Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises the importance of providing support for people who are dying, so they can die with a happy and peaceful mind, free from fear and negative emotions. 

Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that the best way to help others prepare for death is by offering guidance when they have the capacity to understand and put Dharma into practice.

In this teaching Lama Yeshe advises the importance of pratimoksha vows and responds to students' questions about the five lay vows.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives a commentary on and confers the eight Mahayanaprecepts 

The Practice and Benefits of the Eight Mahayana Precepts

The eight Mahayana precepts should be taken with the motivation of bodhicitta, remembering the kindness of other sentient beings