Advice on how to care for and respect statues of the Buddha. Rinpoche advises that holy objects such as statues contribute to world peace and help us create believable merit just by seeing them.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche suggested these prayers and practices for a student who was going to Bodhgaya, Rajgir and Nalanda in India.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the direct and indirect benefits for all sentient beings that will result from the construction of a large Maitreya statue.
A translation and short commentary on the meaning of the eight auspicious signs and how they can be used for success.
Advice on a simple method for practicing circumambulation with body, speech and mind
A teaching on the power of holy objects and the benefits of building a very large Maitreya Buddha statue
Whatever place in the external world we think is holy is, in reality, within this precious human body.
Advice on how to make pilgrimage to the holy places as meaningful and beneficial as possible
Making offerings to holy objects is a remedy for attachment, whether physically offered or mentally transformed
An extensive teaching on the benefits and blessings of stupas; includes advice about the Great Stupa being built near Bendigo, Australia.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the power of the Buddha and holy objects at the 14th Kopan Course in 1981.
A teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the benefits and power of holy objects. The teaching includes many quotations from Buddhist sutras.
Explanation of the different types of prayer wheels as a means of purifying negativities and accumulating merit
Extensive instruction for making tsa-tsas as a practice and means to achieve a good rebirth, make extensive offerings, and receive the blessing of holy objects.
