The Wisdom of Renunciation
Lama Yeshe discusses renouncing unrealistic grasping attitudes.
Lama Yeshe discusses renouncing unrealistic grasping attitudes.
Lama Yeshe explains that our experience of life is shaped primarily by the mental attitudes we cultivate.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the shortcomings of the self-cherishing thought in this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these instructions on how to think during the section on rejoicing in Lama Chöpa at a retreat held in Bendigo, Australia.
In this teaching Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that rejoicing is a simple way to achieve enlightenment. Rinpoche says rejoicing is a genuine feeling of happiness and joy, appreciating one’s own qualities and those of others.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the suffering of the lower realms of samsara (cyclic existence) in this teaching excerpted from the Fourth Kopan Meditation Course in 1973.
In this letter, Rinpoche gives extensive reasons supporting His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s advice not to practice Dolgyal (Shugden).
Advice given to students who requested life practices. Rinpoche recommends essential daily prayers and practices to focus on for their lifetime.
Advice given to students on the practice of Shugden (Tib: Dolgyal). This practice is strongly discouraged by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Advice about the practice of Dorje Shugden, given to students at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy
Advice on the essence of Dharma practice and the benefits of the center.
Explaining how by overcoming attachment to ordinary pleasure, we open the way to the joy of inner liberation.
An interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama about Buddhist teachings and practice