Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the suffering of the lower realms of samsara (cyclic existence) in this teaching excerpted from the Fourth Kopan Meditation Course in 1973.
Teachings given at Tara Institute, Australia on June 2, 2006.
The I appears to exist from its own side, but it is merely imputed by the mind
Explaining how by overcoming attachment to ordinary pleasure, we open the way to the joy of inner liberation.
Self-grasping ignorance believes the I to be concrete and inherently existent
A teaching on renunciation, first published in Teachings at Tushita
Investigating the nature of the self or I, which exists in mere name on a collection of parts.
Geshe Ngawang Dargyey gave this teaching on the nature of the self at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre, Delhi, in 1980.
This teaching on the shortcomings of the self-cherishing thought is an excerpt from the 33rd Kopan Course.
Renouncing the eight worldly dharmas brings real happiness and peace of mind
