Taking Care of the Mind (Audio and Transcript)
A public talk on how to bring peace and happiness to oneself and others.
A Perfect Object of Refuge
Lama Yeshe explains why it is worthwhile to take refuge in that which can truly liberate us—the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
Saving Insects' Lives
Various Practices for Animals
We Cannot Live Without Harming Others
Rinpoche responds to a question about FPMT promoting a policy of veganism.
Achieving Realizations of the Path
Advice on the need for FPMT students to actualize the lamrim teachings and achieve realizations
The Perfect Human Rebirth
This book is drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s graduated path to enlightenment (lamrim) teachings given over a four-decade period, starting from the early 1970s.
Lamrim Teachings in France, 1990
Two discourses on topics including emptiness of the I, impermanence and death, and transforming problems
Nothing is Definite in Samsara
A teaching on the first of the six types of suffering
Remembering Renunciation and Bodhicitta
In this excerpt from Kopan Course No. 27, Rinpoche explains that if our actions are done with renunciation, right view and bodhicitta, our lives become meaningful
Positive Intention
In this excerpt from Kopan Course No. 27 in 1994, Rinpoche explains that if the cause is not created, the result cannot be experienced.