Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to overcome attachment by reflecting on the nature of the body, the sufferings of samsara, and the emptiness, or lack of true existence, of the object of attachment.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions > Desire and Attachment
Attachment and Ordination •
Disadvantages of Attachment •
The Pain of Attachment •
Attachment to a Good Reputation •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Medford, USA
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that depression and anxiety can be overcome by practicing the good heart and cherishing others instead of oneself.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Depression
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to transform depression and use it on the path to enlightenment.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Depression > Advice on Depression
Advice on Transforming Depression •
So Much to Rejoice In •
Depressed and Unsure Where to Live •
Daughter with Depression •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to eliminate anger by practicing patience and thus contributing to world peace.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
Angry With Organization •
Harsh Words •
Eliminating Anger •
Contribution to World Peace •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for people who are contemplating suicide. Rinpoche explains how to use depression on the path to enlightenment, by changing our focus from self to others.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Depression > Feeling Suicidal
Suicidal Thoughts, Depression, PTSD and Self-harm •
Tired and Thinking About Death •
Thoughts of Suicide •
Wanting to Commit Suicide •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
The real enemy is ignorance, the self-cherishing thought, so there’s no reason to get angry with external conditions
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
How to deal with attachment, so we remain calm and clear when experiencing pleasure.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Singapore
We have the potential to be totally free from the suffering of samsara and its cause, delusion and karma.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
Chapters:
We Will Keep Meeting Again and Again Until We Are Free From Samsara •
Subduing the Mind •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
When the mind is under the control of disturbing thoughts there is no peace or happiness
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
In order to control anger, we must reflect well on its shortcomings
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Recognizing and renouncing harmful thoughts and actions brings peace and a meaningful life.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1975
Anger, attachment and ignorance are the cause of all our suffering
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Following desire always results in dissatisfaction.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1981
The real hero is the person who fights anger and defeats the inner enemy, the delusions.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1995
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses techniques for cutting through depression in this excerpt from a teaching at the 28th Kopan Course in 1995.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Depression
