Tara is a completely enlightened buddha who had previously promised to appear, after enlightenment, in the form of a female bodhisattva and goddess for the benefit of all beings. Her primary activity is to protect from the eight fears. Tara or simply Drol-ma in Tibetan, goddess of protection and compassion, is one of the widest worshiped deities in Tibet. Tara represents the miraculous activities of all buddhas. In myth she is born from Chenrezig's tears of compassion. There are innumerabl...

Buddhism in a Nutshell by Lama Thubten Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Ven. Amy Miller provides an overview of the complete path to enlightenment (lamrim) in the Tibetan Mahayana tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa (Gelug). It blends ancient wisdom with a modern perspective, while preserving the unique blueprint for enlightenment that Tibetan Buddhist practitioners have relied upon, with success, for centuries. It does so by skillfully combining the teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist masters Lama T...

A Direct Meditation on the Graduated Path Containing All the Important Meanings (Lam rim shar sgom gnad don kun tshang) was composed by Dorje Chang Lozang Jinpa. Translated by Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.Lama Zopa Rinpoche says, "This lamrim prayer is short, yet it is very, very good as a motivation for life." This lamrim prayer contains the essence of the whole path to enlightenment and reciting it mindfully leaves a positive imprint in the mind to actualize all the realizations. I...

In our busy modern lives, we may not give much thought to death. We fear that thinking about death will take the joy out of living. But in reality, when we actively think about death and prepare for it, we find peace, fulfillment, and happiness in our current lives and our fear of death disappears. Lama Zopa Rinpoche has given profound and accessible teachings on death and dying for many years.Heart Advice for Death and Dying contains Rinpoche's essential advice for the time of death and f...

This Extensive Offering Practice was composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to create the most extensive merit possible when making any kind of offering. This is one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche's heart practices for the accumulation of merit.Contents include:- The Benefits of Making Light Offerings- Extensive Offering Practice- Atisha's Prayer: A Light OfferingEdition 2021.

Out of his infinite compassion for sentient beings, Lama Zopa Rinpoche asked that the practices found in this booklet be compiled to make it easy for us to prepare for our own death, and also easy for us to help other people who are dying or have died.As Rinpoche says in Dying Happily with the Five Powers, practicing "the five powers to be applied during life" serves as a preparation for our death. But as the time of our death approaches, we should specifically engage in the practi...

The benefits of these practices, which are associated with Vajrapani, according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche: "This is one of the most powerful mantras to cure cancer. It is also commonly used for any disease, black magic, and spirit harm. If you recite it many times every day, you can become a great healer helping other people. You can give others the water blessed with this mantra to drink and, in this way, heal them."Translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Fabrizio Pallotti Champa Pelgye....

The vast and far-reaching benefits that accrue from building statues of Guru Padmasambhava and making offerings to the Guru are presented in this newly translated text.Here, Guru Padmasambhava—deeply revered as the embodiment of the three times' buddhas—is quoted as saying, "representations of the Guru that the Guru himself has not consecrated do not exist". Everyone involved in the building of a Guru Padmasambhava statue, therefore, gains incredible merits:"The sentient be...

This practice requires the student to have permission/empowerment received from a qualified master in order to engage in the self-generation of the deity. However, it is permitted to do this practice without such an empowerment as long as you do not generate yourself as the deity. Instead, you should generate the deity at the crown of your head or in front of you instead of self-generation.This meditation practice was translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the benefit of his students...

"Whoever sees this sutra sees the face of the Buddha.Whoever holds this sutra holds the body of the Buddha.Whoever practices this sutra practices the activities of the Buddha.Whoever explains this sutra explains the activities of the Buddha.Whoever understands the meaning of this sutra understands the meaning of the Buddha."The unimaginable benefits of engaging with The Sutra of Great Liberation (thar pa chhen pöi do) featured most prominent...

Making burning offerings to Dorje Khadro (Vajradaka) is considered to be "a golden Dharma" passed directly from Manjushri to Lama Tsongkhapa. It was one of Lama Tsongkhapa's heart practices and, as such, has a special connection with the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.The practice of Dorje Khadro comes highly praised for its power to purify negative karma in general, but especially for its ability to purify obstacles caused by broken vows and samaya related to highest yoga tantr...

This King of Prayers, the extraordinary aspiration of the prayer of Samantabhadra, is commonly recited to bring benefit to those who are sick or have just passed away, and for the success of a virtuous project. It is a beautifully written aspiration containing the immaculate wishes of holy beings and in itself is a complete practice. It was extracted from the Gandhavyuha chapter of the Avatamsaka Sutra.Translated by Jesse Fenton.2008 Edition,