Rinpoche teaches on guru devotion, using Milarepa’s life story as an inspiring example, in this excerpt from the 38th Kopan Course.

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.

Read Chapter 7 of Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe. This chapter describes the lamas' pilgrimage to Lawudo and the beginnings of Kopan Monastery in 1969.

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.

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 teaching about the life of Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen, a great bodhisattva and scholar from the Kinnaur region of Himachal Pradesh, northern India. 

A seminal text that sets out the stages of the path to enlightenment (lamrim)

Milarepa achieved enlightenment by following the path, with much hardship

A classic mind training (lojong) text by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes the life and work of the great bodhisattva Atisha.

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