Intellectual Understanding Isn’t Enough
Lama Yeshe explains how we reinforce our delusions.
Teachings
Meditation Is Action
Lama Yeshe discusses the benefits of meditation practice in this teaching given at Manjushri Institute in September 1976.
Be Brave for Liberation
Lama Yeshe advises students to avoid extremes and abide in meditation with intensive awareness in this excerpt from a commentary on the yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso given in Italy, September 1983.
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Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
Meditation on the Clarity of Mind
A talk on meditation, excerpted from a commentary on the Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig) yoga method, given at Grizzly Lodge, California, in May 1980.
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.
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.
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Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
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.
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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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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.
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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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Retreat Advice
Practice advice and instructions for students doing various types of retreat, including preliminaries, lamrim and deity practice.
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Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice
Advice for Group of Retreatants
Advice for Seven-Month Retreat
Building a Retreat House
Continue With Loose Retreat
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Visualization
Advice on how to correctly visualize certain deities during one's meditation practice.
Statues
Advice on how to care for and respect statues of the Buddha. Rinpoche advises that holy objects such as statues contribute to world peace and help us create believable merit just by seeing them.
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Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Statues
Auspicious Welcome for Amitabha Buddha Statue
Benefactor Building a Statue
Benefits of Building a Statue of Padmasambhava
Buddha Statue on the Ground
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Calm Abiding (Shi-nä) Practice
Actualizing Shi-nä
After Achieving Calm Abiding
Endorsement of a Book by Kyabje Chöden Rinpoche
Lamrim and Calm Abiding
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Calm Abiding (Shi-nä) Retreat
Advice for Long Retreat
Practice and Retreat Advice
Retreat Practice Advice
Shamatha (Calm Abiding) Retreat
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Completion of a Retreat
Big Appreciation for Namgyalma Retreat
Hayagriva Retreat
Nuns’ Retreat
Thanks For All Your Practice
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Obstacles to Retreat
Life Obstacles
Need for Harmony in Retreat
Obstacles in Retreat
Obstacles to Long Retreat
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