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Lama Yeshe in Sweden, 1983
Teachings

Thought Transformation Teachings in Portland

In this teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins by praising Lama Yeshe's qualities as a hidden meditator with the ability to inspire people from all walks of life. Rinpoche continues with an extensive explanation of how to transform problems into happiness.

Chapters:
Transforming Problems How to Be a Real Professional + View all

The Yoga of Offering Food

How to make eating the cause of enlightenment for oneself and all other sentient beings. Through the Mahayana practice of offering the food we eat, our lives become most beneficial, not only for ourselves but for all sentient beings.

Chapters:
The Yoga of Offering Food Read The Yoga of Offering Food + View all

Meditation on Emptiness and Tonglen (Taking and Giving)

After a short discourse on emptiness, Rinpoche teaches tonglen, or taking and giving—the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness

Chapters:
Actualizing the Wisdom Realizing Emptiness Taking the Suffering of Others Giving Your Body to Others + View all