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Having Taken Refuge, What to Abandon and What to Practice - Teaching #124
Episode 23
Rinpoche offered this teaching, recorded on June 11, 2022, at Kopan Monastery in Nepal for a group of students in China and Malaysia.
Numberless budd…
2 months, 1 week ago
Taking Refuge Is Not Merely Reciting Words Like a Robot - Teaching #123
Episode 22
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues teaching on refuge in this new video. Rinpoche explains how “taking refuge is not only reciting words." He offers the ex…
2 months, 1 week ago
It Is Good to Know About the Bön Religion - Teaching #122
Episode 21
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his teachings on refuge from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. In this video Rinpoche reminds us that understanding the topic of…
2 months, 1 week ago
Rely on a Mind That Is Upset with Samsara - Teaching #121
Episode 20
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues teaching on refuge. Quoting from Lama Seringpa, Rinpoche explains how we should immediately cast away our self-cherishin…
2 months, 1 week ago
You Tie Yourself to Samsara - Teaching #120
Episode 19
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues teaching on refuge, emphasizing that refuge is not something simple that you hear and chant. Instead, one has to underst…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Sutra “Going for Refuge to the Arya Three Rare Sublime Ones” - Teaching #119
Episode 18
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues teaching on refuge, emphasizing how important it is to not belittle the guru with whom you have made a Dharma connection…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Merits of Taking Refuge Don't Fit in the Three Thousand Fold Galaxies - Teaching #118
Episode 17
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues discussing refuge in this recent teaching, reminding us that there are many ways in which we can help others, even with …
2 months, 1 week ago
Don’t Think Taking Refuge Is Something Easy - Teaching #117
Episode 16
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues discussing refuge in this new video, reminding us that we must be careful about the objects in which we take refuge and …
2 months, 1 week ago
You Go for Refuge to Buddha, Buddha Definitely Guides You - Teaching #116
Episode 15
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the importance of taking refuge in Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha while we have this precious human rebirth; explains why Bu…
2 months, 1 week ago
Making Offerings to Boudha Stupa - Teaching #115
Episode 14
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the benefits of making offerings to stupas, in particular Boudha Stupa in Nepal. Then, joined by Kopan senior Sangha, Ri…
2 months, 1 week ago