Prayer and Rituals

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Constructive Actions in the Beginning, Middle & End
A prayer by Tsongkhapa to be able to engage in constructive actions at the beginning, middle and end of the path to enlightenment.
in Prayers
The Main Features of Tantra
After completing preliminary practices and following an initiatory ceremony that activates our Buddha-nature potentials, along with taking bodhisattva and tantric vows, we transform our minds in tantra by imagining ourselves as a Buddha-figure and our environment as a mandala,...
in Tantra: Theory
Requests to the Seventeen Glorious Nalanda Pandits
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama invokes the spiritual masters of the Nalanda tradition.
in Prayers
A Concert of Names of Manjushri
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.
in Prayers
A Balanced Approach to Buddhism
Learn how to balance the intellectual, the emotional and the devotional approach we have toward the Dharma.
in The Three Scopes
Interview about Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche – Dr. Berzin
Dr. Berzin’s recollections of his relation with his teacher.
in Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche
Explanation of "The Seven-Limb Prayer"
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.
in Preliminaries
Praises to the Twenty-one Taras
Verses of homage and praise to the 21 forms of Tara, each of which protects us from a specific type of harm or interference.
in Prayers
Three Practices To Be Done Continually
Everyday practice of praise and prostration, sutra recitation, and dedication.
in Prayers
Long Life Prayer for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Yongdzin Ling Rinpoche’s long life prayer to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
in Prayers
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