Calling the Guru from Afar
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.
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.
A Teaching With Special Emphasis on the Methods of an Experiential Instruction
A prayer composed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, who passed away in 1983.
A seminal text, translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, describing how to cultivate renunciation, bodhicitta, and the correct view of emptiness.
This concise prayer by Lama Tsongkhapa teaches the entire graduated path to enlightenment.
A brief presentation of the stages of the path to enlightenment.
This sutra belongs to the class of texts called the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. It is a presentation of profound wisdom on the nature of emptiness.
This sutra invokes the buddhas of the ten directions. Translated from Tibetan by Ven. Tsenla.
The Diamond Cutter Sutra is a discourse on the Buddhist concept of emptiness or “Wisdom Gone Beyond.”
Teachings on the causes and effects of various actions
A prayer composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the swift return of Geshe Jampa Gyatso
The Arya Sanghata Sutra is a teaching given by Buddha Shakyamuni on Vulture's Peak in Rajagriha, India. Like all Mahayana sutras, this discourse was memorized by the Buddha's disciples and later written down in Sanskrit.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the benefits of studying the teachings of the Buddha in this talk given at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy.
An account of Lama Yeshe's last days, death and funeral, and a collection of tributes written by fellow lamas and students
Advice on various mantras and sutras recommended by Rinpoche.