If you have compassion for others, then that gives meaning to everything, all the expenses that we do, all the hard works that we do, including studying, doing job, many hours of job—it gives meaning to everything.

Listen to a talk given by Kyabje Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche on the beneficial results of practicing compassion for others during all our actions. This talk was given during a three-day series of teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York, in August 1999. Follow along with the transcript at https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/talk-guru-devotion-audio-and-unedited-transcripts

Oral transmission of Vajrasattva Mantra and 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 at http://www.lamayeshe.com/article/chapter/oral-transmission-vajrasattva-mantra-and-heart-sutra.

“So this time maybe mention little bit about reincarnation, going back from where it started, back to the beginning of the life…” Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives these lam-rim teachings at the 29th Kopan Meditation Course held at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, in 1996. This excerpt includes teachings on patience, bodhicitta, and reincarnation, and a question and answer session. You can also read along with the transcript by navigating to http://www.lamayeshe.com/article/chapter/benefits-enemy

Excerpted from a series of teachings given in Sydney, Australia in 1993. Listen to the rest of the series and follow along with the unedited transcript at http://www.lamayeshe.com/article/chapter/urgent-need-bodhicitta-precious-human-rebirth.

Excerpted from a series of teachings given in Singapore in 1993. Listen to the rest of the series and follow along with the unedited transcript at http://www.lamayeshe.com/article/chapter/karma-motivation-and-results.

These teachings were given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche prior to a refuge ceremony at Jamyang Meditation Centre in London on November 6, 1992. Topics include the suffering nature of samsara, refuge practice and precepts. You can also read along with the transcripts at www.lamayeshe.com/article/refuge-teachings-audio-and-unedited-transcripts

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this profound teaching during a Tara Puja in Singapore, on February 3, 1992, the day before Losar, the Tibetan New Year. In this teaching Rinpoche explains mandala offerings, the seven-limb practice and especially the practice of rejoicing. You can read along with the transcript at https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/teachings-offerings-audio-and-unedited-transcript

Excerpted from a public talk given in Brisbane, Australia, September 1991. Listen to the rest of the series and follow along with the unedited transcript at http://www.lamayeshe.com/article/chapter/ultimate-nature-mind.

Teachings on purifying disease and a guided white light meditation. Excerpted from a Healing Course given in Australia in 1991. Listen to the rest of the series and follow along with the unedited transcript at http://www.lamayeshe.com/article/chapter/purifying-disease-white-light-meditation.

In this teaching given in Bendigo, Australia in August, 1991, Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches us how to manage our stress by recognizing that stress is not forced upon us from outside but comes from within our own mind and is dependent upon the way we think. Rinpoche then explains how our own mind creates stress and how our own mind is also what can liberate us from stress. Read along with the transcript by visiting https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/chapter/how-i-exists