Member Since: April 28, 2010

Lama Zopa Rinpoche


Biography

Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in 1946 in Thami, in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, not far from the Lawudo cave where his predecessor had meditated for the last 20 years of his life. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is now the Spiritual Director of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition and oversees all of its activities.

Where to find Lama Zopa Rinpoche online

Website: http://fpmt.org

Books

Bodhisattva Attitude: How to Dedicate Your Life to Others    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $0.99 USD. 68300 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on March 12, 2012. Nonfiction.
This book is drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s essential teachings given from 2008 onward. It is the first volume in LYWA’s Heart Advice Series. The topic of ‘Bodhisattva Attitude’ is how to develop bodhicitta by practicing it throughout the day, from start to finish.
Teaching from the Mani Retreat    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $0.99 USD. 42150 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on September 11, 2011. Nonfiction.
This book is an edited transcript of teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche from December 22 to 26, 2000, as part of the inaugural Mani Retreat at Chenrezig Institute in Queensland, Australia. This title was published by the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, a non-profit organization established to make the Buddhist teachings of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche freely accessible in many ways.
Teachings from the Vajrasattva Retreat: Land of Medicine Buddha, February-April, 1999    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $10.00 USD. 242110 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on August 18, 2011. Nonfiction.
This book is an edited transcript of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings at a three-month Vajrasattva retreat held at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California, from February 1 to April 30, 1999.
Teachings from Tibet: Guidance from Great Lamas    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $0.99 USD. 67190 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on July 15, 2011. Nonfiction.
This title contains teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, Khunu Lama Rinpoche, Tsenshab Serkong Rinpoche, Song Rinpoche, Geshe Lhundub Sopa, Geshe Rabten, Gomchen Khampala, Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, Gehlek Rinpoche, Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.
The Yoga of Offering Food    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $0.99 USD. 7320 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on July 15, 2011. Nonfiction.
All the things we do -- eating, walking, washing, working, talking -- everything can become very powerful methods for quickly achieving enlightenment. Through the Mahayana practice of offering the food we eat which is based on the Hinayana and adorned with the Vajrayana our lives become most beneficial, not only for ourselves but for all sentient beings.
Teachings From the Medicine Buddha Retreat    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $10.00 USD. 175610 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on April 24, 2011. Nonfiction.
This book contains nearly complete record of the teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche during a Medicine Buddha retreat in the fall of 2001. The sections are short, on topics such as making offerings to the buddhas and the nature of mind. The retreat was held less than two months after the 9/11 attacks, and Lama Zopa's teachings are full of references to terrorism, war, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
The Heart of the Path    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $10.00 USD. 179800 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on December 28, 2010. Nonfiction.
This book is a lengthy teaching on guru yoga by a contemporary exemplar of the practice, Lama Zopa. It explains the importance of guru devotion and Lama Zopa's view of the proper way to develop a student-teacher bond. Not only does it include teachings on the traditional sub-topics that fall under guru devotion found in Tsongkhapa’s lam-rim, but also a useful outline to guide your reading.
How Things Exist: Teachings on Emptiness    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $0.99 USD. 34140 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on October 27, 2010. Nonfiction.
This book begins with a general talk by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on universal responsibility and compassion that is followed by four chapters detailing the Prasangika Madhyamaka view of emptiness, or ultimate reality, as taught in the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and how to meditate on it, according to the author’s personal experience.
Making Life Meaningful    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $0.99 USD. 34440 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on October 14, 2010. Nonfiction.
In this book, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives us the answer to the perennial question of how to integrate Dharma with our daily lives. It contains a public talk explaining the purpose of life in general and the practice of guru devotion, a wide array of techniques for transforming ordinary actions into causes for enlightenment and advice on establishing a daily practice.
The Joy of Compassion    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $0.99 USD. 32640 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on October 1, 2010. Nonfiction.
In this book, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches on one of his favorite topics — compassion. He tells us that compassion for others is the best way to overcome any obstacles we encounter, in our Dharma practice, or occupation and life itself, and the best medicine for treating any illness we experience. Rinpoche also explains emptiness, karma and many other essential Buddhist subjects.
Virtue and Reality    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $0.99 USD. 28200 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on July 19, 2010. Nonfiction.
This book contains methods for transforming everyday actions into the cause of enlightenment, anger into patience, and the ordinary view of phenomena as inherently existent into the wisdom realizing emptiness. It also includes several meditations led by Rinpoche, although everything in the book is a topic for meditation.
Kadampa Teachings    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $0.99 USD. 68660 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on May 26, 2010. Nonfiction.
Commentary on the teachings of Atisha and the Kadampa Geshes. In this book Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to practice Dharma the way the famous Kadampa geshes did. These lamas were exemplary practitioners of Buddhism in Tibet, renowned for their extreme asceticism and uncompromising practice of thought transformation in order to develop bodhicitta.
Daily Purification: A Short Vajrasattva Practice    by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Price: $0.99 USD. 2190 words. Published by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive on April 22, 2010. Nonfiction.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has composed this short Vajrasattva practice and requested that it be published in a pocket-sized format that is easy for us to carry round and have available at all times. Thus, whenever we notice we have broken a vow or created any other kind of negative karma, we can whip out our little Vajrasattva book and purify that negativity with the four opponent powers without delay.

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