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Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students doing a long retreat, including guidance on motivation, specific practices, how to successfully complete the retreat and what to do if there are obstacles.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Long Retreat
Life Retreat •
Completion of Three Year Retreat •
Continue With Lamrim in Long Retreat •
Gradual Completion Stage •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students doing a retreat on the lamrim, the graduated path to enlightenment. Rinpoche says taming the mind through the lamrim is the best offering and the best way to bring world peace.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Lamrim Retreat
Basic Program and Lamrim Retreat •
Ten-Day Lamrim Retreat •
Progress in Retreat •
Lamrim Retreat Advice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Practice advice and instructions for students doing various types of retreat, including preliminaries, lamrim and deity practice.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
Retreat Place •
Destroying Delusion •
Advice for Seven-Month Retreat •
Six-Month Retreat •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to correctly visualize certain deities during one's meditation practice.
Vision of Buddhas •
Improving Visualizations •
Namgyalma Long-life Meditation •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on meditation, retreat, and related topics, including advice on chöd, calm abiding, and how to build a retreat house.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Thanks for Medicine Buddha Retreat •
Vajrasattva Practice is So Important •
Vajrasattva Retreat •
Yamantaka Retreat •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Retreat and Life Obstacles •
Life Obstacles •
Need for Harmony in Retreat •
Obstacles in Retreat •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Bliss and Emptiness Meditation •
Meditate on Lamrim •
Blissful Meditation Experience •
Experience of Bliss •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Successful Shi-nä Practice •
Whether to Practice Shi-nä •
Visualization for Shi-nä Practice •
Object for Shamatha (Calm Abiding) •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Six-Month Calm Abiding Retreat •
Shamatha (Calm Abiding) Retreat •
Practice and Retreat Advice •
Advice for Long Retreat •
