Teachings

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
  • Extensive Daily Practice Advice for an Artist •
  • The Main Practice is Lam-rim •
  • Lam-rim and Guru Yoga Daily Practice •
  • Connection to Practices •
  • Motivation for Daily Practice and All Activities •
  • Daily Practice: The Power of the Compassion Buddha Practice •
  • Study the Lam-rim and Be Kind to Others •
  • Use This Precious Opportunity to Practice Dharma •
  • Daily Practice Advice for Students at Kopan •
  • Practice Plan for Student's Mother •
  • Daily Practices for Success •
  • Extensive Daily Practice Advice •
  • Meditate on Lamrim Every Day •
  • Instructions for Everyday Life •
  • Life Practice Advice for Long-time Student •
  • Daily Practices to Clear Obstacles •
  • Essential Life Practices •
  • A Meaningful Life •
  • Strong Daily Practice •
  • Tonglen, Water Bowls and Other Daily Practices •
  • Lam-rim Meditation, Study and Service •
  • Cutting Down Practice Time •
  • Practice Advice for the Quickest Enlightenment •
  • How to Use Criticism and Unfavorable Situations on the Path •
  • More Talks on this Topic: Daily Practice Advice •
  • Renounce the Ego •
  • Daily Practices and Tong-len Advice •
  • A Wish-granting Life •
  • White Tara and Other Practices •
  • Recommended Daily Practices •
  • Essential Practices for a Busy Student •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Chenrezig Institute, Australia 2000

Rinpoche explains the benefits of mani pills, the Thirty-five Buddhas practice, and the importance of purifying negative karma in this evening session during the 100 Million Mani Retreat at Chenrezig Institute, Australia.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal

The eight Mahayana precepts should be taken with the motivation of bodhicitta, remembering the kindness of other sentient beings

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these teachings on offering practices during a Cittamani Tara Puja at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore in 1992.

By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Labsum Shedrub Ling, Washington, New Jersey

A commentary on Vajrasattva meditation and recitation as a purification practice.

By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India

An interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama about Buddhist teachings and practice

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy

The practice of prostrations to the Thirty-five Buddhas is a powerful method to purify past harmful actions and prevent unwanted sufferings in the future.

Chapters:
The Benefits of Making Prostrations •
Commentary on the Practice •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Extracts from teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe on the practice of Vajrasattva

Chapters:
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Benefits of Vajrasattva Practice •
Lama Yeshe: The Benefits of Purification with Heruka Vajrasattva •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
  • Practices for Life: Preliminaries and Lamrim Meditation •
  • Nyung-näs and Practices for Life •
  • Extensive Life Practices for a New Student •
  • Life Practices for a Young Student at Kopan •
  • Chenrezig and Other Practices for New Student •
  • First Study the Whole Lamrim •
  • Practices to Focus on for Your Whole Life •
  • Practices to Make Your Life Useful and Beneficial •
  • Practice Advice for Life for New Student •
  • Golden Light Sutra, Nyung-nä and Lam-rim Practice •
  • Lamrim Study and Effortful Meditation Practice •
  • Practice For All Sentient Beings •
  • Life Practices After Kopan •
  • Life Practices: Lamrim, Preliminaries, Tantra •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Institut Vajra Yogini, France

Teachings from a Mani retreat held at Institut Vajra Yogini, France, in 2009.

Chapters:
The Benefits of reciting OM MANI PADME HUM •
How to Purify Negative Karma •
Motivation for the Retreat •
Preparation for Chenrezig Initiation and Retreat •
Preparation for Chenrezig Initiation (cont) •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Taichung, Taiwan

Lightly edited teachings from the Amitabha and White Tara initiations and retreat held at Shakyamuni Center, Taiwan, in February 2007.

Chapters:
Amitabha and White Tara Index Page •
Lam-rim Teaching; Amitabha Practice •
Bodhisattva Vows; Amitabha Practice •
White Tara Initiation; Bodhisattva Vows •
White Tara Sadhana: Refuge •
White Tara Sadhana: Purification •
White Tara Sadhana: Offerings •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

A teaching on the four opponent powers, a practice that purifies negative karma and obscurations

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Vermont, USA

Lightly edited excerpts from a one-month Mitukpa retreat held in Vermont, USA, 2002.

Chapters:
Mitukpa Retreat: Index Page •
Mitukpa Initiation •
The Meaning of Retreat •
How Samsara is Created •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Maitreya Instituut, Netherlands

This commentary includes advice on combining the practice with prostrations and lam-rim meditation.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

A teaching by abbot Achos Rinpoche, with a commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

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