Sravasti Abbey

Teachings that were presented at Sravasti Abbey.

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Ethics and precepts

The importance of taking precepts and a reminder that precepts are voluntarily taken and are…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Six perfections and three higher trainings

What makes the three higher trainings higher--rather than just ordinary--is the long-term motivation of attaining…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Higher training in ethics

How ethical discipline is the foundation on which concentration and wisdom are built. Taking precepts…

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Stages of the Path in the Guru Puja

Ethics, concentration, and wisdom

Practicing the three higher trainings, which are practices imbued with refuge in the Three Jewels…

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Venerable Semkye leading morning chants.
Prayers and Practices

Daily practice chants

A collection of the daily recitations and chants done at Sravasti Abbey.

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Rosewood mala, with a paper of Four Noble Truths described on it.
Prayers and Practices

Various mantras

Recitations to bless to bless the feet, the rosary, and the speech. Recited during the…

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Copper monk sitting in a praying position.
Prayers and Practices

Long life prayers

Prayers for the long lives of our spiritual mentors and for Sravasti Abbey to continue…

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Venerable Yeshe recicting verses with a prayer book.
Prayers and Practices

Selected dedication verses

Dedication prayers to direct the energy of our actions towards liberation and full awakening.

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Venerable Thubten Chodron lighting a candle.
Prayers and Practices

Mandala offering, refuge and bodhicitta

Taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, and making mandala offering before and after teachings. Chants recorded by…

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Prayers and Practices

Chants before and after teachings

Prayers before and after teachings chanted by the Sravasti Abbey Sangha.

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