Members have exclusive access to the entire LYWA library of books in digital format. Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has joined the LYWA membership program. Your generosity helps bring the essential teachings of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche to readers all over the world.
MP3 Audiobooks: We are now offering a selection of audiobooks to Members in MP3 format. This means you can listen offline to the audiobook on any MP3 player. Read more about how to access the ebooks and MP3 audiobooks below.
Ebooks for Members
The ebook versions are freely available for Members in pdf, mobi and epub formats. Note that the mobi version works with Kindle readers and the epub version is compatible with Apple devices and many other readers. We recommend using Google Chrome to download files to your computer. Mobile users tap on the icon to download or open the file on your device. Kindle users may need to email the file to their device's library. Check your reader's Users Guide for details on transferring files to your reader if necessary. Browse our catalog of titles.
MP3 Audiobooks for Members
Titles now available in MP3 format are:
- Ego, Attachment and Liberation
- The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism
- Freedom Through Understanding
- How to Practice Dharma
- Joyful Parents, Successful Children
- The Joy of Compassion
- Life, Death and After Death
- The Nectar of Bodhicitta
- The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind
- Maitreya Buddha Sadhana (from Universal Love)
- Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings
- Teachings from Tibet
- Virtue and Reality
Click on the relevant link to access the MP3 audiobook file. You can listen online or download the file and listen offline on any MP3 player. The audiobooks are auto-narrated by a digital voice, however, you can choose between two narrators and select the narration style which appeals to you most.
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Teachings from the 52nd Kopan Meditation Course: Lamrim Teachings from Kopan 2019 Lama Zopa RinpocheRinpoche teaches on the entire lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment, however, his main emphasis during the course is on emptiness. Using the wonderful verse from the Vajra Cutter Sutra, “A star, a defective view, a butter lamp flame…” over several days Rinpoche explores how the cause of all our problems stems from misreading reality.
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Silent Mind Holy Mind: A Tibetan Lama’s Reflections on Christmas Lama Thubten YesheThe celebration of Christmas focuses on our longing for peace and deepest expression of love. Its essential spirit, therefore, appeals not only to Christians but to all people. Taking as his major focus the ways in which we customarily celebrate Christmas, Lama Yeshe exposes the foibles of our secular age and shows how we can surmount them.
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Knowledge-Wisdom: The Peaceful Path to Liberation COLLECTED TEACHINGS: VOLUME 1Lama Thubten YesheThe collected teachings in this book demonstrate Lama Yeshe’s understanding of the Western psyche and his ability to express profound truths in simple terms. Lama's dynamic teaching style means that these teachings are as relevant and accessible today as when first taught.
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The Nectar of Bodhicitta: Motivations for the Awakening Mind Lama Zopa RinpocheThe Nectar of Bodhicitta presents Lama Zopa Rinpoche's collected teachings on bodhicitta, the mind of enlightenment, with inspiring verses and commentary on texts by Khunu Lama Rinpoche and Shantideva.
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Lamrim Year: Making Life Meaningful Day By Day Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa RinpocheLamrim Year is an essential guide for meditators who want to develop their mind in the graduated path to enlightenment. This book is a unique study program which provides a 365-day outline of the graduated path to enlightenment in a clear, practical format that is suitable for both individual and group practice.
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Enjoy Life Liberated from the Inner Prison: Then the Outer Prison Won’t Become the Real Prison Lama Zopa RinpocheThis book is a compilation of more than one hundred letters Lama Zopa Rinpoche has written to prison inmates over the years. Ven. Robina Courtin has skilfully integrated Rinpoche's advice into a coherent narrative which outlines the path to enlightenment. This advice is not just for prisoners. It is for all of us.
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Abiding in the Retreat Lama Zopa RinpocheThis book combines several teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on nyung nä, a powerful two-day practice associated with Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file.
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Becoming Your Own Therapist & Make Your Mind an Ocean Lama Thubten YesheA combined edition of talks on Buddhism and the mind. As ever, Lama’s timeless wisdom shines through. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file.
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Lama Zopa RinpocheThe final volume in a new series of Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings given during the 24th Kopan lamrim course in 1991. In this book, Rinpoche emphasizes the benefits of renouncing the self-cherishing mind and cherishing others, and concludes with advice on how to practice Dharma in the West. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file.
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MP3 Audiobook: Click on the links to listen to the MP3 audio recording. You can select either a female narrator or a male narrator.
The Enlightened Experience: Collected Teachings, Volume 1 Lama Thubten YesheIn the first volume of this ebook series, Lama Yeshe provides inspiration and guidance for new and experienced students alike, encouraging us to recognize our limitless potential and develop “knowledge-wisdom.” Lama discusses the principal aspects of the path to enlightenment and offers general advice on relationships, educating children and a range of other issues.
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The Enlightened Experience: Collected Teachings, Volume 2Lama YesheIn Volume 2 of this ebook series, Lama Yeshe discusses a range of topics including refuge, impermanence, the death process, karma and emptiness. The book includes excerpts from a commentary on the tantric deity yoga practice of Manjushri and a poignant last letter to Lama’s close friend Geshe Jampa Wangdu.
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The Enlightened Experience: Collected Teachings, Volume 3Lama YesheVolume 3 of this ebook series features three discourses given by Lama Yeshe at the Sixteenth Kopan Meditation Course in 1983. In these teachings Lama discusses many aspects of the path to enlightenment and gives practical advice for both new and old students. These were Lama’s last public teachings before he tragically passed away in March 1984, so they have a special significance.
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MP3 Audiobook: Click on the links to listen to the MP3 audio recording. You can select either a female narrator or a male narrator.
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MP3 Audiobook: Click on the links to listen to the MP3 audio recording of this book. You can select either a female narrator or a male narrator.
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How to Practice Dharma: Teachings on the Eight Worldly Dharmas Lama Zopa RinpocheThis is the second book in the FPMT Lineage series and is drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s graduated path to enlightenment (lamrim) teachings given over a four-decade period, starting from the early 1970s. Edited by Gordon McDougall. Members can download the pdf or digital file of this book for free. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file.
MP3 Audiobook: Click on the links to listen to the MP3 audio recording. You can select either a female narrator or a male narrator. |
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MP3 Audiobook: Click on the links to listen to the MP3 audio recording of this book. You can select either a female narrator or a male narrator.
Kadampa Teachings Lama Zopa RinpocheIn this book, Rinpoche explains how to practice Dharma the way the famous Kadampa geshes did. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file. |
The Kindness of Others Geshe Jampa TegchokThis book explains how we can train our mind to develop compassion. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file. |
Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment His Holiness the Dalai LamaIn this book, His Holiness gives a commentary to Atisha's seminal text, A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment and also to Lines of Experience, a short text written by Lama Tsongkhapa. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file. |
Lama Zopa RinpocheIn this book, Rinpoche teaches on one of his favorite topics; compassion. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file.
MP3 Audiobook: Click on the links to listen to the MP3 audio recording of this book. You can select either a female narrator or a male narrator. |
Lama Thubten YesheThe essence of this book is a weekend seminar in September 1983 on death, intermediate state and rebirth. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file.
MP3 Audiobook: Click on the links to listen to the MP3 audio recording of this book. You can select either a female narrator or a male narrator. |
Making Life Meaningful Lama Zopa RinpocheIn this book Rinpoche gives us the answer to the perennial question of how to integrate Dharma with our daily lives - not only Dharma, but the best Dharma, bodhicitta: the determination to attain enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file. |
The Path to Ultimate HappinessLama Zopa RinpocheLamrim teachings from the 42nd Kopan course in Nepal in 2009. In these teachings, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses our potential to bring benefit and happiness, including full enlightenment, to all sentient beings. The book conveys the spontaneous and intimate quality of Rinpoche's teaching style and includes many anecdotes from Rinpoche's own experiences. |
The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind Lama Thubten YesheThese teachings from Lama Yeshe’s 1975 visit to Australia are now available to members in pdf and digital format. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file.
MP3 Audiobook: Click on the links to listen to the MP3 audio recording of this book. You can select either a female narrator or a male narrator. |
The Perfect Human Rebirth: Freedom and Richness on the Path to Enlightenment Lama Zopa RinpocheThis is the third book in the FPMT Lineage series and is drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s graduated path to enlightenment (lamrim) teachings given over a four-decade period, starting from the early 1970s. Edited by Gordon McDougall. Members can download the pdf or digital file of this book for free. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file. |
The Perfect Mirror: Reflections on Truth and Illusion Adrian Feldmann (Venerable Thubten Gyatso)LYWA brings you Dharma from a Western perspective in this ebook by Adrian Feldmann (Venerable Thubten Gyatso). Ven. Gyatso wrote this series of wonderful short Buddhist essays exploring human topics such as anger, desire, loneliness and freedom through the clarifying lens of his own personal experience Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file. |
Practicing the Unmistaken Path: Lamrim Teachings from Kopan 1991, Vol. 1 Lama Zopa RinpocheThis book covers topics such as compassion and universal responsibility, the benefits of developing bodhicitta, the disadvantages of self-cherishing, and emptiness. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file. |
Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings Lama Zopa RinpocheA remarkable series of powerful and clear Dharma teachings given by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche to students in Leeds and London, United Kingdom, in 2014. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file.
MP3 Audiobook: Click on the links to listen to the MP3 audio recording of this book. You can select either a female narrator or a male narrator. |
Teachings from the Mani Retreat Lama Zopa RinpocheAn edited transcript of teachings from the inaugural Mani Retreat held at Chenrezig Institute in Queensland, Australia. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file. |
Teachings from the Medicine Buddha Retreat Lama Zopa RinpocheThese teachings were given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche during a Medicine Buddha retreat in Soquel, California, in 2001. Edited by Ailsa Cameron, this book covers an amazing range of topics. Cost: $7.50 for a print copy for LYWA members. Members can download the pdf or digital file of this book for free. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file. |
Teachings From Tibet: Guidance From Great Lamas Now Updated and Reprinted!A compilation of teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other great Tibetan lamas on the path to enlightenment (lamrim.) Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file.
MP3 Audiobook: Click on the links to listen to the MP3 audio recording. You can select either a female narrator or a male narrator. |
Teachings from the Vajrasattva RetreatLama Zopa RinpocheThis book is an edited transcript of Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings at a three-month Vajrasattva retreat held at Land of Medicine Buddha, from February 1 to April 30, 1999. The teachings cover many lamrim topics, purification practices, mantras, pujas and more. This fully revised 2018 edition is available for free to members. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file. |
Protecting the Lives of Helpless Beings: The Udamwara Lotus Flower Geshe Thubten SoepaGeshe Soepa presents a detailed discussion in support of vegetarianism and animal welfare. This book is a "must-read" for all Buddhists. Click on the relevant icon below to open or download the file.
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