Prayers and Practices
Buddhist prayers and ritual practices to steer our thoughts and actions in a beneficial direction.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Introduction to the seven-limb practice
Seven ways to purify the mind and to accumulate merit, the purpose and ways of…
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Lama Tsongkhapa - Apr 16, 2002
Lama Tsongkhapa The Three Principal Aspects of the Path
Verses on the essence of the path to awakening by Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama 
The purpose of rituals and chanting
Some questions and answers about the meaning and purpose of rituals and chanting in Buddhist…
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The King of Prayers
An introduction to, and the full text of, this inspiring prayer that can fill our…
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Abbreviated recitations
Recitations to prepare the mind for meditation, to make it receptive for transformation and attaining…
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Avalokiteshvara
- Apr 16, 1998
The Heart of Wisdom Sutra
Recording of the Sravasti Abbey sangha chanting the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, accompanied by the…
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Drikung Chhöje Jigten Gönpo
- Feb 22, 1993
Praise of the Teacher, the Buddha, Through His 12 Deeds
An extended homage to Shakyamuni Buddha, describing his many activities in spreading the Dharma, from…
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