Category Archives: Emptiness

Subduing the Mind

Emptiness, Lama Zopa Rinpoche

If one practices mindfulness in the reality of these things, that which is impermanence, there is liberation from samsara.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche

The mind is the source of all suffering and the source of all happiness. In this session Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how subduing the mind by meditating on the reality of impermanence is the method by which we can become liberated from samsara. Many of the powerful and poignant examples Rinpoche uses to illustrate impermanence are also used as classic illustrations of emptiness. These teachings were given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Sydney, Australia, in 1993. Read along with the transcript at https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/chapter/subduing-mind-equanimity-meditation

 

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The Urgent Need for Bodhicitta

Compassion and Bodhicitta, Emptiness, Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Excerpted from a series of teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Sydney, Australia in 1993. Listen to the rest of the series and follow along with the unedited transcript here.

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Karma in Everyday Life

Dharma in Daily Life, Emptiness, Introductory, Karma, Lama Zopa Rinpoche

We are released from confusion while we are aware of the reality of things.

-Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Lama Zopa Rinpoche encourages us to live our life with a mind that is aware of the reality of things so that we avoid the confusion that leads to negative karma. Rinpoche also recites in English the Heart Sutra and Lama Tsongkhapa’s lamrim text The Foundation of All Good Qualities. These teachings were given by Rinpoche during a lamrim course hosted by Maitreya Instituut in August, 1990. You can read along with the transcript on our website.

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Every Problem on Earth Comes from Attachment

Emptiness, Lama Yeshe, Practice Commentary

This is the sixth chapter of the book Ego, Attachment and Liberation which contains talks given by Lama Yeshe during a five-day retreat Lama led near Melbourne, Australia in 1975.  Read the transcripts here.

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Questions and Answers

Emptiness, Lama Yeshe, Practice Commentary

This is the fifth chapter of the book Ego, Attachment and Liberation which contains talks from a five-day retreat Lama led near Melbourne, Australia, 1975. Read the transcripts here.

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Your Mental Bureaucracy

Emptiness, Lama Yeshe, Practice Commentary

This is the fourth chapter of the book Ego, Attachment and Liberation  which contains talks from a five-day retreat Lama led near Melbourne, Australia in 1975. Read transcripts here.

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Techniques for the Meditation Session

Emptiness, Lama Yeshe, Practice Commentary

This is the second chapter of the book Ego, Attachment and Liberation which contains talks from a five-day retreat Lama led near Melbourne, Australia in 1975.  Read the transcripts here.

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Give Your Ego the Wisdom Eye

Emptiness, Lama Yeshe, Practice Commentary

This is the third chapter of the book Ego, Attachment and Liberation which contains talks from a five-day retreat Lama led near Melbourne, Australia in 1975. Read transcripts here.

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