Perfect Human Rebirth
In this teaching excerpt from Kopan Course No. 31, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that with a precious human body we have the opportunity to achieve enlightenment in one lifetime.
Teachings
Why This Human Body is Most Precious
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the perfect human rebirth in this teaching excerpt from the 36th Kopan Course. Rinpoche advises us not to waste this precious opportunity, as we have this human body for just a short time.
Freedom More Precious Than Skies Filled with Gold, Diamonds and Sapphires
In this unedited excerpt, Rinpoche encourages us to take advantage of this precious and rare opportunity to study the profound meaning of emptiness.
Caring for Sick Parents
Advice on repaying the kindness of our parents by taking care of them when they are sick or elderly.
Benefits of Caring for Our Parents
Caring for Elderly Mother
Caring for Mother
Caring for One’s Mother
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Negative Emotions
Advice on how to transform depression and other negative emotions including anger, attachment, jealousy and pride.
Topics:
Negative Emotions
The Perfect Human Rebirth
The third book in our FPMT Lineage Series, drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s graduated path to enlightenment (lamrim) teachings
Chapters:
The Perfect Human Rebirth
Publisher's Acknowledgments: PHR
Editor's Preface: PHR
Chapter 1: What is Dharma?
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Perfect Human Rebirth and Bodhicitta (Audio and Unedited Transcripts)
Excerpts from teachings on Geshe Langri Tangpa's Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
Chapters:
The Benefits of Thought Transformation
The Precious Human Rebirth; Bodhicitta Motivation
Bodhicitta Motivation, continued
Making the Precious Human Rebirth Meaningful
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Taking the Essence of the Perfect Human Rebirth
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the special meaning and purpose of this human rebirth in this excerpt from the Seventh Meditation Course, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1974.
Only With this Human Body Can We Practice Dharma
With this human body we have the opportunity to practice virtue and abandon nonvirtue