Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Mosquitoes •
Killing Mosquitoes •
Killing Ants •
Termites at the Center •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Chenrezig Institute, Queensland, Australia, 2006
A talk about guru devotion, the FPMT organization and the benefits of the Dharma center
By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Geneva, Switzerland 1983
Lama Yeshe: Some Characteristics of Mind
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Lama Thubten Yeshe, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in UK September 1975
This book covers the purpose of meditation, bodhicitta, the importance of motivation, tonglen and the shortcomings of attachment, among other topics.
Chapters:
Freedom Through Understanding •
Editor's Preface (Nick Ribush) •
1. What is Meditation? (Lama Yeshe) •
2. An Introduction to the Path to Enlightenment (Lama Zopa Rinpoche) •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the benefits and power of holy objects. The teaching includes many quotations from Buddhist sutras.
Topics: Holy Objects
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal 1973
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Importance of Understanding Karma
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Shakyamuni Center, Taichung, Taiwan
Teachings during Amitabha and White Tara long-life initiations and a White Tara retreat. Included is the lung (oral transmission) of the Amitayus mantra and the long-life sutra.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice
Chapters:
Precious Human Rebirth •
Dharma and Non-Dharma, Studying Lamrim, Amitabha Practice and Pure Land •
Bodhisattva Vows, Amitabha Practice and Pure Land •
Samsara, Emptiness, Trehor Kyorpen Rinpoche, Gen Jampa Wangdu, Prison Practice •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Excerpt from an edited compilation of Rinpoche's teachings on the subject of karma.
Topics: Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Karma
Chapters:
The Importance of Understanding Karma •
What Karma Is •
The Four Outlines •
The Four Suffering Results •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Shakyamuni Center, Taichung, Taiwan
These teachings include a history of the Maitreya project, as well as a commentary and oral transmission of the Namgyälma, Stainless Pinnacle and other mantras
Topics: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts > Mantras > Various Mantras
Chapters:
History of Maitreya Project •
Namgyalma mantra, Stainless Pinnacle mantra - lungs •
Stainless Pinnacle mantra lung continued; Benefits of building stupas •
Dedications, thanks and advice •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Soquel, CA 2001
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The importance of Lama Chöpa
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Lavaur, France
How to raise children so that their lives are most beneficial.
Topics: Family and Relationships
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Auckland, New Zealand November 1990
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Nature of Ignorance
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Shakyamuni Center, Taiwan 2007
These teachings include extensive commentary on the Thirty-five Buddhas practice, the offering bath and dedications, along with recitation of the puja
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice
Chapters:
Motivation for Thirty-five Buddhas Practice •
How to Collect More Merit With Prostrations •
Dedicating the Merit of Prostrations •
Medicine Buddha Puja, Continued •
