Advice for people who are contemplating suicide. Rinpoche explains how to use depression on the path to enlightenment, by changing our focus from self to others.
Advice about the benefits of taking vows, for example, the five lay vows and the eight Mahayana precepts.
In this teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that instead of ending our life by committing suicide, we can use this precious human rebirth to bring benefit and happiness to ourselves and others.
In this teaching Lama Yeshe advises the importance of pratimoksha vows and responds to students' questions about the five lay vows.
Advice for students who have broken their vows or stopped their daily practice commitments.
The eight Mahayana precepts should be taken with the motivation of bodhicitta, remembering the kindness of other sentient beings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives a commentary on and confers the eight Mahayanaprecepts
The Practice and Benefits of the Eight Mahayana Precepts
