The Heart of the Path
Guru Devotion Lamrim Core
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Full text available free at lamayeshe.com. Audio in the FPMT online learning center.
Source: Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
Lama Zopa Rinpoche — co-founder of FPMT, principal teacher of the network for nearly five decades after Lama Yeshe's passing, and one of the most prolific dharma teachers of the modern era — gives the foundational teaching on guru devotion as the root of the entire lamrim path. The talks are the source for the published 'Heart of the Path' volume, the most complete English-language presentation of guru-yoga doctrine in the Tibetan tradition. With Lama Zopa's passing in April 2023, this corpus is now the central living-voice document of his transmission.
The core guru-devotion teaching of the FPMT lineage and the most complete English presentation of guru-yoga doctrine in the Tibetan tradition.
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