Taking Refuge

Taking Refuge

To take Refuge in a Guru and in the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha) means to have complete faith that they can show us the methods to bring out our full divine potential and ultimately, to lead us to full Enlightenment…

The Refuge Vows

The Refuge Vows

What are the ten refuge vows, why take refuge and what commitments are there?..

Vows and Commitments

Vows and Commitments

The root of all attainments is to keep your vows and commitments intact. If you break your vows, you don’t get attainments or siddhis. With this in mind, Lord Buddha laid down a set of vows and rules to protect the practitioners’ mind from negative thoughts and actions…

Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhicitta

Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhicitta

I take refuge until I am enlightened in the Buddhas, the Dharma and the Sangha. By the positive potential I create by practising generosity and the other far-reaching attitudes, may I attain Buddhahood in order to benefit all sentient beings…

The Four Immeasurables

The Four Immeasurables

May all sentient beings have happiness and the causes of happiness, may all sentient beings be free of suffering and the causes of suffering…

Mandala Offering

Mandala Offering

This ground, anointed with perfume, flowers strewn, Mount Meru, four lands, sun and moon, imagined as Buddha-land and offered to you. May all beings enjoy this pure land…

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