Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Benefiting Others Benefits Us
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Advice about parenting, relationships and work-life balance.
Topics: Family and Relationships
Chapters:
Introduction •
1. How to Be a Good Mother •
2. How to Bring Up a Child •
3. How to Find a Suitable Partner •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Links and synopses for all titles in the ebook series of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings from the annual Kopan meditation courses held in Nepal since the early 1970s.
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 Lamrim •
The Quickest Path to Enlightenment •
Special Qualities of Buddhism •
Lama Tsongkhapa's Teachings •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice and thanks given to students who have offered service and support for Dharma centers and projects in various roles.
Retreat Advice and Thanks for Many Years of Service •
Thanks for Making Dharma Books Available •
Thanks for Offering Service •
Study and Service for Sentient Beings •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to correctly meditate on emptiness (shunyata).
The Merely Imputed I •
Meditation on Emptiness •
Meditations for Inner Peace •
How to Realize Emptiness •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: How the Buddha Teaches Us
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Lamrim teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 52nd Kopan Meditation Course.
Chapters:
Teachings from the 52nd Kopan Meditation Course eBook •
Kopan Course No. 52 Index Page •
Introduction •
Lecture 1: November 29 •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
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.
Killing Insects and Mice •
Fishing •
Refuge and Killing Animals •
Animals Killed During Construction of a Temple •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to care for others who are very ill and approaching death, with essential advice and practices for the moment of death.
Working With the Dying •
Close to Death •
Imminent Death •
When Someone Is Dying •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice about the benefits of taking vows, for example, the five lay vows and the eight Mahayana precepts.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Vows and Commitments > Taking Vows
Abandoning Harmful Actions •
Benefits of Taking Vows •
The Merit of Taking Precepts on Chokhor Duchen •
Motivation for Eight Mahayana Precepts •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Cherishing Others More than Myself
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
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.
Topics: Emptiness > How Things Exist
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the merit of offering service, which pleases the guru, purifies our negative karma and brings us closer to enlightenment.
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 •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
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.
