Teachings
By Nicholas Ribush in Emst, Netherlands
A praise and request for the long life of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, written by Nicholas Ribush in August 2004.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Praises and Tributes
By Nicholas Ribush in North Carolina, USA
A praise and request for the long life of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, written by Nicholas Ribush in August 2016.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Praises and Tributes
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama
A prayer for the quick return of Geshe Lhundub Sopa Rinpoche, composed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Praises and Tributes
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A supplication of long life entreating the holy mind of Khadro Bumkye Tsomo, called Divine Melodious Drum
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Praises and Tributes
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
A teaching about the life of Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Biographies
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Milarepa achieved enlightenment by following the path, with much hardship
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Biographies
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A prayer composed by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the swift return of Khensur Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup Rigsel
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Praises and Tributes
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 1976
Lama Zopa Rinpoche describes the life and work of the great bodhisattva Atisha.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Biographies
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The lineage of the teachings was handed down to the Kadampas by Atisha, an Indian pandit who revived Buddhism in Tibet.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Root Institute, Bodhgaya
Commentary on the teachings of Atisha and the Kadampa geshes, the exemplary practitioners of Buddhism in Tibet.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Chapters:
Kadampa Teachings •
Editor's Preface (Ailsa Cameron) •
Kadampa Teachings 1: Bodhgaya, January 2003 •
Kadampa Teachings 2: Bodhgaya, December 2003 - January 2004 •
Kadampa Teachings 3: Bodhgaya, December 2006 •
Kadampa Teachings 4: Bodhgaya, December 2007 •
Appendix 1: Mind Training Removing Obstacles •
Appendix 2: The Jewel Rosary Practice of Bodhicitta •
Appendix 3: The Real Meaning of Guru •
Appendix 4: The Essential Advice of the Kadam Scriptures: A Fine Vase of Nectar •
Translations: Kadampa Teachings •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Root Institute, Bodhgaya, India; 26 December 2003 - 02 January 2004
Teachings given at Root Institute, Days 5 - 7; includes a commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Chapters:
Day Five: Jewel Garland Commentary - Cherishing the practice and turning away from samsaric happiness •
Day Five: Jewel Garland Commentary - Protecting ordination by reflecting on impermanence and suffering of samsara •
Day Five: Jewel Garland Commentary - Protecting the senses by analyzing how attachment arises •
Day Five: Dedications •
Day Six: Remembering death •
Day Six: Deluded views •
Day Seven: Protecting oneself from delusions •
Day Seven: Appearances come from the mind •
Day Seven: Benefits of Vajrayogini practice, Vajrayogini lineage •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Root Institute, Bodhgaya, India; 26 December 2003 - 02 January 2004
Teachings at Root Institute, Days 1 - 4; includes an oral transmission and commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Chapters:
Day One: The cause of problems •
Day One: Seeing suffering of others and developing the wish to offer them the highest benefit •
Day One: Developing the wish to repay the kindness of others, Dedications •
Day Two: Precious Human Rebirth •
Day Two: Lama Atisha's life story, Oral transmission of Atisha's Jewel Garland, Dedications •
Day Three: Eight Freedoms •
Day Three: Dedications, Awareness of Emptiness, Food Offering •
Day Three: Benefits of offering, prostrating to holy objects •
Day Three: Jewel Garland commentary •
Day Four: Protector prayers, Why we need Highest Yoga Tantra •
Day Four: Persuading oneself to take the essence of the perfect human rebirth •
Day Four: Bodhicitta motivation •
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in San Francisco, CA USA
A commentary on an essential mind training text composed by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Kadampa Teachings
Chapters:
Day One: Perfect Human Rebirth •
Day One: Renunciation •
Day One: Shortcomings of Desire Part A •
Day One: Shortcomings of Desire Part B •
Day Two: Questions and Answers •
Day Two: Meaning of LIfe •
Day Two: Guru Devotion •
Day Two: Seeing Oneself Lower Than Others •
Day Two: Commentary on Eight Verses: Part A •
Day Two: Commentary on Eight Verses: Part B •
By Adele Hulse
Big Love, the official, authorized biography of Lama Yeshe, contains personal stories of the lamas and the students who learned, lived and traveled with them, as well as more than 1,500 photos dating back to the 1960s. Chapter 2 of Big Love is featured in its entirety in the July 2019 issue of the FPMT magazine Mandala.
Topics: Lineage Lamas > Biographies
Chapters:
Big Love: Author's Note •
Big Love: Foreword by Lama Zopa Rinpoche •
Big Love: How to Support This Project •
1941–58: Living a Monastic Life •
1971: The First Kopan Meditation Course •
1972: Unsurpassed Dharma Land of Enlightenment •
1973: First Steps, First Students •
1978: “Mahayana, Mahayana, Mahayana!” •
1979: Even Your Enemy Who Tries to Kill You is Your Best Friend •
By Nicholas Ribush
Dr Nicholas Ribush describes the qualities of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
Topics: Lineage Lamas > His Holiness the Dalai Lama
