In this commentary Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains the essential daily practice—Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment) with Additional Practices—that he specifically compiled for his students and anyone else wishing to start their day with a bodhichitta motivation and to make their lives highly meaningful for themselves and others. This commentary includes the following practices and mantras together with Lama Zopa Rinpoche's explanations of their benefit...

The Foundation of All Good Qualities is a quintessential lamrim prayer by Je Tsongkhapa.Translated by Maureen O'Malley.2020 edition.

Written and arranged by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, A Brief Meditation-Recitation on Guru Medicine Buddha begins with requests to the Medicine Buddhas and follows with recitation of their holy names; recitation of either—or all of—the long, middle-length, or short Medicine Buddha mantra; and recitation of the mantra of Tathagata Stainless Excellent Gold and other dharani-mantras, extracted from the Fifth Dalai Lama's The Wish-Granting Sovereign: A Ceremony for Worshiping the Seven Sugatas. The pra...

Tara is a completely enlightened buddha who had previously promised to appear, after enlightenment, in the form of a female bodhisattva and goddess for the benefit of all beings. Her primary activity is to protect from the eight fears. Tara or simply Drol-ma in Tibetan, goddess of protection and compassion, is one of the widest worshiped deities in Tibet. Tara represents the miraculous activities of all buddhas. In myth she is born from Chenrezig's tears of compassion. There are innumerabl...

This practice was composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the long life of a student. White Tara is associated with the "realization of immortality" and Arya Chenrezig Lion's Roar (Skt. Simhanada Avalokitesvara) is associated with healing sickness and purifying life obstacles.2020 edition.

Buddhism in a Nutshell by Lama Thubten Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Ven. Amy Miller provides an overview of the complete path to enlightenment (lamrim) in the Tibetan Mahayana tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa (Gelug). It blends ancient wisdom with a modern perspective, while preserving the unique blueprint for enlightenment that Tibetan Buddhist practitioners have relied upon, with success, for centuries. It does so by skillfully combining the teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist masters Lama T...

"Meeting Death with Wisdom" is a collection of teachings, advice, stories and interviews drawn from Mandala's archive that takes a look at how both high lamas and ordinary students have experienced the death and dying process. We created this compilation with the hope that it can help guide and inspire FPMT students' personal preparations for death as well as their ability to support the death process of their loved ones.Mandala's ebooks are created as a benefit of the Friends of FP...

"Whoever sees this sutra sees the face of the Buddha.Whoever holds this sutra holds the body of the Buddha.Whoever practices this sutra practices the activities of the Buddha.Whoever explains this sutra explains the activities of the Buddha.Whoever understands the meaning of this sutra understands the meaning of the Buddha."The unimaginable benefits of engaging with The Sutra of Great Liberation (thar pa chhen pöi do) featured most prominent...

This practice requires the student to have permission/empowerment received from a qualified master in order to engage in the self-generation of the deity. However, it is permitted to do this practice without such an empowerment as long as you do not generate yourself as the deity. Instead, you should generate the deity at the crown of your head or in front of you instead of self-generation.This meditation practice was translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the benefit of his students...

From the root text:If you write in gold The Array of Sukhavati Pure Land you will be reborn in Sukhavati for 100,000 eons. If you write it in gold and silver, you will be reborn in Sukhavati for 10,000 eons. If you write it in silver, you will be reborn in Sukhavati for 1,000 eons. If you write it in vermillion, you will be reborn in Sukhavati for 100 eons. If you write it in black ink, you will be reborn in Sukhavati for 10 eons. You will be reborn in the pure realm of Dharmakaya ...

The Heart Sutra is a popular sutra in Mahayana Buddhism. Its Sanskrit title, Prajñaparamitahdaya, can be translated as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom". The Heart Sutra is often cited as the best-known and most popular Buddhist scripture.This sutra has been translated from the Tibetan, consulting the Indian and Tibetan commentaries and previous good translations, by Gelong Thubten Tsultrim (George Churinoff), the first day of Saka Dawa, 1999, at Tushita Meditation Centre, Dh...

Anyone can do this practice. However, you are permitted to do the visualization of Vajrasattva together with his wisdom mother only if you have received a highest yoga tantra initiation. Otherwise, you should visualize the solitary form of Vajrasattva above your head.By Lama Zopa RinpocheStudents can use this practice text to purify negative karmas with the four opponent powers: the powers of regret, reliance, remedy, and restraint. The practice is performed in dependence o...