Lama Yeshe advises students to avoid extremes and abide in meditation with intensive awareness in this excerpt from a commentary on the yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso given in Italy, September 1983.
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises students to make the retreat most beneficial by striving to subdue the mind.
In these teachings, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to make pilgrimage to Bodhgaya and other Buddhist sacred sites most meaningful.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche suggested these prayers and practices for a student who was going to Bodhgaya, Rajgir and Nalanda in India.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this practice advice while he was circumambulating and reciting texts at the Mahabodhi Stupa, Bodhgaya.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the benefits of practicing in Bodhgaya and advises specific practices to be done while on pilgrimage.
Advice for students doing a long retreat, including guidance on motivation, specific practices, how to successfully complete the retreat and what to do if there are obstacles.
Advice for students doing a retreat on the lamrim, the graduated path to enlightenment. Rinpoche says taming the mind through the lamrim is the best offering and the best way to bring world peace.
Advice on pilgrimage to the holy places including Bodhgaya, Rajgir and Nalanda, and practices which can be done at the sacred sites.
Practice advice and instructions for students doing various types of retreat, including preliminaries, lamrim and deity practice.
An interview with the directors and staff of O Sel Ling Retreat Centre about the benefits of the retreat center.
Advice on how to make pilgrimage to the holy places as meaningful and beneficial as possible
A description of chulen (taking the essence) pills and the methods for practicing a pill retreat.
