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Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to purify negative karma in relation to the guru, given to students confessing mistakes.
- Regretting Anger Toward Rinpoche •
- Confession of Anger •
- Confessing Mistakes •
- Confessing Negative Thoughts •
- Heavy Karma of Criticizing the Guru •
- Mitukpa Mantra and Being Vegetarian •
- Not Following the Guru’s Advice •
- Degeneration of Guru Devotion •
- Impatient and Upset at the Teachings •
- Confession of Anger and Worry About Cognitive Decline •
- Criticizing the Guru and Causing Problems at the Dharma Center •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on karma, including how to create good karma and avoid nonvirtue.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Karma > Understanding Karma
- Accepting Karma •
- Many Obstacles Due to Karma •
- Karma of a Group is More Powerful •
- Everything is Produced by Karma •
- Result of Past Karma •
- Karma and Its Results •
- Good Karma of Caring For Animals •
- Think of the Kindness of Sentient Beings •
- The Karma of Harming Others •
- Treat Others Peacefully, Be a Good Example to the World •
- It Is Best to Live in Morality •
- The Power of Dharma Practice •
- Happiness Comes from Cherishing Others •
- The Merit Will Run Out •
- The Truth Will Win •
- Dharma Practice Is So Important •
- Suffering Comes from the Mind •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the study and practice of lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
- Dedicate Oneself to the Lam-rim •
- A Letter to Students at Kopan •
- Reading Lam-rim Books •
- Lam-rim is the Main Thing •
- Focus on Lam-rim •
- Generating Faith •
- Lam-rim Realizations •
- Train in the Graduated Path •
- Practice Advice: Read Lam-rim •
- Practice Gone Dry •
- Benefits of the Lam-rim •
- Direction in Life •
- Advice on Lam-rim Study and Practice •
- Focus on Lamrim Practice •
- Lam-rim the Main Practice •
- Familiarity with the Dharma •
- Train the Mind in Lam-rim •
- Lam-rim Meditation •
- Attainment of Lam-rim Realizations •
- Which Lam-rim Text to Study •
- Stick With the Lam-rim •
- The Suffering of Samsara •
- Meditations on the Graduated Path •
- A Worthwhile Life •
- Renouncing Attachment to a Monk •
- Lamrim and Manjushri Practices •
- The Best Life for Yourself and Others •
- Effortful Lamrim Meditation •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice and practices to purify negative karma created by previous actions.
- The Karma of Killing •
- Fatal Car Accident •
- Killing One's Parents •
- Purifying Negative Karma •
- Purifying Forefather’s Karma of Killing •
- Purifying the Karma of Harming Others •
- The Real Responsibility •
- Purifying the Karma of Disrespecting a Friend •
- Purifying the Karma of Harming Mother •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the importance of Dharma practice and how to actualize the lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
- Doubts About Lam-rim •
- The Quickest Path to Enlightenment •
- Special Qualities of Buddhism •
- Lama Tsongkhapa's Teachings •
- Lam-rim Quotes •
- Lam-rim and Tantra •
- Following the Basic Program •
- Recognize the Nature of Suffering •
- This Perfect Human Rebirth is Most Precious •
- The Quickest Way to Achieve Enlightenment •
- Definition of a Holiday •
- Freedom is in Our Hands •
- The Essence of Lama Tsongkhapa’s Teachings •
- Lamrim Is the Best Practice •
- Meditate on the Lamrim Every Day •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to practice guru devotion, including seeing the guru as Buddha, offering service and pleasing the guru.
- Fortunate to Receive Advice from the Guru •
- The Guru Brings You to Enlightenment •
- Pleasing the Guru •
- Offering Thanks to the Guru •
- Initiation From Another Lama •
- Guru Yoga Merit Field •
- Guru Devotion in the Four Tibetan Traditions •
- How to Find a Teacher •
- Dharma Connection With Other Gurus •
- Having Many Gurus •
- Request to be Guru •
- Request to be Guru and Life Practices •
- Not Possible for the Teacher to Give Up •
- Attachment to the Guru •
- Image of a Teacher on Altar •
- How to Follow the Guru Correctly •
- The Merit of Offering to the Guru •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on lam-rim topics, including refuge, karma, and guru devotion.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Request to Guru •
- Training the Mind in Guru Devotion •
- Taking Teachings from the Lama •
- Guru Devotion and Consultation •
- Guru Displeased •
- Far from Guru •
- Restaurants and Shopping •
- When the Guru Is Ill •
- How to Think When Your Guru Shows Signs of Aging •
- Close to Guru •
- Advice on Guru Practice •
- A Teaching on Guru Devotion •
- A Daily Guru Devotion Meditation •
- More Talks on this Topic: Guru Devotion •
- Remember the Guru’s Kindness •
- The Quickest Path to Enlightenment •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- The Power of Faith •
- Advice for Students of Geshe Jampa Gyatso •
- Benefit of Attending Initiation •
- Praise of Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche •
- Qualities of a Guru Who Teaches Tantra •
- Refuge is Most Wise •
- The Absolute and Conventional Guru •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Milarepa's Strong and Stable Guru Devotion •
- Successful Service Due to Guru Devotion •
- The Merit of Pleasing the Guru •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- The Merit of Study •
- The Merit of Working for the Guru •
- Recitations for Rinpoche’s Health and Long Life •
- Thanks for Your Service to the Guru •
- Offering Service to His Holiness •
- Your Life Has Been Rich in Merit •
- Service to the Guru is the Best Offering •
- Working for the Guru Purifies Eons of Negative Karma •
- The Merit of Pleasing the Guru •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Respecting the Guru •
- Angry With the Teacher •
- Living in the Dharma •
- When the Guru Shows the Aspect of Displeasure •
- Seeing the Guru as Buddha •
- Seeing Faults in the Guru •
- Not Giving Up •
- Negative Thoughts About the Guru •
- Obstacles to Guru Devotion •
- The Guru's Behaviour and How One Should Protect the Mind •
- Conflict with Lamas •
- Difficulties with One's Guru •
- Giving Up the Guru •
- Negativity Toward Guru •
- Purifying Negative Karma Connected With Guru •
- Advice on Guru Devotion for Student Having Difficulties •
- More Talks on this Topic: Obstacles to Guru Devotion •
- How to Clear Obstacles to Guru Devotion •
- How to Think About Past Harm •
- Thoughts of Harming the Guru •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Offering Service When the Guru Manifests Illness •
- Messages From Hospital After Manifesting a Stroke •
- A Rare Opportunity •
- Rinpoche’s and Lama Lhundrup’s Heath •
- When the Guru Shows the Aspect of Sickness •
- An Incredible Opportunity •
- Thanks for Your Wishes and Prayers •
- A Rare Prayer •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Habituated in Nonvirtue •
- Sexual Misconduct •
- Profiting from Selling Alcohol •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
- Instructions for Refuge Practice •
- More Talks on this Topic: Refuge •
