Prayer and Rituals

Doing the seven-limb practice before listening to or reading about the Dharma, or before contemplating or meditating on the Dharma helps us to establish a properly receptive state of mind.

An overview of the basic Buddhist concepts that allowed Islam to consider Buddhists “People of the Book” – those who follow the ethical teachings of a higher authority.

A short prayer by Yongdzin Ling Rinpoche for the Dharma to flourish in the West.

Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey’s prayer to Maitreya, the future Buddha.

Learn how to balance the intellectual, the emotional and the devotional approach we have toward the Dharma.

Kriya tantra (ritual tantra) is found in the Nyingma and Sarma classification schemes. It’s a practice with deity visualization that emphasizes cleanliness, vegetarianism and purification.

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

An overview of the structure of a “sadhana,” a visualization method used in tantra for generating and actualizing ourselves as a Buddha-figure.

An explanation of the terse and profound verses of the Third Karmapa’s “Mahamudra Prayer.”

A prayer to the reborn in Shambhala at the dawn of the golden age and to make the best progress there on the path to enlightenment.