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.
This multimedia title presents Lama's teachings on the three principal aspects of the path: renunciation, bodhicitta and the right view of emptiness.
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.
Practice advice and instructions for students doing various types of retreat, including preliminaries, lamrim and deity practice.
These teachings were given during a lamrim retreat held at Vajrapani Institute in Boulder Creek, California, from August 20-23, 2006.
Teachings on renunciation, bodhicitta, and emptiness, along with a Manjushri blessing
Two talks on renunciation, bodhicitta, and emptiness, included in the book The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism.
A commentary on the three principal aspects of the path to enlightenment, with teachings and meditations on the nature of the mind.
An interview with the directors and staff of O Sel Ling Retreat Centre about the benefits of the retreat center.
In this excerpt from Kopan Course No. 27, Rinpoche explains that if our actions are done with renunciation, right view and bodhicitta, our lives become meaningful
In this short teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche emphasizes the importance of renunciation, right view and bodhicitta
