Advice and prayers for the millions of turkeys being killed for the Thanksgiving holiday in the USA.
Advice on how to purify the negative karma resulting from killing. This advice was given to students who had to kill or harm animals in their daily life and work.
In this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that when we think of the deep suffering of others, we have no choice; compassion must arise for them.
Lama Yeshe discusses the profound yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso in this excerpt from a commentary given at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, in September 1983.
Lama Yeshe discusses our potential for pure love, compassion and wisdom in this excerpt from a commentary on the yoga method of Gyalwa Gyatso given at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy, in September 1983.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to benefit animals by becoming vegetarian. Rinpoche also discusses tsog offering, a Highest Yoga Tantra practice.
Advice on how to help animals and protect them from harm. This topic includes various practices and mantras for animals.
Advice on the importance of developing compassion, the good heart.
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to relate the four immeasurable thoughts to our daily life, with a strong determination to make our life beneficial for others.
Rinpoche discusses compassion, the good heart, in this teaching excerpt from the 36th Kopan Course.
Advice on how to create the cause of happiness and success in this life and future lives until enlightenment, by practicing compassion, the good heart.
Rinpoche asks students to abandon eating meat and become vegetarian. Rinpoche also discusses animal liberation and other ways to benefit animals, and explains our karmic connection with animals.
Lama Yeshe discusses the four immeasurables and how to develop equanimity, excerpted from A Commentary on the Yoga Method of Divine Wisdom Manjushri.
A "must-read" for all Buddhists, this text presents a detailed discussion in support of vegetarianism and animal welfare. Now available as an ebook.
How to develop compassion and offer perfect service to others.
