Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
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.
Killing Insects and Mice •
Fishing •
Refuge and Killing Animals •
Animals Killed During Construction of a Temple •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to care for others who are very ill and approaching death, with essential advice and practices for the moment of death.
Working With the Dying •
Close to Death •
Imminent Death •
When Someone Is Dying •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice about the benefits of taking vows, for example, the five lay vows and the eight Mahayana precepts.
Topics: Buddhist Practices > Vows and Commitments > Taking Vows
Abandoning Harmful Actions •
Benefits of Taking Vows •
The Merit of Taking Precepts on Chokhor Duchen •
Motivation for Eight Mahayana Precepts •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the merit of offering service, which pleases the guru, purifies our negative karma and brings us closer to enlightenment.
The Merit of Study •
The Merit of Working for the Guru •
Recitations for Rinpoche’s Health and Long Life •
Thanks for Your Service to the Guru •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the Mahayana practice of transforming our attitude from cherishing oneself to cherishing others who are most precious and kind.
Experiencing Problems for Others •
The Kindness of All Sentient Beings •
My Feet Belong to Sentient Beings •
How to Respond to Dishonesty •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on practices for success and harmony at the Dharma center.
Change Zoning of the Center •
Advice for Meditators at Shine Retreat Land •
Applying for a Permit •
How to Bless Tea •
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 •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
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 •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
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 •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
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 •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to correctly meditate on emptiness (shunyata).
The Merely Imputed I •
Meditation on Emptiness •
Meditations for Inner Peace •
How to Realize Emptiness •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
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 •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
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 •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on how to train the mind in guru devotion, and what to do when we have negative thoughts, criticize the guru and see faults in the guru.
Respecting the Guru •
Angry With the Teacher •
Living in the Dharma •
When the Guru Shows the Aspect of Displeasure •
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on prayer wheels, both large and small hand-held ones. Includes advice on the benefits, how to dedicate the merit after turning the prayer wheel, and how to construct and fill them.
Topics: Holy Objects > Advice on Holy Objects > Prayer Wheels
A Prayer Wheel in the Ocean •
Yamantaka Mantras in Prayer Wheel •
Prayer Wheel and Tong-len Practice •
The Benefits of Prayer Wheels and Chenrezig Practice •
