Teachings

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal 1973

A core lamrim text written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for use during the Kopan Meditation courses. Edited by Nicholas Ribush.

Chapters:
WFGS: Preface •
Meditation One: Perfect Human Rebirth, Impermanence and Death •
Meditation Two: The Three Lower Realms, Refuge and Karma •
WFGS: Introduction •
By Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey

A commentary on the text "The Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion"

By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India 1981

His Holiness the Dalai Lama outlined each of the four noble truths in this teaching in Dharamsala in 1981.

By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York

Teachings on renunciation, bodhicitta, and emptiness, along with a Manjushri blessing

Chapters:
Session One: The Twelve Links and Renunciation •
Session Two: Bodhicitta •
Session Three: Emptiness •
Session Four: Manjushri Blessing and a conversation with Ven. Master Sheng Yen •
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in London, England 1996

Two days of teachings on this core topic in Buddhism.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India September 1984

Teachings on a range of lamrim topics, including renunciation, perfect human rebirth, tantra, Mahayana thought transformation and bodhicitta

Chapters:
Chapter 1: Generating Bodhicitta •
Chapter 2: Renouncing Samsara •
Chapter 3: The Eight Freedoms •
Chapter 4: The Ten Richnesses •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Munich, Germany, April 2001

The meaning of "guru," the qualities of a guru, and the practice of guru devotion, with a focus on His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This teaching also contains advice on the practice of Dorje Shugden.

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in France 1982

Two talks on renunciation, bodhicitta, and emptiness, included in the book The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism.

Chapters:
The Three Principal Aspects of the Path: First Teaching •
The Three Principal Aspects of the Path: Second Teaching •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Zollikon, Switzerland, 1978

Clarifying the meaning of refuge, as the first step on the Buddhist path

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Vaddo, Sweden

A commentary on the three principal aspects of the path to enlightenment, with teachings and meditations on the nature of the mind.

Chapters:
Light of Dharma: Introduction and Chapter One •
Light of Dharma: Chapter Two •
Light of Dharma: Chapter Three •
Light of Dharma: Chapter Four •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Request to Guru •
Training the Mind in Guru Devotion •
Taking Teachings from the Lama •
Guru Devotion and Consultation •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
The Power of Faith •
Advice for Students of Geshe Jampa Gyatso •
Benefit of Attending Initiation •
Praise of Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Milarepa's Strong and Stable Guru Devotion •
Successful Service Due to Guru Devotion •
The Merit of Pleasing the Guru •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Offering Service When the Guru Manifests Illness •
Messages From Hospital After Manifesting a Stroke •
A Rare Opportunity •
Rinpoche’s and Lama Lhundrup’s Heath •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Habituated in Nonvirtue •
Sexual Misconduct •
Profiting from Selling Alcohol •
Abandon Carelessness •

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