Teachings
Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book
Advice on the Diamond Cutter Sutra, a Mahayana sutra which helps us to actualize wisdom and bodhicitta quickly, along with other realizations.
Benefits of Reciting the Diamond Cutter Sutra •
The Diamond Sutra •
Sutra Recitation for Sick Nuns •
Diamond Cutter Sutra in Retreat •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Tara Institute, Melbourne, Australia
A two-day seminar in which Rinpoche teaches on emptiness, compassion, guru devotion and other topics.
Chapters:
We are Extremely Fortunate •
Make the Mind Wet •
How We Hold Onto the I •
Meditation on Emptiness •
By The Buddha
A practice to overcome financial difficulties and empower financial endeavors that are dependent on others for success.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Taipei, Taiwan
Teachings on the Long-life Sutra, including the oral transmission and teachings on torma offering. Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these teachings in Taipei, Taiwan, 15-16 April, 2007.
Chapters:
Long-life Sutra Oral Transmission •
Commentary on Peaceful Torma Purifying Pollution, Part A •
Commentary on Peaceful Torma Purifying Pollution, Part B •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Genting View Resort, Malaysia
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this teaching in Malaysia, 10-13 April 1997.
Chapters:
Purpose of Life; Awareness of Impermanence and Death •
Oral Transmission of the Vajrasattva Mantra and Heart Sutra •
Searching for the I; Mental Factors; Subtle Mind •
Four Proofs of Reincarnation •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Shakyamuni Center, Taiwan 2007
A commentary and oral transmission of the Sanghata Sutra
Chapters:
Part A: Introductory teachings •
Part B: More introductory teachings •
Part C: Preliminary prayers •
Part D: Sanghata Sutra recitation and commentary •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Portland, USA 2007
A two-day commentary and partial oral transmission of the Sutra of Golden Light.
Chapters:
1. The Suffering Nature of Samsara •
2. The Real I •
3. Why We Need to Practice Dharma •
4. Benefits of Golden Light Sutra •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in New York, NY 2007
A commentary and partial oral transmission of the first seven chapters of the Golden Light Sutra given at New York's Tibet House, September 2007.
Chapters:
Sunday, September 9th: Part A •
Sunday, September 9th: Part B •
Sunday, September 16th: Part A •
Sunday, September 16th: Part B •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Barcelona Spain, 2005
Rinpoche gives a partial oral transmission of the Golden Light Sutra and teaches extensively on emptiness and other topics, including how to achieve happiness, why we need compassion and karma.
Chapters:
Day One Part One : Happiness for Oneself and Others •
Day One Part Two : Compassion and the Good Heart •
Day One Part Three : Oral Transmission Begins •
Day Two Part One : The Merely Labeled "I" •
By The Buddha
This sutra belongs to the class of texts called the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. It is a presentation of profound wisdom on the nature of emptiness.
By The Buddha
This sutra invokes the buddhas of the ten directions. Translated from Tibetan by Ven. Tsenla.
By The Buddha
Teachings on the causes and effects of various actions
By The Buddha
The Diamond Cutter Sutra is a discourse on the Buddhist concept of emptiness or “Wisdom Gone Beyond.”
By The Buddha
The Arya Sanghata Sutra is a teaching given by Buddha Shakyamuni on Vulture's Peak in Rajagriha, India. Like all Mahayana sutras, this discourse was memorized by the Buddha's disciples and later written down in Sanskrit.
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Pomaia, Italy, 2000
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the benefits of studying the teachings of the Buddha in this talk given at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Italy.
