Teachings
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy
Lama Yeshe advises students to avoid extremes and abide in meditation with intensive awareness in this excerpt from a commentary on the yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso given in Italy, September 1983.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students doing a long retreat, including guidance on motivation, specific practices, how to successfully complete the retreat and what to do if there are obstacles.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Long Retreat
Life Retreat •
Completion of Three Year Retreat •
Continue With Lamrim in Long Retreat •
Gradual Completion Stage •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students doing a retreat on the lamrim, the graduated path to enlightenment. Rinpoche says taming the mind through the lamrim is the best offering and the best way to bring world peace.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Lamrim Retreat
Basic Program and Lamrim Retreat •
Ten-Day Lamrim Retreat •
Progress in Retreat •
Lamrim Retreat Advice •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bendigo, Australia
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises students to make the retreat most beneficial by striving to subdue the mind.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Practice advice and instructions for students doing various types of retreat, including preliminaries, lamrim and deity practice.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
Retreat Place •
Destroying Delusion •
Advice for Seven-Month Retreat •
Six-Month Retreat •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Madrid, Spain
An interview with the directors and staff of O Sel Ling Retreat Centre about the benefits of the retreat center.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in India
A description of chulen (taking the essence) pills and the methods for practicing a pill retreat.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Thanks for Medicine Buddha Retreat •
Vajrasattva Practice is So Important •
Vajrasattva Retreat •
Yamantaka Retreat •
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Retreat and Life Obstacles •
Life Obstacles •
Need for Harmony in Retreat •
Obstacles in Retreat •
