Teachings
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 through a realistic attitude, 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
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how delusion and karma bind us to samsara in this excerpt from a teaching at the 11th Kopan Course.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Creating harmony and good communication with others through compassion and thought transformation rather than blaming and criticizing.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in various locations
How to use depression to develop compassion and bodhicitta, and ultimately to achieve enlightenment.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Depression
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Boulder Creek, California, 1997
How to deal with anger—one's own anger and the anger of others directed at oneself.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kathmandu, Nepal
Teaching on six factors leading to the growth of delusion
Topics: Negative Emotions > Delusions
