Dharma-11th Kopan Course[PDF][LamaZopaRinpoche][1978]

A transcript of teachings given by Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche at the Eleventh Kopan Meditation Course.

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***Contents***

Section 1 The Unsubdued Mind

Motivation
Happiness is Created by the Mind
Happiness is Not Outside You
The Importance of Attaining Enlightenment
Consciousness
Karma
Question and Answer
Consciousness and Death
Reincarnation
The Importance of a Peaceful Mind
Chenrezig Meditation
Reincarnation
Becoming Free of Ignorance and Delusions
The Study of the Mind
Stages of Enlightenment
Guru Yoga
Inspiration from Great Practitioners
How to Listen to the Teachings

Section 2 The Faults of Self-Cherishing

Qualities of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha
Qualities of the Dharma
Practicing Dharma in Degenerate Times
The Seven Points of Thought Transformation
Shamatha Meditation
What to Do in the Break Time
Four-Arm Chenrezig Meditation
Explanation of the Mantra OM MANI PADME HUNG
Review of the Lamrim
Karma
Sufferings of the Narak Realms
Biography of Shantideva
Basic Meditations on the Lamrim
Sufferings of the Preta Realm

Section 3 Precious Human Rebirth

Khunu Rinpoche
Bodhicitta
Guru Shakyamuni and the West
Practicing the Lamrim
How to Practice Dharma
Milarepa
More Precious Human Rebirth
Buddha?s Omniscient Mind
Practicing Dharma in Daily Life
More Bodhicitta
How to Think in Daily Life

Section 4 Motivation

What Happens if You Disturb a Mouse, and Other Stories of the Animal Realm
Lamrim Meditation
Generating Realizations of the Path
Precious Human Rebirth
How Difficult it is to Live in Moral Conduct
Anger is Destructive
More Precious Human Rebirth
Clinging to the Comfort of this Life
The Difficulty of Practicing Dharma
The Rarity of Virtue
The Eight Worldly Dharmas
Bodhicitta
The Four Mindfulnesses
Question and Answer
Sexual and Romantic Attachment

Section 5

How to Generate True Love
Bodhicitta
Meditation Subdues the Mind
Meditation Antidotes to the Delusions
The Eight Worldly Dharmas
The Ten Innermost Jewels and the Kadampa Geshes

Section 6 Impermanence and Death

Attaining Enlightenment
More Impermanence and Death
Jim Jones

Section 7 Impermanence and Death

Perserverence in Practicing Dharma
Impermanence and Death
Meditation on Impermanence and Death
The Shortcomings of Samsara
The Best Methods to Use at the Time of Death
Death and Impermanence
The Signs of Death
Developing the Mind
The Cycle of Samsara
Liberation
The Way to Practice Perfectly
Refuge

Section 8 Refuge

Bodhicitta
How to Meditate on Lamrim
The Objects of Refuge
Training the Mind in Bodhicitta and Equanimity
The Kindness of the Mother
Training the Mind in Equanimity
Drugs and Dharma
More Refuge and Objects of Refuge
Asanga
More Bodhicitta
Refuge
Self-Cherishing
Shortcomings of the Self-Cherishing Thought
How to Meditate on Thought Transformation

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