Rinpoche teaching from his room at Kopan Monastery, October 2020
We are constantly delighted by Rinpoche’s Animal Friends. This LYWA free book showcases more than one hundred images of the soft toys, also known as plushies, which appeared regularly in Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s video teachings from Kopan during the COVID-19 pandemic and were later gifted to delighted students around the world.
May you enjoy this taste from Rinpoche’s Animal Friends–
I’m the happiest unicorn. Why?
Because I practice bodhicitta.
Do you see I’m a penguin? I have 100% hope to be enlightened this life, before you!
during the November course at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 2023.
Video courtesy MB Harhen.
How to live the most happy life? You live with bodhicitta.
1. Excerpted from “Teachings on Thought Transformation During the Time of COVID-19, Video 62: Why and How to Take Blessings from a Holy Being,” Kopan Monastery, 18 August 2020.
These plushies were decorated and blessed by Rinpoche, who wrote or dictated profound Dharma messages and added whimsical creative touches. Many of the toys feature powerful mantras which purify negative karma just by seeing, touching and reciting them. The quotations on the toys are supplemented by teaching excerpts on the three principal aspects of the path—renunciation, bodhicitta and emptiness.
Rinpoche’s Animal Friends presents Dharma in a unique and playful way and is a heartwarming aspect of Rinpoche’s legacy. This book is a reminder of Rinpoche’s great love for us and his unique means to inspire and open our hearts.
You are invited to order a print copy from our online store. Until then, we hope you have also been delighted by this taste from Rinpoche’s Animal Friends.
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