Being Aware of the Illusion
In this excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that everything which appears as real is a projection, like a dream, and recommends practicing this awareness in daily life.
Karma and the Body
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches that this human body is a result of our past virtuous karma, in this excerpt from the 31st Kopan Course.
Transforming Nonvirtue into Virtue
Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises the importance of having a pure motivation free from worldly concerns, so that our actions become Dharma. This excerpt is from a series of ten discourses that form the basis of Rinpoche's book The Door to Satisfaction.
The Middle Way Between the Two Extremes
In this excerpt from the 26th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche used the example of the table to explain emptiness according to the Prasangika Madhyamaka view.
Look at All Causative Phenomena as Illusory
In this excerpt from the 30th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches that all things are transitory and empty of inherent existence.
Freedom Is in Our Hands (Video)
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that everything comes from karma, so we can create suffering or happiness, enlightenment or hell.
A Simple Explanation of Karma
In this teaching Lama Yeshe discusses the fundamentals of karma, the actions of body, speech and mind.
The Very Heart of Buddhism
Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to meditate on emptiness in daily life in this excerpted teaching.
Untying the Beginningless Knot
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the merely labeled I in this excerpt from a teaching given at Root Institute, Bodhgaya, in 2012.
See Things as a Hallucination
How to recognize that everything is like an illusion or a dream.
Understanding Karma
Advice on karma, including how to create good karma and avoid nonvirtue.
How Things Exist
A collection of five talks by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, including an extensive explanation of emptiness and the importance of compassion and universal responsibility.
Now available as an audiobook
Meditation on Emptiness at Vulture's Peak (Audio and Transcript)
A step-by-step guide on how to realize emptiness and cut the root of samsara.
Appearance and Illusion
A teaching on the dualistic mind, excerpted from a commentary on the Manjushri Yoga Method