Texts to Recite and Contemplate
Essential teachings to recite aloud or reflect upon as part of a meditation session.
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Lama Tsongkhapa In Praise of Dependent Emergence
A new translation of Lama Tsongkhapa's praise to the Buddha, written after Tsongkhapa had achieved…
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Mind Training in Poetic Expression
The essence of Buddhist training of the mind, explained in poetic form by Lama Tsongkhapa.
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Bhikshu Lobsang Tayang - Feb 28, 2026
Bhikshu Lobsang Tayang A Precious Crystal Rosary
An English translation of the original Tibetan text by the famed Mongolian master Lobsang Tayang.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The Extraordinary Aspirations of Samantabhadra Bodhi...
Commentary on the ten aspirations and initial verses.
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Chandrakirti
- Aug 7, 2022
Homage to Compassion
Chandrakirti praises compassion as the source of bodhicitta.
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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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Sorrow and Hope
A prayer to Kuan Yin, a female manifestation of the Buddha of Compassion, in light…
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Twenty-Verse Prayer from Nagarjuna’s “Precious...
Twenty verses that Nagarjuna encourages us to recite three times a day to accumulate the…
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A Song to Mummy Tara in These Dire Times
At the request of Venerable Lobsang Tenpa and Friends of Sravasti Abbey Russia, Venerable Chodron…
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