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Teachings from Kopan November Course, Nepal, 2022

Venue: Kopan Monastery, Nepal
Date: 26 November to 26 December 2022

Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches at the fifty-third Kopan November Course. The first teaching offered by Rinpoche was on December 7, “By Studying Buddha Dharma, You Come to Know Yourself”.

Teachings from Tara Institute Melbourne 2006

Venue: Tara Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Date: June 2, 2006

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a total of four hours of teachings during this day. He extensively taught on emptiness and emphasised the application of this understanding in daily life. Other topics covered include Bodhichitta and the practice and purpose of guru devotion.

Teachings from Singapore 2022

Venue: Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore
Date: August 6, 2022 –

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a talks and a few teachings upon requests from various centers and students, which you will find on this page.
On August 6th he gave a talk in the praise of HH Dalai Lama during the Long Life Puja for His Holiness.
He gave a teaching for the students who just finished the regional course “Exploring and living in the path” organised by FPMT East and South East Asia on August 7. 
He also gave a string of teachings in continuation of the “Mind Training during the times of COVID-19” series. You can find these under the event with the same title here.

2022 Teachings on Thought Transformation during the Time of COVID-19

Venue: Kopan Monastery, Nepal and ABC, Singapore

Date: January 2022 –

Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his teachings on thought transformation (lojong) first from Kopan Monastery in Nepal and more recently from Singapore. In this video series Rinpoche urges students to use these difficult times to deepen their Dharma practice. The videos are translated into Italian and Spanish and regularly and some get translated into French, Chinese, Russian and Portuguese.

Miscellaneous Teachings 2022

Venue: Kopan monastery and various places
Date: April 2022 – December 2022

Besides continuing the Thought Transformation series Lama Zopa Rinpoche also occasionally gives teachings upon request to various centers via Zoom from Kopan Monastery and other places. This page gathers these random teachings for the year 2022. Whenever Rinpoche teaches in a place for a longer period of time, you find the recordings in a dedicated event on this page.

Teachings for 2022 Vajrasattva Retreatants at Kopan Monastery

Venue: Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Date: April 2022

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this series of talks to Vajrasattva retreatants in Kopan Monastery, Nepal in spring 2022. Kopan traditionally hosts a Vajrasattva retreat every year providing an opportunity for up to 20 participants to engage in this extremely meritorious practice. The retreatants aspire to achieve recitation of 100.000 Vajrasattva mantras in four daily sessions over the course of three months.  

Teachings from Bendigo, Australia 2011

Venue: Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
Date: 04 April 2011 – 14 April 2011

This event is the first in a series of teachings given at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion at Bendigo in Australia. Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave teachings on the LamRim in preparation of offering Rinjung Gyatsa initiations. The retreat was hosted by Great Stupa of Universal Compassion,   Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery and Atisha Center.

2021 Teachings on Thought Transformation during the Time of COVID-19

Venue: Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Date: March 2021 –

Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his teachings on thought transformation (lojong) from Kopan Monastery in Nepal in the ongoing pandemic. In this video series Rinpoche urges students to use these difficult times to deepen their Dharma practice. The videos are translated into Italian, Spanish and Chinese regularly and some get translated into French and Portuguese.

2020 Teachings on Thought Transformation during the Time of COVID-19

Venue: Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Date: March 2020 – December 2020

During the coronavirus pandemic, Lama Zopa Rinpoche is giving recorded video teachings on thought transformation (lojong) from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. In this video series Rinpoche urges students to use these difficult times to deepen their Dharma practice. The videos are translated into Chinese, French, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. 

Teachings from Kopan November Course 2019

Venue: Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal
Date: 29 November to 11 December 2019

From 29 November to 11 December Lama Zopa Rinpoche was teaching during the 52nd November course at Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal. The course was held in the newly finished Chenrezig Gompa and had a new record attendance of about 270 people.

Teachings from Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre, Delhi, India 2018

Venue:  Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre
Date: 10 to 11 March  2018

Rinpoche gave teachings in Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre in Delhi for two days introducing the Golden Light Sutra and explaining the benefits of Bodhicitta. He then gave several oral transmissions including lung of the Verses for the Arya Eight Auspicious one by Je Mipham. Lung of the Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness, Blessing speech and mala etc.

Teachings from Russia 2019

Venues: Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni, Kalmykia (teachings, Mani retreat)
                 and Ganden Tendar Ling, Moscow, Russia (animal liberation and teachings) 
Date: 29 September (animal liberation Moscow); 4 to 20 October (Kalmykia); 25 – 27 October 2019 (Moscow) 

From October 4 – 6, 2019 Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave teachings at the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia. preliminary to the “Great Chenrezig” Initiation. He continued to teach during the 100 Million Mani retreat that followed and lasted until October 20, 2019. From October 25 – 27 Rinpoche taught on “How to Develop Bodhicitta in the Modern World” in Ganden Tendar Ling, Moscow, Russia. The teachings were streamed live as audio-only in Italian.