Making this Precious Human Life Meaningful
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches that practicing contentment, patience and the good heart can bring happiness for oneself and others.
Teachings
Transforming Our Surroundings
Lama Yeshe explains how we can be happy anywhere.
Transforming Problems
Advice on how to utilize obstacles on the path to enlightenment by practicing thought transformation.
A Positive Way of Thinking
Dealing With Sadness
Dealing with Depression
Enduring Hardships
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Tonglen: Taking and Giving
Advice on the practice of tonglen (taking and giving).
A Magnet for Bad Situations
Advice for a Homeless Man Practicing Tonglen
Become Special by Practicing Tonglen
Daily Practice of Taking and Giving
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Mahayana Mind Training
Advice on the Mahayana practice of transforming our attitude from cherishing oneself to cherishing others who are most precious and kind.
Burdened by Obstacles
Everything Comes from the Mind
Experiencing Problems for Others
How to Enjoy Obstacles
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After Meeting Is Separation; After Birth Is Death
Rinpoche discusses the shortcomings of samara in this excerpt from Kopan Course No. 40, 2007.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
Impermanence and Death
Advice on how to make the best use of our life, which is very short.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
Death Can Come at Any Time
Death Can Happen Suddenly
Death Comes Suddenly
Death Comes at Any Time
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The Wish-Granting Jewel and Karma
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explained the visualization when doing tonglen (taking and giving) meditation in this excerpt from the 26th Kopan Course.
Looking for a Problem, We Cannot Find It
Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught how to transform problems by changing our way of thinking in this excerpt from the 26th Kopan Course.
This Life Can Stop at Any Time
A teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on impermanence and death, excerpted from the 26th Kopan Course.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
We Need Mindfulness to Ascertain Impermanence
In this excerpt from the 30th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches that we need to practice mindfulness, seeing that all causative phenomena are in the nature of impermanence.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
Wheel of Sharp Weapons
The Wheel of Sharp Weapons by Dharmarakshita, a ninth-century Indian scholar, combines teachings on lojong (mind training) with the lamrim, especially karma. This text is now freely available for download as a PDF file.
The Cycle of Death and Rebirth
In this teaching excerpt Lama Yeshe discusses death and rebirth in various realms of cyclic existence.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Impermanence and Death
How to Use Sickness on the Path
In this teaching excerpt, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to experience disease and other problems for all sentient beings.
Thought Transformation Teachings in Portland
In this teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins by praising Lama Yeshe's qualities as a hidden meditator with the ability to inspire people from all walks of life. Rinpoche continues with an extensive explanation of how to transform problems into happiness.
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