The Path to Enlightenment
Advice on the importance of Dharma practice and how to actualize the lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
Advice on the importance of Dharma practice and how to actualize the lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
Advice on the merit of offering service, which pleases the guru, purifies our negative karma and brings us closer to enlightenment.
In this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that our purpose in life is to bring all sentient beings to buddhahood, the awakened state.
Advice on how to train the mind in guru devotion, and what to do when we have negative thoughts, criticize the guru and see faults in the guru.
Advice on how to purify negative karma in relation to the guru. This advice was given to students confessing mistakes.
Rinpoche discusses the kindness of his own guru, Lama Yeshe, and the many Dharma centers that have been established as a result of Lama Yeshe’s energy and inspiration.
Rinpoche discusses the guru-disciple relationship, why we need a guru and the qualities and kindness of the guru.
Advice and many quotations on how to correctly devote to the virtuous friend with thought and action, given to students of FPMT's Masters Program.
Lamrim teachings and guided meditations from a one-month course in 1975.
Lamrim Year is a unique study program which provides a 365-day outline of the graduated path to enlightenment in a clear, practical format that is suitable for both individual and group practice. We have now launched a free Lamrim Year Companion website, so you can access the daily meditations from wherever you are, from your computer or mobile device.
Read online or download this book, a collection of anecdotes about the life of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and how he works day and night, without stopping, for the benefit of all sentient beings..
Advice on the study and practice of lamrim, the path to enlightenment.
A commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga practice, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Comprehensive lamrim outlines from the text Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, by Pabongka Rinpoche. These outlines were produced by Piero Sirianni and are freely available for download as PDF files.
Advice on how to practice guru devotion, including seeing the guru as Buddha, offering service and pleasing the guru.