Teachings

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Letters and advice sent to dignitaries and students regarding resolution of conflict and how to bring peace and happiness to the region.

Advice for the Whole Country •
Practices for Columbia •
The Situation in Tibet •
A Letter to the King of Nepal •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice on how to integrate the three principal aspects of the path—renunciation, bodhicitta and right view (of emptiness)—into our working life.

Transforming Attitude   •
Working With Devotion •
Bodhisattva Attitude •
Motivation for Paying Tax •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice and practices to remove obstacles and have success in the purchase or sale of house or land.

Obstacles to Sale of House •
Selling a Property •
Selling Land •
Buying Land •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal

Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to integrate Dharma into our everyday life in this teaching excerpted from Kopan Course No. 40.

By Lama Thubten Yeshe

The celebration of Christmas focuses on our longing for peace and deepest expression of love. Taking as his major focus the ways in which we customarily celebrate Christmas, Lama Yeshe exposes the foibles of our secular age and shows how we can surmount them.

Chapters:
Silent Mind Holy Mind •
Contents •
Preface (by Nicholas Ribush) •
Introduction (by Jonathon Landaw) •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy

In this teaching Rinpoche advises the importance of protecting our mind from anger, attachment and ignorance.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice on how to make life meaningful by integrating Dharma into everyday life.

Real Happiness •
Discovering Dharma •
Making Life Meaningful •
The Most Important Thing is to Practice Dharma •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice and prayers for peace, harmony and happiness in countries experiencing conflict.

Prayer for Peace •
September 11 •
Post-September 11 •
Advice After the US Election •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

In this short excerpt from the 50th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the benefits of having positive messages, mantras and Namgyälma protection on his car.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice and practices to remove obstacles to success.

Obstacles to Moving House •
Changing Feng Shui •
Removing Obstacles and Collecting Merit •
Removing Obstacles for a Religious Leader  •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice and practices for students experiencing problems due to a business downturn and related financial crisis.

Business in Financial Crisis •
Business Losing Money •
Business Losing Money •
Trusting Advice Given by a Lama •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice on practices which may help remove obstacles for those who are unemployed and having difficulties finding work. 

Looking for Work •
Success in Finding a Job •
Obstacles to Finding Work •
Can’t Find a Job •
By Tenzin Ösel Hita in Ocean of Compassion Buddhist Center, Campbell, CA

A talk by Tenzin Ösel Hita on unconditional love and how to practice Dharma.

By Tenzin Ösel Hita in Institut Vajra Yogini, Marzens, France

Tenzin Ösel Hita addresses a wide range of topics including education, masculinity, patience, discipline, jealousy and anger in this Dharma talk.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice on matters related to travel and immigration, including how to think when traveling by plane and practices for removing visa obstacles.

Note for Hotel Maid  •
Border Crossing to Nepal •
Obstacles to Getting a Visa  •
Removing Long-term Visa Obstacles •

Pages