#Lama Zopa Rinpoche

[mandyluvsu]

[placeoftheclearlight]

So that you don’t get totally burnt out, you do what you can according to the level of your mind.

—Lama Zopa Rinpoche

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Vladimir Davydenko ( Russia, b.1966) - The Joy of life. Date 2006.

[Guillaume Gris]

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You are not alone because all the time there are numberless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas surrounding you, everywhere loving you, guiding you, that is what they do. 

Lama Zopa Rinpoche [Buddhist Deities, Teachings, and Prayers]

[alive on all channels]

[sveniasphotos]

Light offering for Lama Zopa Rinpoche

'Rejoicing in Rinpoche', Jamyang London

[sveniasblog]

Deeply grateful for this gathering organised by Jamyang London. We had the precious opportunity to share our stories and memories with Lama Zopa Rinpoche with each other, guided by the wonderful Drolma and under the spiritual guidance of Geshe Tashi 🙏

We made a beautiful light offering and rejoiced in Rinpoche within this beautiful community, that felt very special and I was crying tears of sadness as well as tears of deep joy 🕯

[compassionmattersmost]

Emptiness Explained: Insights from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the Heart Sutra

Transforming Suffering Into Happiness: How the Teachings on Emptiness from the Heart Sutra Support Mental Health and Well-Being The Heart Sutra stands as one of the most profound and essential teachings in Buddhism, offering a path to understanding emptiness—the ultimate nature of reality. Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s commentary on this timeless sutra illuminates its teachings, guiding us toward a…

[nicksalius]

Trasformazione del pensiero - Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Com’è che si crea l’io? Quanti di voi sono giunti a credere che la sua esistenza preceda finanche l’essenza? La maggior parte lo dà per scontato. Lama Zopa Rinpoche ce lo spiega in modo semplice. La sua non è la chiosa di un preistorico saggio, ma l’intuizione di colui che osserva la vita per ciò che è, senza etichettare o designare alcunché, senza attribuire nulla che non sia digià inerente. La…

[kongque-jiaan]

My biggest recommendation when looking into Dharmic traditions, from a convert Buddhist that has already gone through the weeds, is primarily to look for Asian teachers. Or at least a Westerner that has a verifiable connection to an Asian teaching lineage. There are many gurus, swamis, bhikshus, and lamas eager to teach Western students, both online and in person. An Asian teacher isn't a 100% authenticity guarantee, there are indeed charlatans and grifters in the mix, and you have to apply critical thinking as in everything. But in general an Asian person is more likely to be passing down an authentic tradition than some rando white person.

how can you tell the difference between real stuff on Indian philosophy and some new age Angi Yoga type thing?

I'm not the best person to ask bc I don't know much about Indian philosophy. My focus is on western esotericism.

Generally speaking, look for overbroad claims, try to apply critical thought wherever you can. Standard interrogation can produce surprising results.

[talonabraxas]

Chenrezig - Avalokiteśvara Talon Abraxas “Mani Kabum also says that all the buddhas have blessed these six syllables again and again.

Praying to Chenrezig is the same as praying to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas of the ten directions and

chanting the Chenrezig mantra, OM MANI PADME HUM, is the same as chanting the mantras of all the buddhas.

By reciting OM MANI PADME HUM, we get the benefit of having chanted all the rest of the buddhas’ mantras.

It is said that these six syllables are the heart of Arya Compassion Buddha.” – Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

[radical-revolution]

You can see things as pure or impure according to the kind of mind you look at them with. It all depends on whether you look at something with a pure mind or with a negative, or impure mind. So whether you receive great blessing or small blessings doesn’t depend on the actual object itself; it depends on how you look at it.

- Lama Zopa Rinpoche

[mahayanapilgrim]

When you recognize your problems come from your concepts, or your concepts are the problem, you don't blame others.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche

[mandyluvsu]

lama zopa rinpoche ✨

[placeoftheclearlight]

Taking care of ourselves, looking after ourselves, taking care of our mind, our life, is to end samsaric suffering which has no beginning.

—Lama Zopa Rinpoche

[tcclsblog]

What is the dignified way to Go with the Flow?

"Many Buddhists are attracted to New Age spirituality because they would like to surrender everything to the universe and let the universe decide. But in Buddhism, we are training to make conscious decisions for our own lives."

Dignity is something that is beyond the body. Dignity comes from divinity. To be dignified, we have to be able to release the idea of selfishness.

In cultivating dharma, we must be willing to loosen the grip on our identity. According to Lama Zopa, after practicing the dharma, when we start to feel insecure, that is a sign that the dharma is finally working for us. When we begin to feel unsure of ourselves and afraid, dharma starts to set in, making us realize that everything is impermanent.

New Age spirituality focuses on indulging oneself with oneself and "going with the flow." However, one's focus must always stay on self-awareness. Our spiritual practice aims to show us who we really are and evolve from that state.

When things don't turn out the way we had hoped or expected them to, we must not lose hope. What will bear fruit, make our lives better, and make all of the dharma studies take effect, will be our ability to see the good in all beings with the right motivation to help others.

Many people study the dharma with no merit. So they intellectualize the dharma and yet remain unhappy. The other extreme is when someone has great faith, belief, and devotion, but there is no study, so there is not much understanding of the dharma. In either case, without merit, it is so difficult for results to accrue. Merit accumulation is essential.

Making offerings to the sangha and the Triple Gem is the route to merit. Please do it. Pray, make offerings, and see for yourself. The personality of a person who does these things consistently starts to shift. Watch out for wrong views because things can quickly turn, and we can crash because wrong views can destroy our merit.

If we think we can study the dharma and base it only on the law of cause and effect, we are mistaken.

If we question the point of purification, accumulating merit, reciting the names of the Buddhas, or dedicating, we are indeed missing the flow.

To flow with dignity – with divinity – it is vital to cultivate and to grow merit and pure perception, which is the foundation of tantra. By doing so, there is hope for enlightenment.

Many people can quickly develop a wrong view when they don't get what they want. So let us practice with divine clarity and, in doing so, achieve an inner dignity as a human being and as a bodhisattva. Dharma Teaching by Singha Rinpoche and edited by Sandeep Nath 20 Dec 2020

[37q]

hello and happy new year! i wanted to ask about your resources for learning about buddhism. i enjoy your philosophical and spiritual thoughts and am hoping to find more ways to learn about or get into it, if you have any to share!

your local sangha and dharma leader!

bare essentials: buddhanet dot net!

personal rec: studybuddhism dot com! (tibetan focus, love alex berzin!)

library; WIP, buddhist canon: 84000!

library; theravada suttas (tipitaka): dhammatalks dot org!*

(i lack other centralized theravada (predominantly south- and southeast-asian) libraries! i scavenged!)

essential zen practice: thích nhất hạnh!

essential tibetan: fpmt dot org! (lama yeshe and lama zopa rinpoche are prolific gelug authors!)

(i only rec TNH and zen because theyre on-the-shelf so to speak, and i dont recall any centralized mahayana libraries ive used for my scavenging!)

online sangha: dharmawheel dot com for mahayana, dhammawheel dot com for theravada!

online sangha: theres a discord server somewhere out there if i can find it comprised a spectrum between laymen and experts! lmk if you want me to look!

when researching i rec starting from scholastic cohorts that instigate schisms! then tracing their old schools lineage!

i hope you see this and dont just follow my reblog blog! <3

*previous version listed accesstoinsight dot com, which a dear friend of mine (@unthinkingclunk) corrected as follows:

FYI accesstoinsight is largely "dead"-- it's not being updated anymore, you can see this link for details:

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/ati.html

But in short you'll see many links to accesstoinsight all over but those pages now largely point out at the top of the page (for any specific sutta) that the current site is dhammatalks.org (which is the base site of the link I posted)

[madamlaydebug]

“Each one of us is responsible for all other living beings’ happiness besides our own. As a result, your loving kindness is more precious than anything else in the world. That makes for a most satisfying, fulfilling life.”

- Lama Zopa Rinpoche