The Story of Milarepa
Rinpoche teaches on guru devotion, using Milarepa’s life story as an inspiring example, in this excerpt from the 38th Kopan Course.
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Teachings
LYWA Multimedia: Big Love, Chapter 7
Read Chapter 7 of Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe. This chapter describes the lamas' pilgrimage to Lawudo and the beginnings of Kopan Monastery in 1969.
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Statues
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.
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Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Statues
Auspicious Welcome for Amitabha Buddha Statue
Benefactor Building a Statue
Benefits of Building a Statue of Padmasambhava
Buddha Statue on the Ground
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Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe
Big Love is the official, authorized biography of Lama Yeshe. If you knew Lama, you will be reminded of his wisdom and charisma; if you did not, this is the perfect introduction. Explore our Big Love resources and order your copy here.
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Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe
Foreword by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Author's Note
Big Love Resources
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Khunu Lama Rinpoche's Story
A teaching about the life of Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen, a great bodhisattva and scholar from the Kinnaur region of Himachal Pradesh, northern India.
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The Great Yogi Milarepa
Milarepa achieved enlightenment by following the path, with much hardship
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Lineage Lamas > Biographies
The Life of Atisha
Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes the life and work of the great bodhisattva Atisha.
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Lineage Lamas > Biographies