Intellectual Understanding Isn’t Enough
Lama Yeshe explains how we reinforce our delusions.
Teachings
Actualizing the Perfection of Patience
Lama Yeshe teaches on Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend and the importance of developing patience in situations where strong emotions arise.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
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.
Topics:
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.
Don't Be Shortsighted
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches that Dharma practice needs continual effort for a long time in order to achieve liberation and enlightenment, in this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions
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
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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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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Desire and Attachment
Advice on how to overcome attachment by reflecting on the nature of the body, the sufferings of samsara, and the emptiness, or lack of true existence, of the object of attachment.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Desire and Attachment
A Vacation from Attachment
Attachment and Ordination
Attachment to a Good Reputation
Clinging to Worldly Pleasure
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Anger
Advice on how to eliminate anger by practicing patience and thus contributing to world peace.
Topics:
Negative Emotions > Delusions > Anger
Retreat Advice
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
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.