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.
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.
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.
In this video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to show respect to Dharma texts, including digital devices containing Dharma.
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.
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.
A prayer for peace in Tibet and compassion in the world.
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)
A classic mind training (lojong) text by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa.
A definitive root text on the seven-point mind training, supplemented by outlines.
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche about hanging prayer flags and engaging in various activities on auspicious days.
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.