Category Archives: Sutras, Mantras and Root Texts

28th Kopan Meditation Course: Lecture 8



This lecture is from teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 28th Kopan Meditation Course at Kopan Monastery in November, 1995. Included in this teaching are oral transmissions of the Heart Sutra, the Thirty-five Buddhas Confession Prayer, and Pabongka Rinpoche’s Heart-Spoon. You can read along with the transcript here and explore the rest of the teachings given during the 28th Kopan Course here.

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28th Kopan Course: Lecture 1



These teachings were given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the 28th Kopan Meditation Course at Kopan Monastery, Nepal in December, 1995. This is the first talk on compassion and includes discussion of the mantra of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion. You can read the transcript of this talk here.

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Teachings from Barcelona: Day 2 Part 3



This talk includes an oral transmission by Lama Zopa Rinpoche of the Golden Light Sutra and is from the second day of a series of teachings given in Barcelona, Spain from September 2nd-4th 2005 hosted by the FPMT’s Centro Nagarjuna.  You can read the unedited transcripts for this session and for the entire series of teachings here.

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Teachings From the Medicine Buddha Retreat



This talk by Lama Zopa Rinpoche about the Medicine Buddha practice was given in 2001 during the Medicine Buddha Retreat held in California, 2001. Follow along with the unedited transcript here and the entire teachings were published as a book in October 2009.

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Vajrasattva Mantra and Heart Sutra



Oral transmission by Lama Zopa Rinpoche of the Vajrasattva mantra and the Heart Sutra. Excerpted from a series of teachings given in Malaysia in 1997. Listen to the rest of the series and follow along with the unedited transcript here.

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