In this teaching excerpt, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the great Kadampa master, Dromtönpa, who completely abandoned all worldly activities and devoted himself correctly to his guru, Lama Atisha.

In this video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche reminds us to practice contentment and to bring happiness to others instead of harming them.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how freedom from the eight worldly concerns creates real peace, in this teaching excerpt from the Fourth Kopan Meditation Course.

Excerpts from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s How to Practice Dharma: Teachings on the Eight Worldly Dharmas. In this book, Rinpoche explains how desire and attachment are the cause of our problems and how to abandon these negative minds in order to find perfect peace and happiness.

How to practice patience and avoid the eight worldly dharmas.

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

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.