Offering Service to the Guru
Advice on the merit of offering service, which pleases the guru, purifies our negative karma and brings us closer to enlightenment.
Advice on the merit of offering service, which pleases the guru, purifies our negative karma and brings us closer to enlightenment.
In this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that when we think of the deep suffering of others, we have no choice; compassion must arise for them.
Advice on how to train the mind in guru devotion, and what to do when we have negative thoughts, criticize the guru and see faults in the guru.
Advice on how to purify negative karma in relation to the guru. This advice was given to students confessing mistakes.
Lama Yeshe discusses the profound yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso in this excerpt from a commentary given at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, in September 1983.
Lama Yeshe discusses our potential for pure love, compassion and wisdom in this excerpt from a commentary on the yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso given at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, in September 1983.
Advice on the importance of developing compassion, the good heart.
Rinpoche discusses the kindness of his own guru, Lama Yeshe, and the many Dharma centers that have been established as a result of Lama Yeshe’s energy and inspiration.
Rinpoche discusses the guru-disciple relationship, why we need a guru and the qualities and kindness of the guru.
Advice and many quotations on how to correctly devote to the virtuous friend with thought and action, given to students of FPMT's Masters Program.
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to relate the four immeasurable thoughts to our daily life, with a strong determination to make our life beneficial for others.
Read online or download this book, a collection of anecdotes about the life of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and how he works day and night, without stopping, for the benefit of all sentient beings..
A commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga practice, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Rinpoche discusses compassion, the good heart, in this teaching excerpt from the 36th Kopan Course.
Advice on how to create the cause of happiness and success in this life and future lives until enlightenment, by practicing compassion, the good heart.