Lama Yeshe’s Teachings & Advice
‘Lama Thubten Yeshe was born in Tibet in 1935. At the age of six, he entered Sera Monastic University in Tibet where he studied until 1959, when as Lama Yeshe himself has said, “In that year the Chinese kindly told us that it was time to leave Tibet and meet the outside world.” Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, together as teacher and disciple since their exile in India, met their first Western students in 1967. By 1971, they settled at Kopan, a small hamlet near Kathmandu in Nepal. In 1974, the Lamas began touring and teaching in the West, which would eventually result in The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. Lama Yeshe died in 1984.’ [Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition]
For more information about Lama Yeshe please click here.
The Big Love of Lama Yeshe
Big Love: The Life and Teachings of Lama Yeshe tells the story of Lama Yeshe, how he met Lama Zopa Rinpoche and how they created the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), one of the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist organizations. If you knew Lama, you will be reminded of his wisdom and charisma; if you did not, Big Love is the perfect introduction.
Video Teachings
As Lama Yeshe passed away before video recording became so and common place, there are a limited number of video recordings of his teachings available. However, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive have done an amazing job of archiving those that were recorded and kindly making them available via their YouTube channel.
Below are a selection of those teachings. Please see Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive’s YouTube channel to learn more about each one and discover more.
Practice Texts
Lama Yeshe wrote and translated several practices before his passing to help many practice the dharma. Below are a selection of what you can discover. Please click on the title to see all the details.
Please visit the FPMT Foundation Store to explore other titles by Lama Yeshe as well as the many other practices written by buddhist masters that are available to help you start and develop your practice.
Heruka Vajrasattva Tsog Offering by Lama Yeshe
Chittamani Tara Retreat Sadhana by Lama Yeshe
Rituals and Procedures for Commencing Retreat. Practice Instructions from Lama Yeshe, Panbongkha Rinpoche and Jampa Trinley Tenzin Gyatso
Gyalwa Gyatso Tsog Offering by Lama Yeshe
Four-Face Mahakala Puja composed by Lama Yeshe
Practice Advice
The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA) is a treasure trove of advice and teachings from Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The Archive was founded in 1996 by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, its spiritual director, to make available in various ways the teachings it contains. Even though the Archive contains teachings from both Lamas, Rinpoche chose the name Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive in honour of his teacher. If you have a question about the buddhism or how to practice it we strongly recommend searching it’s pages by click here.
Here are a few examples to get you started:
The Benefits of Purification with Heruka Vajrasattva
How to Meditate
Mahamudra Question & Answer
Giving & Taking on the Breath (Tonglen)
Practicing Dharma in the West: Question & Answer
Books
Visit FPMT’s Foundation Store, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive & Wisdom Experience to browse the many books written and translated by Lama Yeshe. Below are a selection of what you can discover. Please click on the title to see all the details.
Lam Rim
Becoming Your Own Therapist by Lama Yeshe
Ego, Attachment and Liberation by Lama Yeshe
The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism by Lama Yeshe
Life, Death & After Death by Lama Yeshe
The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind by Lama Yeshe
Mahamudra: How to Discover Our True Nature by Lama Yeshe
When the Chocolate Runs Out by Lama Yeshe
Wisdom Energy by Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism by Lama Yeshe
Tantra
