Prayer and Rituals

(1) Through my constructive act of having (reflected upon and) composed Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior, may all wandering beings become (adornments for the world,) engaged in the behavior of bodhisattvas. (2) As many beings as there are in all directions, diseased with...

Bodhisattva Vows For practicing the engaged state of bodhichitta and being best able to practice the six far-reaching attitudes, we need to take the bodhisattva vows. This involves refraining from committing the 18 root downfalls and the 46 faulty actions that transgress these...

The mechanism for how receiving an initiation prepares us for successful tantra practice.

“A Meeting of Two Oceans; Dialogue on Sufism and Buddhism”: a dialogue at the Roshan Center for Persian Studies, University of Maryland.

These verses of homage to Manjushri, delineating all his qualities, is considered part of the Kalachakra literature and contains reference to all the essential features of tantra.

Atisha’s “Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment” is the forerunner of the Tibetan lam-rim tradition. It places special emphasis on the bodhisattva vows and their necessity for successful tantra practice.

This practice derives from Shantideva’s “Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior.” Doing these preliminaries before daily meditation or Dharma study helps to establish a properly receptive state of mind.

Everyday practice of praise and prostration, sutra recitation, and dedication.

Dr. Berzin’s recollections of his relation with his teacher.

This prayer is the framework within which the practices associated with recitation of Tsongkhapa’s Migtsema mantra are done