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Intellectual Understanding Isn’t Enough

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Lama Yeshe explains how we reinforce our delusions.

Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Meditation and Visualization > Meditation Practice

Tags: delusions meditation appearances

Meditation Is Action

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Manjushri Institute, Cumbria, England.

Lama Yeshe discusses the benefits of meditation practice in this teaching given at Manjushri Institute in September 1976.

Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Meditation and Visualization > Meditation Practice

Tags: meditation happiness desire pleasure wrong view

Be Brave for Liberation

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy.

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.

Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice

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Meditation on the Clarity of Mind

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Grizzly Lodge, California.

A talk on meditation, excerpted from a commentary on the Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig) yoga method, given at Grizzly Lodge, California, in May 1980.

Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Meditation and Visualization > Meditation Practice

Tags: meditation mind concentration

Visualizing Yourself as a Deity

By Lama Thubten Yeshe in Cumbria, England.

Lama Yeshe discusses tantric meditation experience in this teaching excerpt from A Commentary on the Yoga Method of Divine Wisdom Manjushri.

Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Meditation and Visualization

Tags: meditation tantra visualization deity practice

The Purpose of Retreat Is to Subdue Our Mind (Video)

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

Tags: retreat mind rebirth suffering

Long Retreat

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

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

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Lamrim Retreat

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

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

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Retreat Advice

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

Practice advice and instructions for students doing various types of retreat, including preliminaries, lamrim and deity practice.

Topics: Meditation and Retreat Advice > Retreats > Retreat Advice

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The Qualities of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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Advice on the qualities of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is a living Compassion Buddha with perfect wisdom and compassion for every sentient being.

Topics: Lineage Lamas > His Holiness the Dalai Lama > The Qualities of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

All-Night Tara Praises for His Holiness the Dalai Lama His Holiness is the Supreme Leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama Benefits Sentient Beings Limitlessly Living Buddha + View All