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"
Advice for Young People (Video)
In this video extract, Rinpoche advises that it is most important for young people to learn Dharma, to learn about the mind. Equally important is practicing the good heart, patience and contentment.
Topics:
Family and Relationships > Children > Advice for Children
Focusing Everything on Enlightenment
Watch the video and read the transcript of this talk, as Rinpoche discusses the importance of living in vows and purifying negative karma, while staying focused on the goal, enlightenment.
Topics:
Sangha (Monks and Nuns)
Advice for Children
Rinpoche encourages loving kindness, the good heart, so that children's lives are meaningful and beneficial for others.
Topics:
Family and Relationships > Children > Advice for Children
A Place for Children
Advice for a Young Student
Enjoy Your Life for Sentient Beings
Essence of Dharma
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Sangha (Monks and Nuns)
Advice for Sangha (monks and nuns) about ordination and Dharma practice.
Topics:
Sangha (Monks and Nuns)
Advice for Sangha
Dealing With Negative Emotions
Advice to a Western Monk
Controlling Desire
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Advice for Monks and Nuns
A small collection of talks by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche to their ordained students.
Topics:
Sangha (Monks and Nuns)
Chapters:
Advice for Monks and Nuns
Advice for Monks and Nuns: Editor's Introduction
Chapter One: The First Talk - Lama Yeshe
Chapter Two: The Advantages of Monastic Life (Part I) - Lama Yeshe
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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
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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"