A Favorable Human Rebirth
Teachings on the eight conditions most conducive to practicing Dharma, excerpted from Lama Zopa Rinpoche's The Perfect Human Rebirth: Freedom and Richness on the Path to Enlightenment.
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.
Perfect Human Rebirth
In this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course No. 31, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that with a precious human body we have the opportunity to achieve enlightenment in one lifetime.
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.
Why This Human Body is Most Precious
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the perfect human rebirth in this teaching excerpt from the 36th Kopan Course. Rinpoche advises us not to waste this precious opportunity, as we have this human body for just a short time.
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.
Freedom More Precious Than Skies Filled with Gold, Diamonds and Sapphires
In this unedited excerpt, Rinpoche encourages us to take advantage of this precious and rare opportunity to study the profound meaning of emptiness.
See Things as a Hallucination
How to recognize that everything is like an illusion or a dream.
The Perfect Human Rebirth
This book is drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s graduated path to enlightenment (lamrim) teachings given over a four-decade period, starting from the early 1970s.
Perfect Human Rebirth and Bodhicitta (Audio and Unedited Transcripts)
Excerpts from teachings on Geshe Langri Tangpa's Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
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.