 7: February 9-c •
Chapter 8: February 10-a •
Chapter 9: February 10-b •
Chapter 10: February 10-c •
Chapter 11: February 11 •
Chapter 12: February 12-a •
Chapter 13: February 12-b •
Chapter 14: February 13-a •
Chapter 15: February 13-b •
Chapter 16: February 14 •
Chapter 17: February 15 •
Chapter 18: February 16 •
Chapter 19: February 17-a •
Chapter 20: February 17-b •
Chapter 21: February 19 •
Chapter 22: February 21-a •
Chapter 23: February 21-b •
Chapter 24: February 22-a •
Chapter 25: February 22-b •
Chapter 26: February 22-c •
Chapter 27: February 23 •
Chapter 28: February 24 •
Chapter 29: February 25 •
Chapter 30: February 26 •
Chapter 31: February 27 •
Chapter 32: February 28 •
Chapter 33: March 2-a •
Chapter 34: March 2-b •
Chapter 35: March 4 •
Chapter 36: March 6 •
Chapter 37: March 7 •
Chapter 38: March 12 •
Chapter 39: March 13 •
Chapter 40: March 16 •
Chapter 41: April 10 •
Chapter 42: April 11 •
Chapter 43: April 16 •
Chapter 44: April 17 •
Chapter 45: April 18 •
Chapter 46: April 24 •
Chapter 47: April 25 •
Chapter 48: April 27 •
Chapter 49: April 30-a •
Chapter 50: April 30-b •
Appendices •
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:
Sadhana: Burning Offering to Dorje Khadro •
Commentary: Introduction •
Commentary: Preliminaries •
Commentary: The Actual Meditation •
Commentary: Conclusion •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Benefits of Vajrasattva Practice •
- Purifying Negative Karma •
- Mantras for Purifying Negativities •
- Practices for Purification •
- Tsa-tsas for Purification and Merit •
- Benefits of Vajrasattva Practice •
- Diamond Cutter Sutra and Prostrations •
- Purification Practices, Water Bowls and Tong-len •
- Purifying Sexual Misconduct •
- Stupa Tsa-tsas for Purification •
- Mitukpa and Prostrations •
- How to Purify Sexual Misconduct •
- More Talks on this Topic: Practices to Purify Negative Karma •
