Teachings
Advice on the amazing benefits of building a stupa and circumambulating a stupa, as well as instructions on how to fill a stupa and make it beautiful and inspiring.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this inspiring talk at the European Regional Meeting in June 2014. Rinpoche teaches on the four immeasurables and the kindness of others, and advises why Western students need to actualize the path.
Advice on making offerings to the Three Rare Sublime Ones.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Power of the Object
Rinpoche discusses the merit of offering to a holy object, even if we don’t have a pure motivation, in this teaching excerpt from the 32nd Kopan Course.
Advice on the merit of offering service, which pleases the guru, purifies our negative karma and brings us closer to enlightenment.
In this teaching excerpted from Kopan Course No. 38, Rinpoche explains how to collect extensive merit in everyday life by making offerings to the Buddha.
Advice on various mantras including those specifically for long life, good health, success and for dispelling obstacles.
Advice on the Mahayana practice of transforming our attitude from cherishing oneself to cherishing others who are most precious and kind.
Advice on practices to benefit those who have passed away.
Advice on how to use sickness on the path, especially through the practice of tonglen (taking and giving).
In this video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the benefits of offering to holy objects. Even a small offering to the Buddha creates the cause for ultimate happiness, due to the power of the object.
Advice and thanks given to students who have offered service and support for Dharma centers and projects in various roles.
Advice on how to practice guru devotion, including seeing the guru as Buddha, offering service and pleasing the guru.
Advice given to those who practice healing or have been healed.