Teachings
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India
An interview with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama for the tenth anniversary of Maitreya magazine. His Holiness discusses spiritual experience and how we can be inspired by those who have attainments on the path to enlightenment.
Topics: Introductory
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote this foreword for the anthology, Becoming Buddha: Wisdom Culture for a Meaningful Life.
Topics: Introductory
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.
Topics: Introductory
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.
Topics: Introductory
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.
Topics: Introductory
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.
Topics: Introductory
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.
Topics: Introductory
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.
Topics: Introductory
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.
Topics: Introductory
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.
Topics: Introductory
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.
Topics: Introductory
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.
Topics: Introductory
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.
Topics: Introductory
