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In Search of a Meaningful Life

May 11, 2023April 22, 2017 by TFTblog

Reading Time: 11 minutesThis teaching was given at Tushita Mahayana Meditation Center, New Delhi, on July 4, 1979.

Categories Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Teachings From Tibet Tags bodhicitta, dependent origination, ignorance, karma, materialism, patience, samsara (cyclic existence), suffering

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