Teachings

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

Rinpoche explains how Dharma practice protects us from the delusions in this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course 39.

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By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

Rinpoche discusses the meaning of buddha nature, our potential to become a buddha, in this teaching excerpt from the 38th Kopan Course. 

Topics: Introductory
By Lama Thubten Yeshe

The collected teachings in this book demonstrate Lama Yeshe's understanding of the Western psyche and his ability to express profound truths in simple terms.

Topics: Introductory
Chapters:
Knowledge-Wisdom •
Contents •
Preface •
7. The Experiential Nature of Lord Buddha’s Teachings •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India

Lama Yeshe gave this powerful teaching about bringing the Dharma to the Western world at the first Enlightened Experience Celebration (EEC1), 1982.

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By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

In this excerpt from the 13th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises the importance of a long-term plan to practice Dharma, generate realizations and seek enlightenment for the benefit of others.

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By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

In this excerpt from the 13th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that if we listen to the teachings but don't practice, our mind will not be transformed.

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By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Chenrezig Institute, Eudlo, Australia

In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that all our happiness and suffering come from the mind, and if there is no anger, there is no external enemy.

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By Nicholas Ribush

A brief overview of the path to enlightenment, as taught and followed by most of the Tibetan schools of Buddhism. This outline was written by Nicholas Ribush as the Preface for the book Teachings from Tibet.

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By Lama Thubten Yeshe

Volume 3 in this ebook series of collected teachings by Lama Yeshe features three discourses given at the Sixteenth Kopan Meditation Course in 1983.  In these teachings Lama discusses many aspects of the path to enlightenment and gives practical advice for both new and old students. 

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Chapters:
The Enlightened Experience •
Preface: The Enlightened Experience, Volume 3 •
Table of Contents: The Enlightened Experience, Volume 3 •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Bodhgaya, India

This excerpt is from an introductory talk given to Western students who had traveled to Bodhgaya to receive the Kalachakra initiation from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Tokyo, Japan

Lama Yeshe discusses the meaning of "buddha" and how to become completely open and free from ignorance, in this excerpt from a public talk on the four noble truths.

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By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal

In this question-and-answer session Lama Yeshe discusses the essence of Buddhism and other religions, and advises students how to integrate Dharma when they return to the West.

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By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote this article at the request of Renuka Singh for her anthology, The Path of the Buddha, published in 2004. 

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By Nicholas Ribush, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, HH Ling Rinpoche

This Dharma celebration was held in India in 1982 from January to June 1982, and was hosted by International Mahayana Institute. Find links to teachings and videos from this event, and read the EEC1 report, with advice from His Holiness Ling Rinpoche, a summary of the program and a Tara practice by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

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By Tenzin Ösel Hita in Institut Vajra Yogini, France

A talk by Ösel about developing a positive attitude and inner values.

Topics: Introductory

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