In this unedited excerpt, Rinpoche encourages us to take advantage of this precious and rare opportunity to study the profound meaning of emptiness. 

This multimedia collection presents chapters from Bodhisattva Attitude, a book that highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities.

After a short discourse on emptiness, Rinpoche teaches tonglen, or taking and giving—the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness

This book is drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s graduated path to enlightenment (lamrim) teachings given over a four-decade period, starting from the early 1970s.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the special meaning and purpose of this human rebirth in this excerpt from the Seventh Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1974.

A teaching given prior to a ceremony for generating the mind of enlightenment (bodhicitta).

Teachings on bodhicitta, adapted by T. Y. Alexander

Instructions on tonglen, the practice of “taking and giving"; the quickest way to generate bodhicitta and achieve enlightenment

With this human body we have the opportunity to practice virtue and abandon nonvirtue

This book highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities, in order to generate the mind of bodhicitta.

Excerpts from teachings on Geshe Langri Tangpa's Eight Verses of Thought Transformation 

Happiness comes from bodhicitta, which is received by depending on the kindness of sentient beings

In this excerpt from the 33rd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches on the kindness of our mother, who gave us this human rebirth and the opportunity to practice Dharma.

A teaching on how to practice bodhicitta in daily life, given at the 33rd Kopan Meditation Course.

This booklet highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities, and contains excerpts from the book Bodhisattva Attitude, published by LYWA in 2012.