The Path to Enlightenment
Advice on the importance of Dharma practice and how to actualize the lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
Definition of a Holiday
Doubts About Lamrim
Following the Basic Program
Four Levels of Renunciation
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Teachings
Prayer Wheels
Advice on prayer wheels, both large and small hand-held ones. Includes advice on the benefits, how to dedicate the merit after turning the prayer wheel, and how to construct and fill them.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Prayer Wheels
A Prayer Wheel for the Ocean in Vietnam
A Prayer Wheel in the Ocean
Benefits of Prayer Wheels
Building a Universal Peace Wheel
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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.
Blessings of the Relics
Advice on the power of relics, from which we receive blessings that bring us closer to enlightenment.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Relics > Blessings of the Relics
Benefits of Holy Relics
Benefits of Relics
Blessings from the Relics on Tour
Heruka Relic from Mount Kailash
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Stupas
Advice on the amazing benefits of building a stupa and circumambulating a stupa, as well as instructions on how to fill a stupa and make it beautiful and inspiring.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Monasteries and Stupas > Stupas
A Billion, Zillion Thanks for Circumambulations
A Powerful Place of Healing
Banners Are Essential in Stupa Construction
Benefits of Stupas
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Offering Practices
Advice on making offerings to the Three Rare Sublime Ones.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Making Offerings > Offering Practices
Benefits of Offering Gold to Buddha Statues
Circumambulating and Offering Music to Holy Objects
Flower Offering Card
How to Dedicate a Money Offering
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The Power of the Object
Rinpoche discusses the merit of offering to a holy object, even if we don’t have a pure motivation, in this teaching excerpt from the 32nd Kopan Course.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Making Offerings
The Benefits of Offering to the Buddha
In this teaching excerpted from Kopan Course No. 38, Rinpoche explains how to collect extensive merit in everyday life by making offerings to the Buddha.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Making Offerings
Lamrim Meditation Course at Chenrezig Institute
Lamrim teachings and guided meditations from a one-month course in 1975.
Chapters:
Lamrim Year
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.
Chapters:
Proper Respect for Dharma Texts (Video)
In this video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to show respect to Dharma texts, including digital devices containing Dharma.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Texts
Advice on Pilgrimage
Advice on pilgrimage to the holy places including Bodhgaya, Rajgir and Nalanda, and practices which can be done at the sacred sites.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Pilgrimage > Advice on Pilgrimage
A Piece of the Pure Land
Advice and Practices for Pilgrimage
Amitayus Meditation at Maratika
More Talks on this Topic: Pilgrimage
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The Importance of Offering to Holy Objects (Video)
In this video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the benefits of offering to holy objects. Even a small offering to the Buddha creates the cause for ultimate happiness, due to the power of the object.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Making Offerings
Training the Mind in Lamrim
Advice on the study and practice of lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
A Letter to Students at Kopan
A Worthwhile Life
Advice on Lamrim Study and Practice
Attainment of Lamrim Realizations
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Advice on Pilgrimage
In these teachings, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to make pilgrimage to Bodhgaya and other Buddhist sacred sites most meaningful.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Pilgrimage