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Interview for Universal EducationVenue: Aptos, California, USAl Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave an extensive interview at his house in Aptos. He explained the reasons why we need a non-secular way of education. |
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April 2023 Teachings at Kopan MonasteryVenue: Kopan Monastery, Nepal Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered four teachings at Kopan Monastery on April 7, 8, and 9 before leaving for Tsum Valley on April 10. As we now all know, Rinpoche showed the aspect of passing away on April 13, and as such, these teachings are particularly precious as they are the last organized and recorded teachings Rinpoche offered in this life. Three of these teachings were to students attending the 2023 Vajrasattva retreat at Kopan during this time. Kopan Monastery traditionally hosts a Vajrasattva retreat every year, providing an opportunity for up to twenty participants to engage in this extremely meritorious practice. The retreatants aspire to achieve 100,000 recitations of the Vajrasattva mantra in four daily sessions over the course of three months. On April 8, in addition to the teaching offered to the Vajrasattva retreatants, Rinpoche also gave the White Tara Practice Oral Transmission and Visualization to Glen H. Mullin and a group of his students. |
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Teachings from Kopan November Course, Nepal, 2022Venue: Kopan Monastery, Nepal 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”. |
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Teachings from Tara Institute Melbourne 2006Venue: Tara Institute, Melbourne, Australia 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. |
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Teachings from Singapore 2022Venue: Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a talks and a few teachings upon requests from various centers and students, which you will find on this page. |
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2022 Teachings on Thought Transformation during the Time of COVID-19Venue: Kopan Monastery, Nepal and ABC, Singapore 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. |
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Miscellaneous Teachings from NepalVenue: Kopan monastery and various places 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. |
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Teachings for 2022 Vajrasattva Retreatants at Kopan MonasteryVenue: Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal 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. |
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Teachings from Bendigo, Australia 2011Venue: Great Stupa of Universal Compassion 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. |
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2021 Teachings on Thought Transformation during the Time of COVID-19Venue: Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal 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. |
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2020 Teachings on Thought Transformation during the Time of COVID-19Venue: Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal 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. |
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Teachings from Kopan November Course 2019Venue: Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal 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. |