
Teachings
Lamrim teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 52nd Kopan Course, held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in November–December 2019.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: How the Buddha Teaches Us
Advice on how to purify the negative karma resulting from killing. This advice was given to students who had to kill or harm animals in their daily life and work.
Advice on how to care for others who are very ill and approaching death, with essential advice and practices for the moment of death.
Advice about the benefits of taking vows, for example, the five lay vows and the eight Mahayana precepts.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Cherishing Others More than Myself
In this excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that everything which appears as real is a projection, like a dream, and recommends practicing this awareness in daily life.
Advice on the merit of offering service, which pleases the guru, purifies our negative karma and brings us closer to enlightenment.
In this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that our purpose in life is to bring all sentient beings to buddhahood, the awakened state.
Rinpoche discusses the importance of practicing bodhicitta and the good heart in this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course.
Advice on the Mahayana practice of transforming our attitude from cherishing oneself to cherishing others who are most precious and kind.
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on practices for success and harmony at the Dharma center.
In this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that when we think of the deep suffering of others, we have no choice; compassion must arise for them.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Compassion Has to Arise!
Advice for prisoners on how to use the situation to develop their mind on the path to enlightenment.