Print Friendly, PDF & Email

How to do the Dorje Khadro practice

(Vajra Daka) Fire offering

A teaching given at Sravasti Abbey in 2006. The text of this practice can be found here.

  • Brief introduction
  • Basic instruction
  • Purpose of puja
  • Visualizations
  • Description with explanations of Dorje Khadro
  • Mantra with explanation
  • Visualization of purification
  • Visualization and instruction on offering
  • Questions and answers

Dorje Khadro transmission (download)

Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.