Lama Thubten Yeshe

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Category: Introductory
- What is Buddhism? (Last Updated Jul 3, 2008 )
  The nature of Buddhism and religion
- Universal Love (Audio and Unedited Transcripts) (Last Updated Jul 24, 2012 )
  Lama Yeshe gave this public talk in Los Angeles, June 28 1975.
- The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind (Last Updated Oct 10, 2011 )
  Introductory lectures and question-and-answer sessions
- The First Clear Step (Last Updated Apr 24, 2013 )
  An introductory talk about Buddhism and the mind, given to students at the Seventh Kopan Course
- The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism (Last Updated Apr 7, 2010 )
  Introductory talks by Lama Yeshe: the Three Principal Aspects of the Path, and Introduction to Tantra.
- Religion: The Path of Inquiry (Audio & Unedited Transcript) (Last Updated Jul 19, 2010 )
  Chapter Two of "Becoming Your Own Therapist"
- Make Your Mind an Ocean (Audio & Unedited Transcript) (Last Updated Jul 7, 2008 )
  Chapter Four of "Make Your Mind an Ocean"
- Make Your Mind an Ocean (Last Updated May 27, 2010 )
  General talks on the nature of the mind
- Lama Yeshe at Disneyland (Last Updated May 24, 2009 )
  Classic video of Lama at Disneyland, and walking in Yucca Valley
- Bringing Dharma to the West (Last Updated May 24, 2009 )
  Interviews with Lama Yeshe on the history of the FPMT and Buddhism in the west
- Becoming Your Own Therapist (Last Updated Apr 11, 2013 )
  Clear and accessible introduction to Buddhism
- Be Your Own Therapist (Last Updated Apr 3, 2009 )
  Clarifying the role of the mind and how to investigate it
- A Glimpse of Buddhist Psychology (Audio & Unedited Transcript) (Last Updated Jul 7, 2008 )
  Chapter Three of "Becoming Your Own Therapist"
Category: Buddhist Practices
- Category: Daily Practices
  - OM AH HUM Meditation (Last Updated Apr 23, 2008 )
    A purification practice utilizing visualization and mantra
- Category: Chöd
  - Chöd Sadhana (Last Updated Sep 21, 2012 )
    A practice to counter one's selfish attitude.
- Category: General Practice Advice
  - Creating Space for Dharma (Last Updated Jul 30, 2008 )
    Clarifying Dharma pratice and the role of the mind
- Category: Tantra
  - Universal Love (Last Updated May 24, 2009 )
    The Yoga Method of Buddha Maitreya, prefaced by an introduction to Buddhism
  - Offering Tsok to Heruka Vajrasattva (Last Updated Jan 26, 2010 )
    Lama Yeshe gives commentary on the Heruka Vajrasattva tsog offering that he wrote.
  - Introduction to Tantra (Last Updated May 24, 2009 )
    Included in the book "The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism", two talks on this often-misunderstood practice.
- Category: Mantra Recitation
  - Mantra (Last Updated Dec 28, 2012 )
    A short teaching on the power of mantra
Category: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim)
- Category: Karma
  - Karma and Emptiness (Last Updated Dec 9, 2012 )
    A teaching on karma, the law of cause and effect, and emptiness, the ultimate nature of reality.
- Category: General Lam-rim
  - Lam-rim Weekend Meditation Course (Last Updated Nov 10, 2011 )
    Video of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche from a course they gave together in the UK in 1975.
- Category: Refuge
  - Why Refuge? (Last Updated Feb 11, 2013 )
    A talk by Lama Yeshe at a refuge ceremony in Madrid, Spain
  - Refuge (Last Updated Dec 6, 2012 )
    Clarifying the meaning of refuge, as the first step on the Buddhist path
- Category: Three Principal Aspects of the Path
  - The Three Principal Aspects of the Path (LTY) (Last Updated May 31, 2013 )
    Two talks on renunciation, bodhicitta, and emptiness, included in the book The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism.
- Category: Renunciation
  - True Renunciation (Last Updated Jan 1, 2013 )
    By overcoming attachment to ordinary pleasure, we open the way to the joy of inner liberation
- Category: Four Noble Truths
  - Turning the Wheel (Last Updated Oct 31, 2012 )
    After attaining enlightenment, Buddha began teaching the spiritual path to others, commonly known as turning the wheel of Dharma
Category: Contemporary Issues
- Category: War
  - Anxiety in the Nuclear Age (Last Updated Dec 28, 2011 )
    Advice for those concerned about the threat of nuclear destruction
- Category: Family and Relationships
  - On Marriage (Last Updated Apr 23, 2008 )
    Answers to questions about marriage and relationships
- Category: Dharma in Daily Life
  - The Dharma of Dancing (Last Updated Jul 31, 2008 )
    How to practice in everything we do
- Category: Religious Tolerance
  - Christmas Dharma (Last Updated Jul 2, 2008 )
    On counteracting religious bias
Category: Meditation
- Category: Lama Yeshe's Meditation Course
  - Your Mental Bureaucracy (Audio and Unedited Transcript) (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    Chapter Four of "Ego, Attachment & Liberation"
  - Questions and Answers (Audio and Unedited Transcript) (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    Chapter Five of "Ego, Attachment & Liberation"
  - Meditation Session Techniques (Audio and Unedited Transcript) (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    Chapter Two of "Ego, Attachment & Liberation"
  - Making Space for Wisdom (Audio & Unedited Transcript) (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    Chapter One of "Ego, Attachment & Liberation"
  - Give Your Ego the Wisdom Eye (Audio and Unedited Transcript) (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    Chapter Three of "Ego, Attachment & Liberation"
  - Every Problem on Earth Comes from Attachment (Audio and Unedited Transcript) (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    Chapter Six of "Ego, Attachment & Liberation"
  - Ego, Attachment and Liberation: Overcoming Your Mental Bureaucracy (Last Updated May 27, 2010 )
    Teachings and meditations Lama Yeshe gave at a five-day meditation retreat.
  - Developing Equilibrium (Audio and Unedited Transcript) (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    Chapter Seven of "Ego, Attachment & Liberation"
- Category: Retreat Advice
  - Taking the Essence (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    Description of chu-len retreat procedures
- Category: Meditation Practice
  - Meditation (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    The practical essence of meditation
  - Integrating What You've Heard (Audio and Unedited Transcript) (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    The earliest known recording of Lama Yeshe in the Archive, which was delivered to a group of Western students in January of 1972
  - Integrating What You've Heard (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    An edited version of the earliest known recording of Lama Yeshe in the Archive, which was delivered to a group of Western students in January of 1972
Category: Compassion and Bodhicitta
- Category: Bodhicitta
  - Making Space With Bodhicitta (Last Updated Jan 7, 2013 )
    Teachings by Lama Yeshe on bodhicitta, adapted by T. Y. Alexander
  - Bodhicitta: The Perfection of Dharma (Last Updated Dec 13, 2012 )
    "The best Dharma practice, the most perfect, most substantial, is without doubt the practice of bodhicitta."
Category: Working for Others
- Category: FPMT Service
  - Lama Yeshe's Address to the FPMT Family (Last Updated Jan 10, 2013 )
    Advice to FPMT center and project directors about the purpose, structure and direction of the organization
Category: Emptiness
- Category: Nature of the 'I'
  - Who Are You and Where Can You Be Found? (Last Updated Mar 9, 2010 )
    Investigating the nature of 'I'
- Category: Mahamudra
  - Non-duality (Last Updated Jan 1, 2013 )
    "All existing phenomena, whether deemed good or bad, are by nature beyond duality, beyond our false discriminations."
- Category: The Two Truths
  - How to Let Go (Last Updated Mar 15, 2010 )
    Integrating emptiness in everyday life
Category: Nature of Mind
- Light of Dharma (Last Updated Jun 22, 2011 )
  Teachings and meditations on the nature of the mind
Category: Sufferings of Samsara
- Category: Delusions
  - How Delusions Arise (Last Updated Jun 11, 2008 )
    Teaching on six factors leading to the growth of delusion
Category: Impermanence & Death
- Category: Remembering Death
  - Dissolution (Last Updated Dec 11, 2012 )
    Teachings by Lama Yeshe on impermance and death, adapted by T. Y. Alexander
- Category: Preparing for Death
  - Transference of Consciousness (Audio) (Last Updated Jun 8, 2011 )
    Technique for transferring consciousness at the time of death
  - Po-wa: Transference of Consciousness at the Time of Death (Last Updated Oct 4, 2011 )
    Technique for transferring consciousness at the time of death
  - Life, Death and After Death (Last Updated Mar 4, 2011 )
    Teachings by Lama Yeshe on death, intermediate state and rebirth, and an introductory talk by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on cultivating a peaceful mind.
  - Letter to Geshe Wangdu (Last Updated Nov 6, 2008 )
    Lama Yeshe's thoughts and practice while in hospital
Category: Monthly E-letter
- E-letter No. 9: October 2003 (Last Updated Jul 8, 2008 )
  Spiritual Materialism: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 90: November 2010 (Last Updated Sep 2, 2012 )
  Why We Established the FPMT: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 8: September 2003 (Last Updated Jul 8, 2008 )
  Marriage and Related Topics: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 86: July 2010 (Last Updated May 23, 2012 )
  Coping With Death: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 78: November 2009 (Last Updated Nov 27, 2009 )
  Understanding Emptiness: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 76: September 2009 (Last Updated Nov 25, 2009 )
  Some Characteristics of Mind : Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 69: February 2009 (Last Updated Feb 26, 2009 )
  Integrating What You've Heard: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 65: October 2008 (Last Updated Mar 24, 2010 )
  Bringing Dharma to the West: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 63: August 2008 (Last Updated Dec 28, 2008 )
  The Bliss of Avoiding Extremes: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 61: June 2008 (Last Updated Jul 9, 2008 )
  Answers Are Already in Your Mind: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 59: April 2008 (Last Updated Oct 11, 2008 )
  Understanding Attachment: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 56: January 2008 (Last Updated Jul 9, 2008 )
  More Shortcomings of Attachment: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 54: November 2007 (Last Updated Sep 30, 2008 )
  Meditation: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 52: September 2007 (Last Updated Oct 11, 2008 )
  The Fundamentals of Tantra: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 49: May 2007 (Last Updated Jul 9, 2008 )
  Shunyata Mantra and Meditation on Emptiness: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 48: April 2007 (Last Updated Jul 9, 2008 )
  Bodhicitta: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 46: February 2007 (Last Updated Oct 19, 2011 )
  Introduction to Tantra: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 45: January 2007 (Last Updated Oct 11, 2008 )
  The Purpose of Meditation: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 44: December 2006 (Last Updated Oct 3, 2008 )
  Anger and Enemies: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 43: October-November 2006 (Last Updated Oct 1, 2008 )
  What is Buddhism?: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 42: September 2006 (Last Updated Sep 1, 2011 )
  On Educating Children: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 41: August 2006 (Last Updated Mar 24, 2010 )
  How We Started Teaching Westerners: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 40: July 2006 (Last Updated Jul 19, 2010 )
  Taking Suffering and Giving Happiness: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 3: April 2003 (Last Updated Jul 19, 2010 )
  Why We Need Meditation: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 39: June 2006 (Last Updated Oct 1, 2008 )
  The Preliminaries: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 38: May 2006 (Last Updated Jul 19, 2010 )
  Two Departments of Ego and Attachment: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 35: February 2006 (Last Updated Sep 30, 2008 )
  Visualizing Yourself as a Deity: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 33: December 2005 (Last Updated Jul 9, 2008 )
  Transference of Consciousness—conclusion: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 32: November 2005 (Last Updated Jul 9, 2008 )
  Transference of Consciousness—continued: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 31: October 2005 (Last Updated Jul 9, 2008 )
  Transference of Consciousness: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 2: March 2003 (Last Updated Jul 19, 2010 )
  Know What You're Doing: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 23: February 2005 (Last Updated Jan 26, 2010 )
  Po-wa: Transference of Consciousness: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 20: November 2004 (Last Updated Jun 30, 2009 )
  Visualization in Tantra: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 1: February 2003 (Last Updated Jul 19, 2010 )
  What Buddhism's About: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 16: July 2004 (Last Updated Jun 30, 2009 )
  Doing Two Things at Once: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 15: June 2004 (Last Updated Jun 30, 2009 )
  Hinayana, Mahayana and the Meaning of Yana: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 14: May 2004 (Last Updated Jun 30, 2009 )
  Understanding Reality: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 11: January 2004 (Last Updated Feb 5, 2009 )
  Karma, Inner Strength and Life Itself: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 10: November-December 2003 (Last Updated Jul 8, 2008 )
  Understanding Karma: Lama Yeshe
- E-letter No. 103: December 2011 (Last Updated Jun 18, 2012 )
  Lama Yeshe: Christmas Dharma