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.
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.
An interview with the directors and staff of O Sel Ling Retreat Centre about the benefits of the retreat center.
We have new French translations to share with you, How to Practice Dharma, The Heart of the Path, and excerpts from Volume 1 of Big Love, the official, authorized biography of Lama Yeshe.
A description of chulen (taking the essence) pills and the methods for practicing a pill retreat.
