His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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Teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Category: Introductory
- When the Ironbird Flies (Last Updated Sep 15, 2008 )
  An Interview with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
- The Birthright of All Beings (Last Updated Jun 2, 2009 )
  A message from His Holiness at Saka Dawa about each of us seeking joy and freedom from suffering
- Seeking an Inner Refuge (Last Updated Feb 21, 2009 )
  Short teaching on the basics of Buddhism
- Preliminary Teachings to the Kalachakra Initiation (Members Only) (Last Updated Aug 14, 2008 )
  Preliminary teachings to the Kalachakra Initiation 1994
- Happiness, Karma and Mind (Last Updated Sep 15, 2008 )
  Teaching on how to gain happiness and the path to liberation from suffering
Category: Lineage Lamas
- Category: Praises and Tributes
  - A Prayer for the Quick Return of Kyabje Ling Rinpoche (Last Updated Apr 11, 2010 )
    For His Holiness Ling Rinpoche, who died in 1983
Category: Buddhist Practices
- A Survey of the Paths of Tibetan Buddhism (Last Updated Sep 16, 2012 )
  A survey of all the Buddhist practices including the systems of both sutra and tantra undertaken in the Tibetan tradition
- Category: Deity Practice
  - The Yoga Method of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion (Last Updated Nov 2, 2011 )
    A commentary on the self-generation sadhana of Avalokiteshvara
  - Commentary on Gyalwa Gyatso (Last Updated May 15, 2013 )
    Commentary on the Chenrezig Gyalwa Gyatso sadhana
- Category: Purification Practices
  - Vajrasattva Practice (Last Updated Feb 26, 2013 )
    A commentary on Vajrasattva meditation and recitation as a purification practice
- Category: General Practice Advice
  - Advice on Buddhist Practice (Last Updated Oct 15, 2012 )
    An interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama about Buddhist teachings and practice
Category: Path to Enlightenment (lam-rim)
- Category: General Lam-rim
  - Teachings on Lam-rim Chen-mo (Last Updated Apr 24, 2013 )
    Teachings on Lama Tsongkhapa's Lam-rim Chen-mo, the Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, July 2008.
  - Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment (Last Updated Oct 17, 2011 )
    Commentary on two core lam-rim texts by Atisha and Lama Tsongkhapa
  - An Audience With His Holiness the Dalai Lama (1991) (Last Updated Mar 15, 2013 )
    His Holiness discusses a range of topics, including reincarnation, karma, meditation and other religions
  - An Audience With His Holiness the Dalai Lama (1990) (Last Updated Mar 15, 2013 )
    His Holiness discusses a range of topics,including karma, other religions, depression, Buddhist tenets and the mind
  - An Audience With His Holiness the Dalai Lama (1989) (Last Updated Feb 21, 2013 )
    His Holiness the Dalai Lama responds to general questions about Buddhism from students at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamsala
  - An Audience With His Holiness the Dalai Lama (1985) (Last Updated Feb 21, 2013 )
    His Holiness discusses a range of topics, including how to practice Dharma, the mind or consciousness, rebirth, karma and world peace
- Category: Three Principal Aspects of the Path
  - The Spirit of Manjushri (Last Updated Nov 17, 2008 )
    Teachings on renunciation, bodhicitta, and emptiness, along with a Manjushri blessing.
- Category: Four Noble Truths
  - The Four Noble Truths (Members Only) (Last Updated Apr 11, 2010 )
    Teachings on this core topic in Buddhism
  - Four Noble Truths (Last Updated Apr 12, 2010 )
    Teachings on the Four Noble Truths
Category: Contemporary Issues
- Category: Religious Tolerance
  - Dimensions of Spirituality (Last Updated Oct 11, 2008 )
    Compassion as the core value of all the world's religions
- Category: World Peace
  - The Global Community and The Need for Universal Responsibility (Last Updated Sep 15, 2008 )
    A talk on the need for a greater sense of human community in order to bring about peace in our world
  - New Millennium Message (Last Updated Feb 21, 2009 )
    A message from His Holiness for the turn of the century
  - A Human Approach to World Peace (Last Updated Apr 29, 2013 )
    A talk on how compassion and universal responsibility lead to a peaceful world
Category: Meditation
- Category: Meditation Practice
  - Commentary on Chapter 8 of Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara (Last Updated Apr 8, 2010 )
    A commentary on Chapter 8 – the chapter titled "Meditation" – of Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara (Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life).
Category: Compassion and Bodhicitta
- Category: Developing Compassion
  - Compassion and the Individual (Last Updated Mar 15, 2010 )
    The development of compassion as the key to a happier and more successful world
- Category: Bodhicitta
  - Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara (Members Only) (Last Updated Dec 9, 2010 )
    Preliminary teachings to the Kalachakra Initiation 1991
  - Generating the Mind of Enlightenment (Last Updated Mar 11, 2013 )
    A teaching given prior to a ceremony for generating the mind of enlightenment (bodhicitta)
Category: Mind Training (lo-jong)
- The Thirty-Seven Practices of the Bodhisattva (Last Updated May 15, 2013 )
  His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave this teaching at Bodhgaya in January 1974.
- The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas (Members Only) (Last Updated Dec 9, 2010 )
  Preliminary Teachings to the Kalachakra Initiation 1989
- Commentary on the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation (Last Updated Sep 21, 2012 )
  Commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the text written by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa
Category: Nature of Mind
- What is the Mind? (Last Updated Dec 22, 2008 )
  His Holiness explains the Buddhist concept of mind to the participants of a Mind Science symposium at Harvard University
Category: Sufferings of Samsara
- Category: Anger
  - The Monk in the Lab (Last Updated Sep 15, 2008 )
    New York Times Editorial
Category: Impermanence & Death
- Category: Death and Rebirth
  - Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth (Last Updated Mar 16, 2010 )
    Published as the foreword to "Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth" by Lati Rinpoche and Jeffrey Hopkins