Through this way of meditating, you begin to realize its not the object that is disturbing. Its your mind; its your concept. Your mind is making you unhappy; your mind is disturbing you. -Lama Zopa

Even if you find it very hard to understand the teachings on emptiness, you will leave positive imprints on the mind and remove the imprints of delusion. The benefits you receive just by listening is

Because you look at everything as empty, the strong selfish mind, the ego, doesnt arise. When you think like this, it makes your life stable, filled with peace, happiness, contentment; it brings so m

Because we rely on the methods revealed by Buddha the path to liberation and enlightenment we naturally take refuge in the Buddha. Lama Zopa Rinpoche Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains why we take refu

The ego, this self-cherishing thought, the ego is much more harmful than all the atomic bombs that are in the world because atomic bomb even if it explodes, if you have bodhichitta it doesnt cause yo

By training the mind in patience, it leaves a positive imprint on your mind. Then later you find it easier for the mind to be patient and more and more difficult for the mind to get angry. Its the sa

Happiness comes from a positive attitude and action motivated by that. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche This month on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive podcast, Lama Zopa Rinpoche answers a students question about th

The meditation practice is like the seed. The actual body of meditation, the practice, that is like the seed and purifying the hindrances and the accumulation of merit are like the soil and water. -La

Even giving just one single tiny grain of rice to one single sentient being will accumulate infinite merit when you are motivated to give by the precious wish to attain enlightenment to benefit number

Every single phenomena is like that. Theres merely gathered, the base to be labeled, then due to that, then mere imputation, then only after that, then you have that appearance. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche I