Author Archives: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive

Why We Make Requests Mandala Offerings to Mantra Recitation (LC 43-54) In this fourth multimedia of the Guru Puja is the Heart Practice series edited by Venerable Sarah Thresher with Megan Evart, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches the chanting and instructions for making requests to the gurus and receiving their blessings prior to the meditation on the stages of the path to enlightenment.Continue reading “Making Requests to the Gurus”

An Introduction to the Seven Limbs Prostrations, Offerings, Confession, Rejoicing, Requesting to Teach, Requesting to Live Long and Dedication (LC 18-42) This third multimedia in the Guru Puja is the Heart Practice series brings together teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the chanting and instructions for the seven limbs in the context of the Guru Puja (LC 18-42). These seven limbs—prostrations, offerings,Continue reading “The Seven-Limb Practice”

An Introduction to the Chanting In this second teaching in the Guru Puja is the Heart Practice series, Lama Zopa Rinpoche primarily focuses on the chanting aspect of the puja. First Rinpoche introduces why it is important to learn the chanting, the different lineages of chanting, the motivation for chanting, and how to set about learning the chanting. Then RinpocheContinue reading “An Introduction to the Chanting Lineage of the Guru Puja”

An Introduction to the Guru Puja This multimedia presentation is based on a very important teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche given over several sessions at the first Light of the Path retreat in 2009. In this first part of the teaching Rinpoche introduces the Guru Puja and explains why tantra is such a quick path to enlightenment. This is followed by a commentary to Pabongka Rinpoche’s heartfeltContinue reading “The Importance of Practicing Guru Puja”

I Myself Can Die Even Today Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to cut the concept of permanence—our habitual ingrained belief that we are going to live for a long time and which stops us from engaging in continual intensive Dharma practice—and how to practice tong-len with loving-kindness and compassion. Edited by Venerable Sarah Thresher with Megan Evart. Start byContinue reading “Cutting the Concept of Permanence”

Transforming Your Life Into Gold Bodhisattva Attitude is a commentary to verses compiled by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to be used each morning as a daily practice after generating a bodhicitta motivation. It contains a wealth of precious and inspiring advice on how to dedicate your life to others by cultivating the bodhisattva’s attitude. Edited by Venerable Sarah Thresher with Megan Evart. Since weContinue reading “Bodhisattva Attitude”

A Blessing from His Holiness Four Wrong Concepts is a teaching on four mistaken ways of viewing ourselves and the world that have kept us trapped and suffering in cyclic existence from beginningless time. The main wrong concept is ignorance—the self-grasping of the person and of the aggregates—which is the originator of the others. Four Wrong Concepts is a special motivation used by LamaContinue reading “Four Wrong Concepts”

Our Lives Have Been Most Fortunate In this introductory talk to the Light of the Path retreat in 2009, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains why everything — good and bad — depends on our mental attitude and why having a good heart wishing to benefit all living beings is so essential. The teaching is interwoven with stories from Rinpoche’s own early life. EditedContinue reading “Everything Depends on Your Attitude”

How to cut the cause of suffering? Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these teachings at the 33rd Kopan Course held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in 2000. This teaching is an excerpt from Lecture Six of the course, lightly edited by Gordon McDougall. Multimedia presentation created by Megan Evart. The I exists because there are aggregates. The base is the aggregatesContinue reading “The Merely Imputed I”