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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Practices for Protection and Healing
Advice and practices to remove obstacles to health and success in life, for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Blessed Water and Long-life Puja
Blessed Water for Cancer Patient
Blessing Water
Health and Financial Obstacles
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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.
A Message from Khadro-la
Khadro-la wrote this message to explain the purpose of a series of ritual practices she initiated in order to pacify and extinguish the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
Transforming the Adverse Conditions of the Coronavirus into the Path
This supplication was composed by Khadro-la (Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme) on March 30, 2020, at the request of friends around the world.
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.
Healers and Healing
Advice given to those who practice healing or have been healed.
A Discussion About Healing
Buddhism and Healing
Compassion is Most Important for Healing Others
Connection With Kuan Yin
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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.
Chapters:
Transforming the Mind
A talk on how to transform problems into happiness by defeating the self-cherishing thought and cherishing others. Rinpoche also advises how Dharma practice in everyday life can help us at the time of death.