Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to resolve conflict with fellow students at the Dharma center by remembering their kindness and developing a tolerant and compassionate attitude.
- Having the Attitude to Help •
- Complaints about Director •
- Advice for Dealing with Difficult People •
- Conflicts with Fellow Students •
- Living with a Difficult Student •
- Every Sentient Being Is Most Kind, Most Dear, Most Precious •
- Why Compassion Is Most Important at the Center •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for those who have offered service as center director and are retiring from that role.
- Thanks to Outgoing Director •
- Departing Center Director •
- Thanks For Service as Director •
- On Retiring •
- When the Center Director Is Changed •
- Work at the Center Is So Beneficial •
- Resuming Study After Directorship •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students planning to build at the Dharma center.
- Completion of a Stupa •
- Renovations at the Center •
- Building a New Gompa After a Fire •
- Thank You and Rejoice! •
- A New Center Building •
- Pujas Before Felling Trees •
- Construction of a New Building •
- The Four Harmonious Brothers •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice and thanks given to students who have offered service and support for Dharma centers and projects in various roles.
- Retreat Advice and Thanks for Many Years of Service •
- Thanks for Making Dharma Books Available •
- Thanks for Offering Service •
- Study and Service for Sentient Beings •
- Helping a Nun •
- Years of Service •
- Thanks to Benefactor •
- Thanking Benefactors •
- To a Benefactor •
- Merit Box Donations •
- Offering Service For Many Years •
- Thanks for Support •
- Service at Retreat Center •
- Long-term Retreat •
- Help the Center Continuously •
- Continue Helping the Center •
- The Benefits of Serving a Dharma Center •
- Benefits of Karma Yoga •
- You Are Needed at the Center •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice about the importance of the Dharma center, which brings benefit to so many sentient beings.
- Tenth Anniversary Message •
- Thirtieth Birthday Message •
- The Importance of the Dharma Center •
- Benefits of FPMT Projects •
- Benefits of the FPMT •
- Dharma Centers •
- The Dharma Center is an Emergency Rescue Operation •
- Benefits of Dharma Centers and Temples •
- Benefits of Working at a Dharma Center •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for center directors on how to resolve conflict with difficult students at the Dharma center by remembering their kindness and having an open heart, tolerance and compassion.
- Center Disharmony and Theft •
- Difficulties in Dharma Center •
- Problems at a Dharma Center •
- How to Bring Harmony to the Center •
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 •
- Thanks for Generosity to FPMT and His Holiness the Dalai Lama •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche about offering service at the Dharma center. Topics include conflict resolution, how to design the center logo, fundraising and teaching Dharma.
Topics: Working for the Dharma
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- The Merit of Serving the Guru •
- The Merit of Working at the Center •
- Sending Music to Center Director •
- Helping a Study Group •
- Thanks to Director •
- Buying Property for Center •
- Card and Earrings •
- Buying Land for the Center •
- A Very Special Job •
- A Challenge For Your Practice •
- Thanking Directors •
- How to Deal With Stress •
- The Need for Dharma Centers •
- Illegal Buildings on a Property •
- Chairperson of a Dharma Center •
- Model Center Directors •
- Change in Position Due to Karma •
- New Director •
- Numberless Thanks for Your Service •
- Thanks for Service at the Center •
- Advice Received in a Dream •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- A Message from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, 2012 •
- A Message from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, 2009 •
- A Message from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, 2011 •
- Saving Money at the Office •
- Service in Delhi •
- FPMT Support for a Project •
- The Role of FPMT •
- Pleasing His Holiness the Dalai Lama •
- Message to FPMT International Office •
- More Talks on this Topic: FPMT Service •
- A Letter from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, 2015 •
- A Letter From Lama Zopa Rinpoche, 2016 •
- A Message from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, 2019 •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Logos for centers, projects and services •
- Center Logo •
- Monastery Logo •
- Universal Education Logo •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Borrowing Money to Start a Hospice •
- Dedication Prayers •
- Advice for Buying Property •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Change Zoning of the Center •
- Advice for Meditators at Shine Retreat Land •
- Applying for a Permit •
- Four Buddha Days •
- How to Bless Tea •
- Spending Money at the Center •
- The Purpose of the Buddha Descending to this World •
- Do Not Keep Weapons at the Center •
- Practices for Center Success •
- Feng Shui at the Center •
- How Precious Having Met Dharma •
- Pujas for New Apartment •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Thanks for Offering Service at the Center •
- Offering Service •
- Keep the Happiness of All Sentient Beings in Your Heart •
- Serving All Sentient Beings •
- The Benefit of Working for the Center – Wow! •
- Working for the Center is Most Fortunate and Important •
- Serving Others is the Best Life •
- Collecting Merit at the Dharma Center •
- Advice to Study Group •
- The Role of the Dharma Center •
- Voluntary Work •
- The Need for Organizations •
- Education Program at Dharma Center •
- Protection and Blessing of Retreat Land •
- Dharma Teachings via the Internet •
- Sutras Played Aloud •
- Finding a Retreat Center •
- Practices for Developing the Center •
- A Meaningful Life •
- Texts for Dharma Group Study •
- More Talks on this Topic: Working at the Dharma Center •
- How to Make Your Life Most Beneficial for Sentient Beings, Even With Your Speech •
- Dharma Becomes the Most Important Thing •
- Lam-rim and Lo-jong Are Best •
- The Center is for Benefiting Sentient Beings •
- The Ultimate Goal of the Center •
- Actualizing Lamrim While Working for the Center •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Fundraising With Strong Guru Devotion •
- How to Raise Money for Retreat Places •
- Fundraising for a House •
- Successful Fundraising •
- Handling Proceeds of Fundraising Event •
- Fundraising for Meditators •
- Fundraising for Maratika Lama •
- Erma Jam to Raise Funds For Lawudo •
- Practices for Fundraising Success •
