Teachings

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Eudlo, Australia

Lamrim teachings and guided meditations from a one-month course in 1975.

Chapters:
Lamrim Course Index Page •
Lectures 1 and 2 •
Lectures 3 and 4 •
Lectures 5 and 6 •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

This book presents Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings on bodhicitta, the mind of enlightenment, based on verses from two inspiring bodhicitta texts, The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta, by Khunu Lama Rinpoche, and A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, by Shantideva

Chapters:
The Nectar of Bodhicitta •
Editor's Preface •
1.1 Inspiring Us to Develop the Awakening Mind •
1.2 Whatever We Do, We Should Do It With Bodhicitta •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bendigo, Australia

In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises students to make the retreat most beneficial by striving to subdue the mind.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal November 1979

A transcript of teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 12th Kopan Meditation Course held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in November 1979.

Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 12 Index Page •
Section One: Lectures 1-8 •
Section Two: Lectures 9-14 •
Section Three: Lectures 15-20 •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Zopa Rinpoche: How Living in Morality Brings Peace

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to relate the four immeasurable thoughts to our daily life, with a strong determination to make our life beneficial for others.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

In this short excerpt from the 50th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the benefits of having positive messages, mantras and Namgyälma protection on his car.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

In this excerpt from the 50th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses tonglen, the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal

In this excerpt from the 50th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches that happiness and suffering arise from the mind, just as a shadow follows the body.

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal November 1978

A transcript of teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the Eleventh Kopan Course in 1978.

Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 11 Index Page •
Section One •
Section Two •
Section Three •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush

Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Happiest Life is When You Practice Bodhicitta

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA

In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to make charity to beggars by remembering the bodhicitta attitude and reflecting on emptiness, so that the action of giving becomes the cause of enlightenment.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

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. 

Ceasing Shugden •
Advice About Dorje Shugden •
Student Stopped Dolgyal Practice •
Dorje Shugden Practice •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Advice on powerful mantras with many benefits including healing, purifying negative karma and dispelling obstacles.

The Exalted Zung of Norbu Sangpo •
The Mantra Encompassing the Essence of Kangyur •
The Wisdom Mantra Called the Arya Six Syllables •
Stainless Pinnacle Lotus Mantra •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976

A transcript of teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 10th Kopan Course

Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 10 Index Page •
Section One: Lectures 1 to 4 •
Section Two: Lectures 5 to 8 •
Section Three: Lectures 9 to 12 •

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