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Renouncing the Self-cherishing Thought
One must understand that by hurting others, you are also creating the cause to be hurt by others. To really solve the problem one has to do something with the cause, which is within your mind. -Lama Z
How Guru Shakyamuni Frees Sentient Beings
So, what is the way that Guru Shakyamuni Buddha, what is his way of freeing the sentient being from suffering? By revealing the absolute truth, by revealing the nature of the existence. -Lama Zopa Rin
This Precious Human Rebirth
It is amazing how even within a minute, even in each second, eating, walking, sitting, sleeping, wow, what you can do with this precious human body by understanding and practicing the Dharma. -Lama Zo
Karma in Everyday Life
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
We Are the Cure of Our Own Samsara
All our suffering is caused by our belief that even though the I is merely labeled on the aggregates, it exists from its own side. This sickness is the root of all our suffering and our cure is our wi
The Essence of the Dharma
The essence of the Dharma is to subdue ones mind by taming the disturbing, obscuring, emotional thoughts that bring so much suffering to yourself and to others, from life to life. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Everything Depends on Your Mind
As Buddha said, you are your own enemy or you are your own liberator. You can create a hell realm or you can create enlightenment. Everything depends on what you do with your mind. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Let Go of Suffering for the Sake of Others
As long as you dont drop the burning fire, the fire that burns your hand, the burning cannot be stopped. So like that, as long as one doesnt abandon the self, the I, one cannot abandon suffering, on
The Urgency of Realizing Lamrim
So were going to destroy, to totally cease, make it completely non-existent, this enemy, this inner enemy, this delusion, this demon, this self-cherishing thought that harms, that has been harming yo
The Meaning of Secret Mantra
The meaning of the word mantra includes the whole path to enlightenment. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the use of mantra in highest yoga tantra and explains how our minds should a