How We Create Ignorance
In this excerpt from the 39th Kopan Course, Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses ignorance, the root of samsara.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Teachings
Basic Buddhism Is Discovering Your Self (Video)
In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that we live our entire life grasping at the real I, but in Buddhism we learn that the way the self appears is a total hallucination.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Signs of Death
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the death process and explains the signs which indicate that the consciousness has left the body. Rinpoche draws on his own experiences of seeing the deceased and gives a detailed account of Lama Yeshe's passing and cremation.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Death and Rebirth
We Should Not Be Afraid of Death
A public lecture on the death process, the intermediate state and rebirth, given by Lama Yeshe in Sweden on September 8, 1983.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Death and Rebirth
The Purpose of Having a Baby
This advice was given to students who asked Rinpoche whether they should have children or not. Rinpoche emphasizes the importance of having a good motivation and planning well so that the child can bring benefit and happiness to others.
A Beneficial Life
How to Raise a Child
Motivation for Having a Child
Not Able to Have Children
+ View All
Why We Need A Spiritual Path (Audio and Unedited Transcript)
Teachings given at Tara Institute, Australia on June 2, 2006.
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Chapters:
Emptiness; How Lama Atisha Came to Tibet
Dromtonpa; Searching For the I
Analyzing How the I and Aggregates Exist
Emptiness and Impermanence in Daily Life
+ View all
Seeing How the I Exists
The I appears to exist from its own side, but it is merely imputed by the mind
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Chapters:
Seeking the "I"
Self-grasping ignorance believes the I to be concrete and inherently existent
Topics:
Emptiness > Nature of the "I"
Rebirth and Karma
An explanation of beginningless mind, reincarnation and the causes and effects of karma
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Death and Rebirth
Beatrice Ribush (1913-2008)
An obituary by Nicholas Ribush and a brief remembrance written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Topics:
Death and Transitions > Death and Rebirth