How We Create Ignorance
In this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses ignorance, the root of samsara.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Teachings
Basic Buddhism Is Discovering Your Self (Video)
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that we live our entire life grasping at the real I, but in Buddhism we learn that the way the self appears is a total hallucination.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Daily Practice Advice
Advice on daily practices recommended by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for students on the path to enlightenment.
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Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices > Daily Practice Advice
Restarting Daily Practice
Advice to students about restoring their daily practice after it has lapsed.
Dharma Practice Stopped After Disrobing
How to Restart Practices After Stopping
The Most Important Practice
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How To Do Daily Practice
Daily Practice Advice: Lamrim, Guru Yoga, Sleeping Yoga
Daily Practice Advice: Mantra Recitation, Prostrations, Lamrim
Teachings on How to Do Daily Practice
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Seeing How the I Exists
The I appears to exist from its own side, but it is merely imputed by the mind
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Chapters:
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Advice for Daily Practice
Extensive advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on which practices should be done daily.
Topics:
Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices
Chapters:
Preliminary Practices
Lamrim Meditations and Deity Practice
Essential Daily Practices
Why I Give These Preliminary Practices
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Why We Need A Spiritual Path (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
Teachings given at Tara Institute, Australia on June 2, 2006.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Chapters:
Emptiness; How Lama Atisha Came to Tibet
Dromtonpa; Searching For the I
Analyzing How the I and Aggregates Exist
Emptiness and Impermanence in Daily Life
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Seeking the "I"
Self-grasping ignorance believes the I to be concrete and inherently existent
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Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
The Mandala Offering
The mandala offering is a powerful method to collect merit and purify miserliness.
Topics:
Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices
Searching for the I
The I appears to exist, but it can't be found anywhere on the aggregates
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Dedicating the Merit
How to purely dedicate the merit for the happiness of others
Topics:
Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices
Life Practices
A student wrote to Rinpoche asking for practices for the rest of his life. Rinpoche responded with this advice.
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Buddhist Practices > Daily Practices
In Search of the Self
Geshe Ngawang Dargyey gave this teaching on the nature of the self at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre, Delhi, in 1980.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Who Are You and Where Can You Be Found?
Investigating the nature of the self or I, which exists in mere name on a collection of parts.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"