Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche discusses the importance of practicing bodhicitta and the good heart in this teaching excerpt from the 52nd Kopan Course.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Rinpoche advises the infinite benefits of cherishing even one sentient being in this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course No. 32.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
A brief outline of tonglen, the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness,
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
In this excerpt from the 30th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses bodhicitta, the determination to achieve enlightenment for all sentient beings
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This book presents Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings on bodhicitta, the mind of enlightenment, based on verses from two inspiring bodhicitta texts, The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta, by Khunu Lama Rinpoche, and A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, by Shantideva
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
The Nectar of Bodhicitta •
Editor's Preface •
1.1 Inspiring Us to Develop the Awakening Mind •
1.2 Whatever We Do, We Should Do It With Bodhicitta •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
In this excerpt from the 50th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses tonglen, the meditation practice of generating bodhicitta by taking on the suffering of others and giving them happiness.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises how to make charity to beggars by remembering the bodhicitta attitude and reflecting on emptiness, so that the action of giving becomes the cause of enlightenment.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This multimedia collection presents chapters from Bodhisattva Attitude, a book that highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Bodhisattva Attitude Multimedia: About the Series •
Everything Depends on Your Attitude •
Cutting the Concept of Permanence •
Give Up Stretching the Legs •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Florence, Italy 1990
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
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Actualizing the Wisdom Realizing Emptiness •
Taking the Suffering of Others •
Giving Your Body to Others •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Instructions on tong-len, the practice of “taking and giving"; the quickest way to generate bodhicitta and achieve enlightenment
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Advice on Tong-len as a Preliminary Practice •
Tong-len: A Short Practice •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This book highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities, in order to generate the mind of bodhicitta.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Bodhisattva Attitude •
Bodhisattva Attitude: Editor's Introduction •
The Verses •
The Teachings: Everything Depends on Your Attitude •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Happiness comes from bodhicitta, which is received by depending on the kindness of sentient beings
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 2000
In this excerpt from the 33rd Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches on the kindness of our mother, who gave us this human rebirth and the opportunity to practice Dharma.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 2000
A teaching on how to practice bodhicitta in daily life, given at the 33rd Kopan Meditation Course.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This booklet highlights the importance of motivation in our daily lives and activities, and contains excerpts from the book Bodhisattva Attitude, published by LYWA in 2012.
Topics: Compassion and Bodhicitta > Bodhicitta
Chapters:
Bodhisattva Attitude: Introduction •
Bodhisattva Attitude: The Verses •
Bodhisattva Attitude: The Commentary •
Bodhisattva Attitude: The Meditation •
