The Peaceful Prison
In this teaching Lama Yeshe advises the importance of pratimoksha vows and responds to students' questions about the five lay vows.
In this teaching Lama Yeshe advises the importance of pratimoksha vows and responds to students' questions about the five lay vows.
This multimedia series presents chapters from the LYWA book Life, Death and After Death in a format that includes written teachings enhanced by audio, video and images.
Advice about the benefits of taking vows, for example, the five lay vows and the eight Mahayana precepts.
Advice on how to prepare oneself for death, which can happen at any time. Includes practices for students whose death is imminent.
Advice for students who have broken their vows or stopped their daily practice commitments.
Teachings by Lama Yeshe on death, intermediate state and rebirth, and an introductory talk by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on cultivating a peaceful mind.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives a commentary on and confers the eight Mahayanaprecepts
A public talk about the purpose of life and developing the correct attitude toward death
The Practice and Benefits of the Eight Mahayana Precepts
In this extensive teaching, Lama Yeshe explains the practice of powa, a special technique to gain rebirth in Amitabha's pure land.
The eight Mahayana precepts should be taken with the motivation of bodhicitta, remembering the kindness of other sentient beings
Rinpoche discusses in depth the process one should take when making preparations for death and giving the gift of life through organ donation
Prayers, practices and mantras for the time of death
A teaching on the technique for transferring consciousness at the time of death