Lama Yeshe explains that our experience of life is shaped primarily by the mental attitudes we cultivate.

Lama Yeshe teaches on Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend and the importance of developing patience in situations where strong emotions arise.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the shortcomings of the self-cherishing thought in this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches that Dharma practice needs continual effort for a long time in order to achieve liberation and enlightenment, in this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the suffering of the lower realms of samsara (cyclic existence) in this teaching excerpted from the Fourth Kopan Meditation Course in 1973.

We have the potential to be totally free from the suffering of samsara and its cause, delusion and karma.

The real enemy is ignorance, the self-cherishing thought, so there’s no reason to get angry with external conditions

How to deal with attachment, so we remain calm and clear when experiencing pleasure.

Explaining how by overcoming attachment to ordinary pleasure, we open the way to the joy of inner liberation.

When the mind is under the control of disturbing thoughts there is no peace or happiness

In order to control anger, we must reflect well on its shortcomings