Visualizing Yourself as a Deity
Lama Yeshe discusses tantric meditation experience in this teaching excerpt from A Commentary on the Yoga Method of Divine Wisdom Manjushri.
Teachings
Long Retreat
Advice for students doing a long retreat, including guidance on motivation, specific practices, how to successfully complete the retreat and what to do if there are obstacles.
Topics:
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Long Retreat
Before Starting Three-Year Retreat
Completion of Three Year Retreat
Completion of Three-Year Vajrayogini Retreat
Continue With Lamrim in Long Retreat
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The Door to All Happiness
Rinpoche advises the infinite benefits of cherishing even one sentient being in this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course No. 32.
Topics:
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Lamrim Retreat
Advice for students doing a retreat on the lamrim, the graduated path to enlightenment. Rinpoche says taming the mind through the lamrim is the best offering and the best way to bring world peace.
Topics:
Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Lamrim Retreat
Basic Program and Lamrim Retreat
Lamrim Retreat Advice
Lamrim Retreat at Lawudo
Numberless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Love You
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Compassion
Advice on the importance of developing compassion, the good heart.
Topics:
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Developing Compassion > Compassion
Compassion is the Basis of Achieving Enlightenment
Essential Advice
Every Sentient Being Is Most Precious
Follow Great Compassion
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How to Do Tonglen
A brief outline of tonglen, the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness,
Topics:
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Advice on Developing Bodhicitta
Advice on bodhicitta, the altruistic mind of enlightenment.
Effortful Bodhicitta Motivation
Generating Bodhicitta
How to Live Your Life with Bodhicitta
Live Your Life With Bodhicitta
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The Wish-Granting Jewel and Karma
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explained the visualization when doing tonglen (taking and giving) meditation in this excerpt from the 26th Kopan Course.
Looking for a Problem, We Cannot Find It
Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught how to transform problems by changing our way of thinking in this excerpt from the 26th Kopan Course.
Repaying the Kindness of Others
Rinpoche teaches that our happiness is dependent upon others in this excerpt from the 30th Kopan Meditation Course.
Topics:
Compassion and Bodhicitta
The Special Attitude of Bodhicitta
In this excerpt from the 30th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses bodhicitta, the determination to achieve enlightenment for all sentient beings
Topics:
Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
The Nectar of Bodhicitta
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
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The Purpose of Retreat Is to Subdue Our Mind (Video)
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
The Four Immeasurables Are Meant to Be Applied in Daily Life (Video)
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.
Tonglen Meditation
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