Preliminary prayers to remind disciples on how to develop guru devotion, the foundation to receiving spiritual attainments and progress. This prayer is to be recited daily, to praise the qualities of our guru and to remind one how they should act and perfom their works for the guru

Excellent prayers to praise the qualities of one’s guru and spiritual guide, who will be the source in leading one to enlightenment. Guru Devotion is the key to attainments and the basis of Tibetan Buddhism…

This can be recited along with “sang”, fragrant smoke offering up on the mountain or whenever sang is offered…

The Wheel of Sharp Weapons, a basic text for the Mahayana training of the mind, was composed by the great yogi Dharmarakshita. It was brought to Tibet by the great Indian Pandit Atisha (982-1054) and was translated from Sanskrit into Tibetan by Atisha and his main disciple Upasaka Drom Tonpa…

When Venerable Atisha came to Tibet, he first went to Ngari, where he remained for two years giving many teachings to the disciples of Jang Chub Ö. This is the advice from Atisha’s Heart to Jang Chub O to practise the Dharma…

You can recite this prayer when making individual light offering. After lighting a candle, a butter lamp, or any form of light, this prayer can be recited in conjunction with the visualisation described below…