Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the practice of giving and letters of thanks to benefactors of Rinpoche's centers and projects.
Topics: Working for the Dharma > Service and Support of the Dharma > Generosity and Charitable Projects
- Kind Benefactor •
- Thanking Benefactors •
- Thanks for Donation to Kopan •
- Donation to Amdo Eye Center •
- Ways to Give Away Money •
- Investing for Real Profit •
- Helping a Business •
- The Center is of Utmost Importance •
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 Visa Obstacles •
- Mantra Recommended Before Traveling •
- Improving Dependent Arising: How to Eliminate Obstacles before Travel •
- Advice for Flying •
- Immigration Difficulties •
- Removing Visa Obstacles •
- Query About Travel and Sur Practice •
- Tara Practice and Prayers While Flying •
- Travel Risk in Third World Country •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to resolve parenting problems by focusing on the good heart, loving kindness and compassion for others.
Topics: Family and Relationships > Parenting > Parenting Problems
- Problems With Children •
- Growing Up Too Fast •
- A Bad Mother? •
- Prayers For Child’s Return •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on various practices and mantras for animals, including those which are sick and dying.
- How to Benefit Animals •
- Building an Animal Sanctuary •
- Compassion Brings Us Closer to Enlightenment •
- Advice About Caring for Dogs •
- Take Care of Animals with Compassion •
- Practices to Benefit a Cat •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on bodhicitta, the altruistic mind of enlightenment.
- Practicing Patience •
- Generating Bodhicitta •
- You Have So Much to Rejoice About in This Life •
- Effortful Bodhicitta Motivation •
- Motivation is Most Important •
- Live Your Life With Bodhicitta •
- How to Make Your Life Most Beneficial for Sentient Beings, Even With Your Speech •
- The Ultimate Good Heart •
- Living With Bodhicitta •
- Pray to Benefit Others •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on nyung nä, a powerful two-day practice associated with Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices > Nyung-näs
- Continue With Nyung-näs and Lam-rim •
- We Can Be Free From Samsara •
- Unable to Complete Nyung-näs •
- Nyung-nä Advice •
- Practices for Purification and Collecting Merit •
- Two Thousand Nyung Näs and Other Life Practices •
- The Benefits of Nyung-näs •
- Thank you for Nyung-näs •
- A Powerful Practice •
- Nyung-näs •
- Nyung-nä •
- Completion of 300 Nyung-näs •
- The Greatest Purification •
- 700 Nyung-näs Seems Good •
- Dispelling Obstacles For Nyung-nä Retreat •
- A Quick Way to Purify Obscurations •
- Animal Liberation and Nyung Näs •
- Drinking During a Nyung Nä •
- Two Thousand Nyung Näs •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on making offerings to the Three Rare Sublime Ones.
Topics: Holy Objects > Making Offerings > Offering Practices
- Verses to Inspire Offerings •
- Offering to the Sangha •
- Water Bowls Practice •
- How to Generate Merit by Offering Music, such as Bell, Gong or Conch Shell •
- Making Offerings to the Pretas •
- Offerings to the Guru-Buddha •
- Offering Incense •
- Benefits of Offering Gold to Buddha Statues •
- Take Care of the Flowers •
- Water Bowl Offerings •
- Flower Offering Card •
- How to Dedicate a Money Offering •
- Water Bowl Offerings as a Group Practice •
- The Benefits of Supporting the Center and Sangha •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on powerful mantras with many benefits including healing, purifying negative karma and dispelling obstacles.
Topics: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Mantras > Various Mantras
- The Exalted Zung of Norbu Sangpo •
- The Mantra Encompassing the Essence of Kangyur •
- The Wisdom Mantra Called the Arya Six Syllables •
- Stainless Pinnacle Lotus Mantra •
- Amoghapasha Mantra •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
A collection of advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on a wide range of topics and practices, in the form of letters and short talks.
Topics: Introductory
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Topics: Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > Dorje Shugden
- Ceasing Shugden •
- Dorje Shugden •
- Protector Practice •
- Dorje Shugden Practice •
- Action Against Lamas •
- Forsaking a Guru •
- More Talks on This Topic: Dorje Shugden •
- Dolgyal Practice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Meditations to Generate Realizations •
- Practice Advice for a University Student •
- Practice Advice •
- Practice Advice •
- Practice Advice •
- Next Steps for a New Student •
- Practice Advice and Where to Study •
- Practice Advice •
- Practice Advice •
- Practice Advice •
- Study Advice •
- Practice Advice •
- Making Life Beneficial •
- Nature •
- Living a Good Life •
- The Special Qualities of Buddhism •
- Dedication of Merit •
- Practice Advice •
- Practice Advice for Benefactors •
- Making Life Meaningful •
- Practice Advice •
- Practice Advice •
- Practice Advice •
- Request for Practices •
- Lama Chöpa and Manjushri Prayer •
- Tradition in Past Life •
- Dharma Practice is Most Important •
- Letter to a Pen Pal •
- Dharma is Needed for the Happiness of Sentient Beings •
- Practice Advice •
- Advice for a Couple •
- Motivation for Dharma Practice •
- Guidelines for Practice •
- Practice Advice •
- Clairvoyance and Practice Advice •
- Practice Advice •
- Practice Advice •
- The Importance of Learning •
- Contemplate the Lam-rim •
- Practice Advice •
- Giving Practices •
- Practice Advice •
- Practice Advice •
- Advice for a Long-term Student •
- Solar Eclipse •
- Speaking in Tongues •
- Dharma is Most Important •
- Just Start the Practice •
- Please Continue to Practice Dharma •
- The Real Meaning of Life •
- An Introduction to Buddhism •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Thanks for Liberating Animals •
- Thanks for Animal Liberation •
- Benefits of Liberating Animals •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Topics: Benefiting Animals > Spare the Insects > Saving Insects' Lives
- Practices To Do When Invaded By Insects •
- Ants on the Road •
- Leading Insects to Enlightenment •
- Cockroaches in the House •
- Ants in the House •
- Many Ants in the House •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Essential Daily Practice Advice •
- Daily Practice Advice •
- Teachings on How to Do Daily Practice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on saving the lives of insects,and what to do when we find insects such as cockroaches and ants in our home or at the Dharma center.
