Golden Light Sutra in Portland (Audio and Unedited Transcripts)
A two-day commentary and partial oral transmission of the Sutra of Golden Light.
A two-day commentary and partial oral transmission of the Sutra of Golden Light.
A commentary and partial oral transmission of the first seven chapters of the Golden Light Sutra given at New York's Tibet House, September 2007.
Rinpoche gives a partial oral transmission of the Golden Light Sutra and teaches extensively on emptiness and other topics, including how to achieve happiness, why we need compassion and karma.
An explanation of beginningless mind, reincarnation and the causes and effects of karma
An obituary by Nicholas Ribush and a brief remembrance written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Rinpoche discusses in depth the process one should take when making preparations for death and giving the gift of life through organ donation
Establishing the value of meditating on death and impermanence as motivation for practice and preparation for death.
Published as the foreword to "Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth" by Lati Rinpoche and Jeffrey Hopkins
This sutra belongs to the class of texts called the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. It is a presentation of profound wisdom on the nature of emptiness.
This sutra invokes the buddhas of the ten directions. Translated from Tibetan by Ven. Tsenla.
The Diamond Cutter Sutra is a discourse on the Buddhist concept of emptiness or “Wisdom Gone Beyond.”
Teachings on the causes and effects of various actions
The Arya Sanghata Sutra is a teaching given by Buddha Shakyamuni on Vulture's Peak in Rajagriha, India. Like all Mahayana sutras, this discourse was memorized by the Buddha's disciples and later written down in Sanskrit.
Liberation from samsara is possible by remembering impermanence and death and purifying negative karma
Prayers, practices and mantras for the time of death