In this video extract, Rinpoche advises that it is most important for young people to learn Dharma, to learn about the mind. Equally important is practicing the good heart, patience and contentment.
This text by the great Indian pandit Nagarjuna is famous for its descriptions of the bodhisattva's path of compassion and for its clear, concise analysis of the Buddha's teachings on emptiness.
A praise to the Buddha, composed by Lama Tsongkhapa after he realized emptiness. Translated by Geshe Thupten Jinpa.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recommended this prayer for protection and healing from the coronavirus COVID-19.
A prayer for peace in Tibet and compassion in the world.
Rinpoche encourages loving kindness, the good heart, so that children's lives are meaningful and beneficial for others.
A short lamrim prayer that contains the essence of the whole path to enlightenment
A short prayer that helps us develop the correct attitude toward the virtuous friend.
A seminal text that sets out the stages of the path to enlightenment (lamrim)
The Heart’s Utmost Need: Urging Myself and Others to Remember Impermanence. This text, formerly known as Heart-Spoon, was extensively revised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 2020, and further reviewed by Rinpoche in 2022.
A classic mind training (lojong) text by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa.
A definitive root text on the seven-point mind training, supplemented by outlines.
A heartfelt request to the guru for blessings to realize all the stages of the path to enlightenment, as well as a meditation on the nature of the guru.
A Teaching With Special Emphasis on the Methods of an Experiential Instruction
A seminal text, translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, describing how to cultivate renunciation, bodhicitta, and the correct view of emptiness.
