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Welcome to LYWA

Dharma books have a very special purpose and meaning:
  • They can reach every corner of the world;
  • They can stop present confusion;
  • They leave imprints to achieve enlightenment on readers’ minds, making it easy for them to understand the Dharma in future lives; and
  • Each word brings temporal and ultimate happiness and highest enlightenment."
- Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Books

Most of our books are FREE! Introductory to advanced topics from Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and others. See our full list of titles...

DVDs

Experience Lama Yeshe's unique style through these enhanced presentations with subtitles. See a list of all our DVDs...

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Latest News

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New Lama Yeshe DVD: Bringing Dharma to the West.

Latest New Titles: Lama Yeshe's Universal Love: The Yoga Method of Buddha Maitreya; Lama Zopa Rinpoche's How Things Exist: Teachings on Emptiness.

New Editions of Classic Titles: Lama Yeshe's The Essence of Tibetan Buddhism and Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Virtue and Reality.

Now Playing! Teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche's recent visit to Guadalajara Mexico: a public talk, and 8 days of teachings on the lam-rim.

Order high quality Lama Yeshe portraits.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Online Advice Book continues to grow. We now have over 500 advices posted!

To order our books and DVDs, visit our shopping cart. Most of our books are free, though we do ask you to cover the costs of shipping.

As of 10/15/08:
Welcome to our new website! We hope you enjoy the new design. Read about our new features and improvements here.

As of 9/1/08:
Listen online to Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Mahamudra and Medicine Buddha teachings from Crestone CO, USA this past June 2008.

Listen online to Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Sanghata Sutra commentary and lung from Taiwan in 2007, and teachings from Vajrayana Institute in 2006.

As of 4/1/08:
We've just published Lama Yeshe's Universal Love: The Yoga Method of Buddha Maitreya; Lama Zopa Rinpoche's How Things Exist: Teachings on Emptiness; and a newly-designed reprint of Rinpoche's Making Life Meaningful.

Listen online to Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching on the Three Principal Aspects of the Path at Vajrapani Institute in Boulder Creek, CA in 2006.

As of 1/1/08:
Read Lama Zopa Rinpoche's Prayer for the Swift Return of Geshe Jampa Gyatso.

Listen online to Lama Zopa Rinpoche giving commentary and a partial oral transmission of the Golden Light Sutra in Portland OR in November 2007.