Following desire always results in dissatisfaction.

The real hero is the person who fights anger and defeats the inner enemy, the delusions.

The lineage of the teachings was handed down to the Kadampas by Atisha, an Indian pandit who revived Buddhism in Tibet.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses techniques for cutting through depression in this excerpt from a teaching at the 28th Kopan Course in 1995.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how delusion and karma bind us to samsara in this excerpt from a teaching at the 11th Kopan Course.

Commentary on the teachings of Atisha and the Kadampa geshes, the exemplary practitioners of Buddhism in Tibet.

Teachings given at Root Institute, Days 5 - 7; includes a commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland

Teachings at Root Institute, Days 1 - 4; includes an oral transmission and commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland

A commentary given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on an essential mind training text composed by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa.

A commentary on Atisha's text, given to Western monks and nuns in Boudhanath, Nepal, in 1975. The teaching is translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and edited by Nicholas Ribush.

How to use depression to develop compassion and bodhicitta, and ultimately to achieve enlightenment.

Creating harmony and good communication with others through compassion and thought transformation rather than blaming and criticizing.

How to deal with anger—one's own anger and the anger of others directed at oneself.

A teaching on the six factors that cause delusions to arise.