Teachings
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Advice and methods for purifying past nonvirtuous actions.
How Vajrasattva Practice Purifies Negative Karma •
Purifying Negative Karma •
Mantras for Purifying Negativities •
Practices for Purification •
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Advice for prisoners on how to use the situation to develop their mind on the path to enlightenment.
Being in Prison •
Preliminaries and Other Practices in Prison •
A Nun in Jail •
The Prison is Your Retreat House •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on tantric practices, including the generation and completion stages of Highest Yoga Tantra.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice > Tantra
Completion Stage Practices •
Request for Initiation •
Visualizing the Guru as Deity During Initiation •
Deity Practice •
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In this collection of advice for those practicing in prison, Rinpoche explains how to use the situation in prison to develop the mind.
Meditation in Prisons •
Prison is an Opportunity to Practice •
Son Passed Away •
Using Time in Prison to Practice Dharma •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for students who are experiencing difficulties with their Dharma practice.
No Progress in Practice •
Doubts •
Obstacles •
Difficulty with Prostrations •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to follow the Buddhist path and how to bring benefit and happiness to others through Dharma practice.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Advice for New Students
Practice Advice for a New Student •
Study and Practice Advice for a New Student •
The Ultimate Goal •
Advice to a New Student •
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Advice on meditations and mantras for healing and purifying sickness, spirit harm, negative karma and obstacles to a long life.
Vision of Tara •
Medicine Buddha Puja •
White Tara and Chenrezig Simhanada Practices •
Benefits of Medicine Buddha Practice •
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Advice given to students on the practice of Shugden (Tib: Dolgyal). This practice is strongly discouraged by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > General Practice Advice > Dorje Shugden
Ceasing Shugden •
Advice About Dorje Shugden •
Student Stopped Dolgyal Practice •
Dorje Shugden Practice •
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Advice to students about restoring their daily practice after it has lapsed.
How to Restart Practices After Stopping •
Dharma Practice Stopped After Disrobing •
The Most Important Practice •
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Advice for students who have broken their vows or stopped their daily practice commitments.
Confessing Broken Commitments •
Purifying Broken Commitments •
Giving Up Lay Vows •
Problem Doing Commitments •
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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 •
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Meditations to Generate Realizations •
Practice Advice for a University Student •
Practice Advice •
Practice Advice •
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Daily Practice Advice: Mantra Recitation, Prostrations, Lam-rim •
Daily Practice Advice: Lam-rim, Guru Yoga, Sleeping Yoga •
Teachings on How to Do Daily Practice •
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Advice for a Sincere New Student •
Lamrim Advice for New Student •
Meditations for a New Student •
Guidelines for Dharma Practice •
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Topics: Buddhist Practices > Advice for New Students > Heart Advice
I Thought of You Many Times •
A New Path in the Dharma •
Chenrezig Will Always Guide You •
