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 text by the great Indian pandit Nagarjuna is famous for its descriptions of the bodhisattva's path of compassion and for its clear, concise analysis of the Buddha's teachings on emptiness.
A praise to the Buddha, composed by Lama Tsongkhapa after he realized emptiness. Translated by Geshe Thupten Jinpa.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recommended this prayer for protection and healing from the coronavirus COVID-19.
A prayer for peace in Tibet and compassion in the world.
Practice advice and instructions for students doing various types of retreat, including preliminaries, lamrim and deity practice.
A short lamrim prayer that contains the essence of the whole path to enlightenment
A short prayer that helps us develop the correct attitude toward the virtuous friend.
A seminal text that sets out the stages of the path to enlightenment (lamrim)
The Heart’s Utmost Need: Urging Myself and Others to Remember Impermanence. This text, formerly known as Heart-Spoon, was extensively revised by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 2020, and further reviewed by Rinpoche in 2022.
A classic mind training (lojong) text by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa.
A definitive root text on the seven-point mind training, supplemented by outlines.
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
