Teachings

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice on how to care for and respect statues of the Buddha. Rinpoche advises that holy objects such as statues contribute to world peace and help us create believable merit just by seeing them.

  • Climbing on a Statue •
  • Hosting the Jade Buddha •
  • Painting the Buddha’s Eyes •
  • Benefactor Building a Statue •
  • Benefits of Building a Statue of Padmasambhava •
  • Tara Statue With Head Looking Down •
  • Auspicious Welcome for Amitabha Buddha Statue •
  • Care of Chenrezig Statue in Garsha, India •
  • Your Gift to Sentient Beings •
  • Buddha Statue on the Ground •
  • Your Prayers Have Power •
  • Prostrations to Buddha Statue •
  • Precious Chenrezig Statue in Garsha •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
  • Four Dharmakaya Relic Mantras Amulet  •
  • The Benefits of Blessing Strings •
  • Lama Atisha Protection Stupa •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
  • Benefits of Prayer Flags •
  • When to Hang Prayer Flags •
  • Prayer Flags and Banners •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
  • A Prayer Wheel in the Ocean •
  • Yamantaka Mantras in Prayer Wheel •
  • Prayer Wheel and Tong-len Practice •
  • The Benefits of Prayer Wheels and Chenrezig Practice •
  • Checking Mantras for Prayer Wheel •
  • Benefits of Prayer Wheels •
  • Making a Prayer Wheel •
  • Building a Universal Peace Wheel •
  • Hand Prayer Wheel •
  • More Talks on this Topic: Prayer Wheels •
  • Request to Build a Prayer Wheel •
  • The Prayer Wheel Brings Many Blessings •
  • Correctly Filling Holy Objects •
  • Prayer Wheel Visualization and Life Practice Advice •
  • Dedications After Turning a Prayer Wheel •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
  • Printing Tse.do, the Long Life Sutra •
  • Writing the Prajnaparamita •
  • How to Bless Texts •
  • Paranirvana Sutra •
  • Burning Holy Objects and Offering to Sangha •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
  • Dedicating the Merit of Making Tsa-tsas •
  • What to do with Tsa-tsas •
  • Tsa-tsas and Other Practices  •
  • Making Tsa-tsas and Buddha Statues •
  • Benefits of Making Tsa-tsas •
  • Making Tsa-tsas •
  • Caring For Damaged Holy Objects •
  • Precious Images •
  • Making Perfect Tsa Tsas in Retreat •
  • Tsa Tsa Instructions According to Lama Atisha •