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Lama Yeshe in Sweden, 1983
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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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Desire and Attachment

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book

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 + View All