These teachings include extensive commentary on the Thirty-five Buddhas practice, the offering bath and dedications, along with recitation of the puja

A lightly edited transcript of teachings given before the Mitukpa initiation at Shakyamuni Center, Taichung, Taiwan, 25 – 26 Feb 2007.

Teachings given before a Mitukpa initiation at Shakyamuni Center, Taichung, Taiwan in February 2007.

Days 4-6: includes teachings, oral transmissions of Maitreya prayer, King of Prayers and Stainless Beam Mantra

Days 1-3: Maitreya Buddha puja, teachings and meditation on Maitreya Buddha, and oral transmissions of the Maitreya mantra, Maitreya prayer and King of Prayers

Introduction to Teachings from the Medicine Buddha Retreat, a book by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

An overview of tantric practice, excerpted from a teaching given to Western students in Dharamsala.

Explanation of the different types of prayer wheels as a means of purifying negativities and accumulating merit

Extensive instruction for making tsa-tsas as a practice and means to achieve a good rebirth, make extensive offerings, and receive the blessing of holy objects.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to accumulate merit and the causes of ultimate happiness by viewing, making and respecting holy objects, in this teaching given at Tushita Retreat Centre, Dharamsala, India, in May 1990.

An address to students doing a Vajrasattva group retreat

Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche about hanging prayer flags and engaging in various activities on auspicious days.

Teachings on emptiness and dedication prayers,  excerpted from a series of talks about the Highest Yoga Tantra practice of Yamantaka. 

A teaching on the Chenrezig Gyalwa Gyatso sadhana, given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to a group of Westerners in 1984. The teaching was requested by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. 

A commentary on the self-generation sadhana of Avalokiteshvara