The Purpose of Our Life
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.
Teachings
Advice and Practices for Various Countries
Letters and advice sent to dignitaries and students regarding resolution of conflict and how to bring peace and happiness to the region.
A Healing Hut in Lahaul
A Letter to the King of Nepal
Advice for the Whole Country
Democracy in Hong Kong
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Attitude to Work
Advice on how to integrate the three principal aspects of the path—renunciation, bodhicitta and right view (of emptiness)—into our working life.
Topics:
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life > Attitude to Work
Bodhisattva Attitude
Motivation for Paying Tax
The Real Purpose of Our Life
The Three Principal Aspects of the Path in Business
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Obstacles to Guru Devotion
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 Guru Devotion for Student Having Difficulties
Angry With the Teacher
Conflict with Lamas
Difficulties with One's Guru
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Buying and Selling Property
Advice and practices to remove obstacles and have success in the purchase or sale of house or land.
A Powerful Mantra for Success
Buying Land
Everything Depends on Karma
Obstacles to Sale of House
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Confession to the Guru
Advice on how to purify negative karma in relation to the guru. This advice was given to students confessing mistakes.
Confessing Mistakes
Confessing Negative Thoughts
Confessing a Mistake
Confession and Purification with Thirty-five Buddhas Practice
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Kopan Course No. 50 (2017)
Lamrim teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 50th Kopan Course in Nepal.
Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 50 Index Page
Lecture 1: The Essence of Dharma
Lecture 2: Subdue the Mind
Lecture 3: Understanding Karma
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Shopping with the Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to integrate Dharma into our everyday life in this teaching excerpted from Kopan Course No. 40.
Topics:
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life
Kopan Course No. 43 (2010)
A transcript of teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 43rd Kopan Course
Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 43: Index Page
Lecture One: December 6, 2010
Lecture Two, December 6, 2010
Lecture Three, December 7, 2010
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Silent Mind Holy Mind
The celebration of Christmas focuses on our longing for peace and deepest expression of love. Taking as his major focus the ways in which we customarily celebrate Christmas, Lama Yeshe exposes the foibles of our secular age and shows how we can surmount them.
Topics:
Contemporary Issues > Religious Tolerance
Chapters:
Silent Mind Holy Mind
Contents
Preface (by Nicholas Ribush)
Introduction (by Jonathon Landaw)
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Taking Care of the Mind
In this teaching Rinpoche advises the importance of protecting our mind from anger, attachment and ignorance.
Topics:
Contemporary Issues > Dharma in Daily Life
Kopan Course No. 42 (2009): eBook
In these teachings Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses our potential to bring benefit and happiness, including full enlightenment, to all sentient beings. Now available as an ebook, The Path to Ultimate Happiness.
Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 41 (2008)
A transcript of teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 41st Kopan Course. Includes a talk by Ven. Roger Kunsang on the beginnnings of FPMT.
Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 41: Index Page
Lectures 1 & 2: The Infallible Path
Lectures 3 & 4: Cherishing Others
Lectures 5 & 6: Causative Phenomena
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The Self-Cherishing Thought
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the shortcomings of the self-cherishing thought in this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course.
Topics:
Path to Enlightenment (lamrim) > Renunciation
Kopan Course No. 40 (2007)
Lamrim teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 40th Kopan Meditation Course.
Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 40 Index Page
1. The Concept of True Existence
2. Seeking Enlightenment
3. The Special Attitude
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