Prayers and Practices

Buddhist prayers and ritual practices to steer our thoughts and actions in a beneficial direction.

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Thangka image of the Buddha.
Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

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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Closeup of statue of Tara.
Texts to Recite and Contemplate

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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Thangka image of Drakpa Gyaltsen.
Parting from the Four Clingings

Parting from the Four Clingings

Verses describing what to practice and what to abandon along the path to awakening.

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Making Offerings

The privilege of making offerings

How to think while making offerings and the meaning of making the eight offerings to…

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Prayers and Practices

The King of Prayers: Verses 29-63

Prayer of aspiration summarizing the extraordinary activities of bodhisattvas.

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Prayers and Practices

The King of Prayers: Verses 1-28

Buddhist prayer illuminating the practices and views of bodhisattvas as they seek to alleviate the…

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Making Offerings

Generating wealth

The antidote to feeling poor is generosity, might it be in material or in immaterial…

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Chants from the Chinese Tradition

Refuge and Dedication practice

Explanation of each of the chants for taking refuge in the Triple Gem. This is…

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Chants from the Chinese Tradition

More on the Amitabha Buddha practice

How prayers to Amitabha can brighten the mind and how to visualize Amitabha's pure land,…

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