Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Each time we generate a realization in our mind, we have received a blessing
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Refuge
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
How Guru Shakyamuni guides sentient beings.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Refuge
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
When we practice thought training, experiencing problems becomes a cause for finishing the results of negative karma
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Karma
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
If there is no true cause of suffering, there is no reason why we should have to experience suffering or problems
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India
His Holiness the Dalai Lama discusses a range of topics,including karma, other religions, depression, Buddhist tenets and the mind.
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in UCSC, California
After attaining enlightenment, how Buddha began teaching the spiritual path to others, commonly known as turning the wheel of Dharma.
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India
His Holiness the Dalai Lama responds to general questions about Buddhism from students at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Nepal
Detailed instructions on the refuge preliminary practice, compiled and edited by Ven. Thubten Wongmo
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Refuge
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Jamyang Meditation Centre, London 1992
Teachings prior to a refuge ceremony on topics including the suffering nature of samsara, refuge practice and precepts
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Refuge
Chapters:
The Suffering Nature of Samsara •
Refuge Practice & Precepts •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Singapore
Three discourses on how to subdue the mind and achieve enlightenment by practicing the graduated path (lamrim).
Chapters:
1. The Graduated Path •
2. The Ultimate Nature of the Mind •
3. The Four Aspects of Karma •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Excerpts from a book of teachings on the eight worldly dharmas, edited by Gordon McDougall.
Now available as an audiobook
Chapters:
How to Practice Dharma •
Publisher's Acknowledgements and Reader Feedback •
How to Practice Dharma: Editor's Preface •
The Dissatisfied Mind of Desire •
The Nature of Samsara •
Samsaric Methods Can Never Satisfy •
Happiness Starts When We Renounce This Life •
How Worldly Dharma and Holy Dharma Differ •
Turning Away from Worldly Concern •
Translations •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
With this human body we have the opportunity to practice virtue and abandon nonvirtue
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
We are under the control of karma and delusion and this keeps us circling in samsara
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Renunciation
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Adelaide, Australia
Four discourses, on topics including how to make life meaningful, the concept of true existence and renouncing desire
Chapters:
First Discourse: Making Life Meaningful •
Second Discourse: The Dissatisfied Mind •
Third Discourse: The Concept of True Existence •
Fourth Discourse: Renouncing Desire •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in San Francisco
To eliminate suffering and obtain happiness, the most important thing is to have a good heart
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Karma
