Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice and prayers for peace, harmony and happiness in countries experiencing conflict.
- Prayer for Peace •
- September 11 •
- Post-September 11 •
- Advice After the US Election •
- Prayers for Afghanistan •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that we live our entire life grasping at the real I, but in Buddhism we learn that the way the self appears is a total hallucination.
Topics: Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on meditations and mantras for healing and purifying sickness, spirit harm, negative karma and obstacles to a long life.
- Vision of Tara •
- Medicine Buddha Puja •
- White Tara and Chenrezig Simhanada Practices •
- Benefits of Medicine Buddha Practice •
- White Tara’s Long-life Nectar •
- White Tara Meditation •
- White Tara Practice •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Stories of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha's Powers
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Medford, USA
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that depression and anxiety can be overcome by practicing the good heart and cherishing others instead of oneself.
Topics: Negative Emotions > Depression
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bendigo, Australia
Advice about bhikshuni ordination, excerpted from a teaching given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bendigo, Australia, on May 7, 2018.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Whatever We Feel, We Should Remember Bodhicitta
Topics: Monthly E-letter
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 •
Lectures 7 and 8 •
Lectures 9 and 10 •
Lectures 11 and 12 •
Lectures 13 and 14 •
Lectures 15 and 16 •
Lectures 17 and 18 •
Lectures 19 and 20 •
Lectures 21 and 22 •
Lecture 23 •
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
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
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 •
1.3 The Supremacy of Bodhicitta •
1.4 The Unending Benefits of Bodhicitta •
2.1 Shantideva •
2.2 This Precious Life •
2.3 Transforming Lead into Gold •
2.4 Working for All Sentient Beings •
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.
Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: How Living in Morality Brings Peace
Topics: Monthly E-letter
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.
Topics: Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life
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.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
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.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim) > Karma
