Prayers and Practices
Buddhist prayers and ritual practices to steer our thoughts and actions in a beneficial direction.
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Chants from the Chinese Tradition
Chinese Buddhist chants translated into English and practiced at Sravasti Abbey.
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Making Offerings
How to set up an altar and make offerings as part of our practice of generosity.
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Texts to Recite and Contemplate
Essential teachings to recite aloud or reflect upon as part of a meditation session.
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The Eight Mahayana Precepts
The origin and benefits of the eight Mahayana precepts, and how to take and keep them.
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Pearl of Wisdom, Book I
A compilation of prayers and practices commonly taught to people beginning to study and practice Buddhism in the Tibetan tradition. This text, along with instruction from a qualified teacher, serves as an indispensable foundation for students of all levels.
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Pearl of Wisdom, Book II
An inspiring resource for students who have already entered into the practice of Tibetan Buddhism, this text contains meditations to connect us to the various manifestations of the Buddha, practices to cultivate bodhicitta, and other inspiring verses.
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King of Prayers
Text and teachings on “The Extraordinary Aspirations of Samantabhadra,” also known as the King of Prayers.
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Sravasti Abbey Chants
Chants done throughout the day and as part of formal practice sessions recorded by the Sravasti Abbey monastic community. Also includes explanations of the visualisations and contemplations to do while chanting.
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Venerable Thubten Damcho Praise to Weituo Pusa chant
Praise to Weituo Pusa, protector of the monastic retreat (varsa).
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Sravasti Abbey Monastics Repentance chant
The repentance chant that is part of the bimonthly monastic confession ceremony.
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Incense offering chant
The incense offering that opens monastic rites in the Chinese Buddhist tradition.
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Chandrakirti - Aug 7, 2022
Chandrakirti Homage to Compassion
Chandrakirti praises compassion as the source of bodhicitta.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The Gift of Offering Service
Offering service is our chance to give something of value to the Three Jewels.
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How to make the mandala offering mudra
A demonstration of how to make the mandala offering mudra.
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Nubpa Rigdzin Drak ༄༅། །ནུབ་པ་རིག་འཛིན་གྲགས་ཀྱིས་མཛད་པའི་ཞེན་པ་བཞི་བྲལ་...
Instruction on parting from the four attachments by Nubpa Rigdzin Drak (bilingual-Tibetan/English).
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Freedom from the Four Fixations
English translation of the root text containing instructions on freedom from the four fixations by…
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Parting from the Four Attachments
English translation of the root text containing instructions on parting from the four attachments by…
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Vasubandhu The Ten Great Vows by Vasubandhu
The Ten Great Vows, based on great compassion, were written by Vasubandhu in the 4th…
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Chinese New Year Tsog motivation
A brief motivation given before a ceremony on Chinese New Year's day in honor of…
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Sorrow and Hope
A prayer to Kuan Yin, a female manifestation of the Buddha of Compassion, in light…
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