Full Ordination for Nuns
Advice about bhikshuni ordination, excerpted from a teaching given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bendigo, Australia, on May 7, 2018.
LYWA Multimedia: The Advantages of Monastic Life
In this multimedia title, Lama Yeshe speaks frankly about the challenges and opportunities facing Western Sangha.
Focusing Everything on Enlightenment
Watch the video and read the transcript of this talk, as Rinpoche discusses the importance of living in vows and purifying negative karma, while staying focused on the goal, enlightenment.
Tibetan Buddhist Monastic Studies
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Geshe Thubten Sherab on the study programs of Tibetan Buddhist monks
On Becoming a Monk
An article by Nicholas Ribush about becoming a Western Buddhist monk, written for the Tibetan Review, January 1979.
Advice for Monks and Nuns
A small collection of talks by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche to their ordained students.
Sangha (Monks and Nuns)
Advice for Sangha (monks and nuns) about ordination and Dharma practice.