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Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice on prayer wheels, both large and small hand-held ones. Includes advice on the benefits, how to dedicate the merit after turning the prayer wheel, and how to construct and fill them.

A Prayer Wheel in the Ocean •
Yamantaka Mantras in Prayer Wheel •
Prayer Wheel and Tonglen Practice •
The Benefits of Prayer Wheels and Chenrezig Practice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice on the practice of tonglen (taking and giving).

A Magnet for Bad Situations •
How to Practice Tonglen •
Become Special by Practicing Tonglen •
Daily Practice of Taking and Giving •

Find links to the new translation of Silent Mind Holy Mind by Lama Yeshe, along with many other Russian translations of books and teachings by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

Topics: Translations > Russian
Tags: translations
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice given to students who requested life practices. Rinpoche recommends essential daily prayers and practices to focus on for their lifetime.

Life Practices •
Ordination, Study and Service •
Beneficial Practices  •
Advice for Life •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Thubten Yeshe: Bodhicitta—The Perfection of Dharma

Tags: bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

Lamrim teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 51st Kopan Meditation Course.

Chapters:
Teachings from the 51st Kopan Meditation Course eBook •
Kopan Course No. 51 Index Page •
Introduction •
Lecture 1: December 6 •
By Lama Thubten Yeshe, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Thubten Yeshe: Taking the Bodhisattva Vows

Tags: bodhicitta, vows
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India

An interview with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama for the tenth anniversary of Maitreya magazine. His Holiness discusses spiritual experience and how we can be inspired by those who have attainments on the path to enlightenment. 

Topics: Introductory
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice on tantric practices, including the generation and completion stages of Highest Yoga Tantra.

Completion Stage Practices •
Request for Initiation •
Visualizing the Guru as Deity During Initiation •
Deity Practice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice for people who are contemplating suicide. Rinpoche explains how to use depression on the path to enlightenment, by changing our focus from self to others.

Suicidal Thoughts, Depression, PTSD and Self-harm •
Tired and Thinking About Death •
Thoughts of Suicide •
Wanting to Commit Suicide •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice on prayers, practices and meditations which can be beneficial for those with various types of cancer.

Cancer Prognosis •
Pujas for Cancer •
Tibetan Medicine for Cancer •
Non-Hodgkin’s Cancer •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote this foreword for the anthology, Becoming Buddha: Wisdom Culture for a Meaningful Life.

Topics: Introductory

The Dutch translation of Silent Mind Holy Mind is now available.

Topics: Translations > Dutch
Tags: translations
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Benefiting Others Benefits Us

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

Advice about parenting, relationships and work-life balance.

Chapters:
Introduction •
1. How to Be a Good Mother •
2. How to Bring Up a Child •
3. How to Find a Suitable Partner •

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