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December 2025 marked 50 years since Lama Yeshe famously said, “We need an organization to keep this together.” Lama was reflecting on the success of a recent eight-and-a-half month tour of nine countries, the most extensive Lama Yeshe and Lama…
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We are so pleased to share Wisdom Publication’s new release, How to Live and Die: The Transformative Power of Meditating on Impermanence by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In this overview of one of the most important practices in Tibetan Buddhism—meditating on…
From September 3 through September 30, 2004, Lama Zopa Rinpoche covered many topics during the Ganden Lha Gyama retreat with 44 teaching sessions at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Italy. Topics included: 1. Integration of study and meditation Emphasis on…
Teachings from ILTK Ganden Lha Gyama retreat 2004 Venue: Lama Tsong Khapa Institute, Italy Date: 3 – 30 September, 2004 Lama Zopa Rinpoche covered many topics during the Ganden Lha Gyama retreat with 44 teaching sessions at Institute Lama Tsong…
A new playful and heartwarming free book is available from the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: Rinpoche’s Animal Friends. This book showcases more than one hundred images of the soft toys, also known as plushies, which appeared regularly in Lama Zopa…
We are so happy to share with you a truly moving and heartfelt interview with Richard Gere on the qualities of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Richard Gere, a long-time friend and student of Rinpoche, was in Nepal and when he received…
From January 25 through February 7, 2010, Lama Zopa Rinpoche granted 12 sessions of teachings at Potowa Center in Indonesia. These teachings provided a comprehensive overview of key Buddhist concepts, focusing on how to integrate them into daily practice to…
Teachings from Potowa Center 2010 Venue: Potowa Center, Indonesia Date: 25 January to 7 February 2010 Lama Zopa Rinpoche covered many topics during these 12 session teachings: • Emptiness and Phenomena: Rinpoche emphasized that all phenomena, including the self, are…
From January 25 through February 7, 2010, Lama Zopa Rinpoche covered many topics during 12 session teachings at Potowa Center in Indonesia. Topics included included: • Emptiness and Phenomena: Rinpoche emphasized that all phenomena, including the self, are empty of…
We are so pleased to share that Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s newest volume from Wisdom Publications, The Power of Meditation: A Complete Guide to Transforming Your Mind is now available! From Wisdom Publications about this new release: What is meditation, and…
Teachings from Langri Tangpa Center 2006 Venue: Langri Tangpa Center, Australia Date: April 16 – 18, 2006 Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave four sessions of profound teaching on the “Eight Verses of Mind Training,” a classic Tibetan Buddhist text that offer…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these teachings at Langri Tangpa Center, Brisbane, Australia from June 16-18, 2006. These four sessions of profound teachings are on the “Eight Verses of Mind Training,” a classic Tibetan Buddhist text by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa,…