Giving Up the Eight Worldly Concerns
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how freedom from the eight worldly concerns creates real peace, in this teaching excerpt from the Fourth Kopan Meditation Course.
Teachings
Advice on Pilgrimage
In these teachings, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to make pilgrimage to Bodhgaya and other Buddhist sacred sites most meaningful.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Pilgrimage
Lamrim Outlines from Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand
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 Practices at the Mahabodhi Stupa
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this practice advice while he was circumambulating and reciting texts at the Mahabodhi Stupa, Bodhgaya.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Pilgrimage
Practicing in Bodhgaya
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the benefits of practicing in Bodhgaya and advises specific practices to be done while on pilgrimage.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Pilgrimage
The Enlightened Experience: Volume 2 eBook
Volume 2 in our ebook series includes teachings on a range of lamrim topics and excerpts from Lama's commentary on the deity yoga practice of Manjushri.
Topics:
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim)
Chapters:
The Enlightened Experience
Preface: The Enlightened Experience, Volume 2
Table of Contents: The Enlightened Experience, Volume 2
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Benefits of Circumambulation
Verses from a sutra found in the Kangyur on the benefits of circumambulating stupas, translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The teaching includes a commentary on the verses.
Topics:
Holy Objects
The Enlightened Experience: Volume 1 eBook
In the first volume of our new ebook series, Lama Yeshe discusses the principal aspects of the path to enlightenment and offers general advice on relationships, educating children and a range of other issues.
Topics:
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim)
Chapters:
The Enlightened Experience
Preface: The Enlightened Experience, Volume 1
Table of Contents: The Enlightened Experience, Volume 1
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Statues
Advice on how to care for and respect statues of the Buddha. Rinpoche advises that holy objects such as statues contribute to world peace and help us create believable merit just by seeing them.
Topics:
Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Statues
Auspicious Welcome for Amitabha Buddha Statue
Benefactor Building a Statue
Benefits of Building a Statue of Padmasambhava
Buddha Statue on the Ground
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The Guru/Disciple Relationship
Advice on how to practice guru devotion, including seeing the guru as Buddha, offering service and pleasing the guru.
Attachment to the Guru
Dharma Connection With Other Gurus
Feeling Sad When the Guru is Absent
Fortunate to Receive Advice from the Guru
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LYWA Multimedia: Guru Puja is the Heart Practice
This multimedia series is based on teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the Light of the Path retreat in 2009. The format includes transcripts, audio, video and images.
Topics:
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Guru Devotion
Chapters:
Guru Puja is the Heart Practice: About the Series
The Importance of Practicing Guru Puja
An Introduction to the Chanting Lineage of the Guru Puja
The Seven-Limb Practice
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Freedom More Precious Than Skies Filled with Gold, Diamonds and Sapphires
In this unedited excerpt, Rinpoche encourages us to take advantage of this precious and rare opportunity to study the profound meaning of emptiness.
Teachings at Kadampa Center
In this teaching, Rinpoche offers advice on the practice of the good heart and the role of parents in guiding their children. Rinpoche also discusses emptiness and gives a commentary on the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation.
Topics:
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim)
Chapters:
How to Live Life With the Good Heart
Where Is the Real I?
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
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LYWA Multimedia: Freedom Through Understanding
This series presents chapters from the LYWA book Freedom Through Understanding in a format that includes written teachings enhanced by audio, video and images.
Chapters:
Freedom Through Understanding Multimedia: About the Series
Making the Most of Your Life
How to Meditate
The Importance of Motivation
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Refuge is a State of Mind
A teaching on refuge by having confidence and trust in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
Topics:
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Refuge