Teachings

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush

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By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal

Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the shortcomings of samara in this teaching excerpted from Kopan Course No. 40, 2007. 

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Support for the Dying

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, India

Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that the best way to help others prepare for death is by offering guidance when they have the capacity to understand and put Dharma into practice.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Brisbane, Australia

Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises the importance of providing support for people who are dying, so they can die with a happy and peaceful mind, free from fear and negative emotions. 

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Preparing for Death

By Pabongka Rinpoche

The Heart’s Utmost Need: Urging Myself and Others to Remember Impermanence. This text, formerly known as Heart-Spoon, was extensively revised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 2020, and further reviewed by Rinpoche in 2022.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

A teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on impermanence and death, excerpted from the 26th Kopan Course.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Russia and the Netherlands

Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the death process and explains the signs which indicate that the consciousness has left the body. Rinpoche draws on his own experiences of seeing the deceased and gives a detailed account of Lama Yeshe's passing and cremation.

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal

In this teaching excerpt Lama Yeshe discusses death and rebirth in various realms of cyclic existence.

By Lama Thubten Yeshe

Volume 2 in our ebook series includes teachings on a range of lamrim topics and excerpts from Lama's commentary on the deity yoga practice of Manjushri.

Chapters:
The Enlightened Experience •
Preface: The Enlightened Experience, Volume 2 •
Table of Contents: The Enlightened Experience, Volume 2 •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Stockholm, Sweden

A public lecture on the death process, the intermediate state and rebirth, given by Lama Yeshe in Sweden on September 8, 1983.

By Nicholas Ribush, Lama Thubten Yeshe

Lama Thubten Yeshe: Accepting Reality

By Nicholas Ribush, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Zopa Rinpoche: You Have Time to Get It Done

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Geneva, Switzerland

This multimedia series presents chapters from the LYWA book Life, Death and After Death in a format that includes written teachings enhanced by audio, video and images. 

Chapters:
Life, Death and After Death Multimedia: About the Series •
Finding Peace in Everyday Life •
The Nature of the Mind •
The Death Process •

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