Offering Service
Advice and thanks given to students who have offered service and support for Dharma centers and projects in various roles.
Advice and thanks given to students who have offered service and support for Dharma centers and projects in various roles.
Lama Yeshe teaches on Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend and the importance of developing patience in situations where strong emotions arise.
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on practices for success and harmony at the Dharma center.
Letters and cards thanking benefactors and students who have offered service to the Dharma in many different roles.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to avoid burnout and maintain a happy mind while offering service at the center.
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 gave this inspiring talk at the European Regional Meeting in June 2014. Rinpoche teaches on the four immeasurables and the kindness of others, and advises why Western students need to actualize the path.
In this multimedia title, Nicholas Ribush shares an account of traveling with Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche to Lawudo, Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
Advice on how to overcome attachment by reflecting on the nature of the body, the sufferings of samsara, and the emptiness, or lack of true existence, of the object of attachment.
Rinpoche thanks translators for their service and dedication and offers advice on various aspects of translation work.
Advice on how to eliminate anger by practicing patience and thus contributing to world peace.
Advice on how to resolve conflict with fellow students at the Dharma center by remembering their kindness and developing a tolerant and compassionate attitude.
An article by Nicholas Ribush about the growth of Tibetan Buddhist publishing in the West.
Rinpoche gave this advice about resolving complaints and dealing with interpersonal conflict at the Dharma center. Rinpoche said the real enemy and the cause of all our problems is the self-cherishing thought.
Advice for those who have offered service as center director and are retiring from that role.