Teachings
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
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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 •
- Advice for Group of Retreatants •
- Doing Retreat •
- Thanks for Vajrasattva Group Retreat •
- Intent on Retreat •
- Fire Pujas •
- Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Retreat •
- Vajrayogini Retreat •
- Vajrasattva Retreat for All Sentient Beings •
- Migtsema Retreat •
- Mahamudra Retreat •
- Building a Retreat House •
- Where to Do Retreat •
- How to Do Lama Chöpa in Retreat •
- Retreat and Meditation Most Beneficial •
- Retreat for Rest of Life •
- Retreat Practices •
- Daily Schedule for Retreat •
- Continue With Loose Retreat •
- It’s Important to Practice Now •
- Retreat or Service •
- The Real Retreat •
- Retreat While Walking or Travelling •
- Retreat or Study •
- Vajrasattva Retreat and Lamrim for Health Obstacles •
- Guru Devotion Is the Most Important Thing •
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 •
- Hayagriva Retreat •
- Nuns’ Retreat •
- Thanks For All Your Practice •
- Vajrasattva Retreat and Pilgrimage •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Lam-rim Retreat
- Basic Program and Lam-rim Retreat •
- Ten-Day Lam-rim Retreat •
- Progress in Retreat •
- Lamrim Retreat Advice •
- Numberless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Love You •
- Lamrim Retreat at Lawudo •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Long Retreat
- Life Retreat •
- Completion of Three Year Retreat •
- Continue With Lamrim in Long Retreat •
- Gradual Completion Stage •
- End of Three Year Retreat •
- Essence of Retreat •
- Three-Year Retreat •
- Preliminary Practices Before Long Retreat •
- Motivation for Retreat •
- Medicine Buddha Practice to Pacify Problems in the World •
- Plan for One-Year Retreat •
- Goodbye Samsara •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Retreat and Life Obstacles •
- Life Obstacles •
- Need for Harmony in Retreat •
- Obstacles in Retreat •
- Pacifying Obstacles to Three-Year Retreat •
- Obstacles to Long Retreat •
