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Lama Yeshe in Sweden, 1983
Teachings

Rinpoche’s Animal Friends

This book features over a hundred plush toys decorated and blessed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, each inscribed with meaningful messages and mantras that reflect his great love for us and his wish to inspire and open our hearts. Read excerpts online or order your free copy of Rinpoche's Animal Friends from our online store.

Topics: Introductory
Chapters:
Rinpoche's Animal Friends Preface Acknowledgements Introduction + View all

Feeling Suicidal

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.

Child Depressed and Suicidal Contemplating Suicide Depression After Best Friend Passed Away Depression and Suicidal Thoughts + View All

Desire and Attachment

Advice on how to overcome attachment by reflecting on the nature of the body, the sufferings of samsara, and the emptiness, or lack of true existence, of the object of attachment.

A Vacation from Attachment Attachment and Ordination Attachment to a Good Reputation Clinging to Worldly Pleasure + View All

Knowledge-Wisdom

The collected teachings in this book demonstrate Lama Yeshe's understanding of the Western psyche and his ability to express profound truths in simple terms.

Topics: Introductory
Chapters:
Knowledge-Wisdom Contents Preface 7. The Experiential Nature of Lord Buddha’s Teachings + View all