Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche discusses bodhicitta, the good heart, in this teaching excerpt.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that our purpose in life is to bring all sentient beings to buddhahood, the awakened state, in this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises that everything which appears as real is a hallucination, a projection, like a dream. Rinpoche recommends practicing this awareness while walking, shopping or going on pilgrimage.
Topics: Emptiness > How Things Exist
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
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.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Welcome to our latest newsletter. Thanks so much for your interest and support!
Topics: Monthly E-letter
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice for prisoners on how to use the situation to develop their mind on the path to enlightenment.
Being in Prison •
Preliminaries and Other Practices in Prison •
A Nun in Jail •
The Prison is Your Retreat House •
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Letters and advice sent to dignitaries and students regarding resolution of conflict and how to bring peace and happiness to the region.
Advice for the Whole Country •
Practices for Columbia •
The Situation in Tibet •
A Letter to the King of Nepal •
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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
Transforming Attitude •
Working With Devotion •
Bodhisattva Attitude •
Motivation for Paying Tax •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Seeing Things as a Hallucination
Topics: Monthly E-letter
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Lamrim teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 52nd Kopan Course, held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in November–December 2019.
Chapters:
Kopan Course No. 52 Index Page •
Introduction •
Lecture 1: November 29 •
Lecture 2: November 30 •
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Advice on how to utilize obstacles on the path to enlightenment by practicing thought transformation.
A Positive Way of Thinking •
Thought Transformation •
Practice Thought Transformation •
Enduring Hardships •
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Advice on how to correctly meditate on emptiness (shunyata).
The Merely Imputed I •
Meditation on Emptiness •
Meditations for Inner Peace •
How to Realize Emptiness •
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Advice on nyung nä, a powerful two-day practice associated with Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Purification Practices > Nyung Näs
Continue With Nyung Näs and Lamrim •
We Can Be Free from Samsara •
Unable to Complete Nyung Näs •
Nyung Nä Advice •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nicholas Ribush
Lama Zopa Rinpoche. We Are Here to Serve Others.
Topics: Monthly E-letter
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Advice on how to prepare oneself for death, which can happen at any time. Includes practices for students whose death is imminent.
Premonition of Death •
Death Can Happen Anytime •
Rely on Amitabha •
Death Can Happen at Any Time •
