{"podcast":{"title":"Lama Zopa Rinpoche full length teachings","slug":"lama-zopa-rinpoche-full-length-teachings-4110921","podcast_index_feed_id":4110921,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/lama-zopa-rinpoche-full-length/","website_url":"https://fpmt.org/media/podcasts/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/7198b9cb-59f8-4bfa-a7be-535bdb46124a/SNjp_0j4cRCR28XzGtN5Pu9Y.jpg","author":"Lama Zopa Rinpoche","episode_count":179,"summary":"This podcast brings to you the teachings given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in full length. Our current focus for new episodes lies on older teachings by Rinpoche that have not been published in video yet as well as major retreats that Rinpoche had led over the years. These episodes are mostly unedited in terms of content but often improved in terms of sound quality. See their video counterparts on our RAN page at fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T04:22:44.724758+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lama-zopa-rinpoche-full-length-teachings-4110921"},"episode":{"title":"25 Seeing Beyond Appearances: Realizing That the Guru is the Embodiment of All Buddhas 15-Sept-2004","slug":"25-seeing-beyond-appearances-realizing-that-the-guru-is-the-embodiment-of-all-buddhas-15-sept-2004","published_at":"2026-08-14T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lama-zopa-rinpoche-full-length-teachings-4110921/25-seeing-beyond-appearances-realizing-that-the-guru-is-the-embodiment-of-all-buddhas-15-sept-2004","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lama-zopa-rinpoche-full-length-teachings-4110921","url":"https://fpmt.org/media/podcasts/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/49c0e801-952d-449e-b8f6-98689edc4f05.mp3","summary":"This teaching was given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Lama Tsonkhapa Institute in Italy as part of the Ganden Lha Gyama retreat between September 3-30, 2004. 00:00:00 Even if you practice tantra with great hardship for eons, you cannot achieve enlightenment if you make mistakes in devoting to the guru. 00:03:06 Rinpoche mentioned the story about Milarepa recognizing Padampa Sangye who had manifested as a flower to test him. 00:05:21 Padampa Sangye advised the people of Tingri that if they treat guru as more special than the Buddha, they will achieve realizations and enlightenment in one life. 00:09:03 Since the Je Drubkangpa's mind was so obscured that he couldn't generate devotion to one of his gurus, he never achieved realizations despite meditating on lamrim for many years. 00:32:32 The main objective of guru devotion is to see the guru as a Buddha. The more stable this devotion is, the more one is able to see the guru as a Buddha regardless of the guru's external appearance or behavior. 00:52:14 Since due to obscurations, disciples cannot see the guru's qualities, the guru has no choice but to appear in an ordinary form to guide disciples. This ordinary appearance is therefore the guru's utmost kindness. 01:12:13 The conclusion is that the real guru is the embodiment of all the Buddhas' qualities. Recognizing this is the realization to strive for in guru yoga practice. Find out more about Lama Zopa Rinpoche, his teachings and projects at https://fpmt.org/","meta_description":"This teaching was given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Lama Tsonkhapa Institute in Italy as part of the Ganden Lha Gyama retreat between September 3-30, 2004. 0…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6396,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lama-zopa-rinpoche-full-length-teachings-4110921/episodes/25-seeing-beyond-appearances-realizing-that-the-guru-is-the-embodiment-of-all-buddhas-15-sept-2004/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lama-zopa-rinpoche-full-length-teachings-4110921/25-seeing-beyond-appearances-realizing-that-the-guru-is-the-embodiment-of-all-buddhas-15-sept-2004.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}