Mahayana Mind Training
Advice on the Mahayana practice of transforming our attitude from cherishing oneself to cherishing others who are most precious and kind.
Advice on the Mahayana practice of transforming our attitude from cherishing oneself to cherishing others who are most precious and kind.
In this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that when we think of the deep suffering of others, we have no choice; compassion must arise for them.
Lama Yeshe discusses the profound yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso in this excerpt from a commentary given at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, in September 1983.
Lama Yeshe discusses our potential for pure love, compassion and wisdom in this excerpt from a commentary on the yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso given at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, in September 1983.
A commentary and oral transmission of Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri (Ārya-mañjuśrī-nāma-saṅgīti). His Holiness the Dalai Lama advised continuous recitation of this prayer for a few months, for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s reincarnation.
Rinpoche advises the infinite benefits of cherishing even one sentient being in this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course No. 32.
Advice on the importance of developing compassion, the good heart.
A brief outline of tonglen, the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness,
Advice on bodhicitta, the altruistic mind of enlightenment.
A list of Rinjung Gyatsa initiations given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bodhgaya in 1982 and at Kopan Monastery in 1985. Rinjung Gyatsa is a collection of tantric deities, compiled in the sixteenth century by the Tibetan master Lama Taranatha.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explained the visualization when doing tonglen (taking and giving) meditation in this excerpt from the 26th Kopan Course.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught how to transform problems by changing our way of thinking in this excerpt from the 26th Kopan Course.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the three principal aspects of the path—renunciation, bodhicitta and emptiness—as the foundation for tantric practice, in the excerpt from the 13th Kopan Course.
Three discourses excerpted from a series of talks about the Highest Yoga Tantra practice of Vajrayogini.
Rinpoche teaches that our happiness is dependent upon others in this excerpt from the 30th Kopan Meditation Course.