The Purpose of Our Life
In this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that our purpose in life is to bring all sentient beings to buddhahood, the awakened state.
In this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that our purpose in life is to bring all sentient beings to buddhahood, the awakened state.
In this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses ignorance, the root of samsara.
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that we live our entire life grasping at the real I, but in Buddhism we learn that the way the self appears is a total hallucination.
Lamrim teachings and guided meditations from a one-month course in 1975.
Lamrim Year is a unique study program which provides a 365-day outline of the graduated path to enlightenment in a clear, practical format that is suitable for both individual and group practice. We have now launched a free Lamrim Year Companion website, so you can access the daily meditations from wherever you are, from your computer or mobile device.
Comprehensive lamrim outlines from the text Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, by Pabongka Rinpoche. These outlines were produced by Piero Sirianni and are freely available for download as PDF files.
This series presents chapters from the LYWA book Freedom Through Understanding in a format that includes written teachings enhanced by audio, video and images.
Advice on the importance of Dharma practice and how to actualize the lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
Advice on the study and practice of lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
The I appears to exist from its own side, but it is merely imputed by the mind
Two discourses on topics including emptiness of the I, impermanence and death, and transforming problems
Teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa's Lamrim Chenmo, the Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, July 2008.
Three discourses on how to subdue the mind and achieve enlightenment by practicing the graduated path (lamrim).
Four discourses, on topics including how to make life meaningful, the concept of true existence and renouncing desire
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these teachings in Brisbane, Australia in June 2006.