Prayers
Prayers are special methods for generating positive states of mind and can be used as a basis for successful meditation on any of the stages of the path to enlightenment. Tharpa Publications provides a wide range of Buddhist prayers in printed, ebook and audio format.
Buddhist prayers are often referred to as 'sadhanas', which means 'ritual prayers for spiritual attainments'. A sadhana is practised by reciting the verses and deeply contemplating their meaning. Through regular practise a sadhana acts as a method for attaining realizations that enable us to progress along our spiritual path.
Buddhist prayers are often referred to as 'sadhanas', which means 'ritual prayers for spiritual attainments'. A sadhana is practised by reciting the verses and deeply contemplating their meaning. Through regular practise a sadhana acts as a method for attaining realizations that enable us to progress along our spiritual path.
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Nyungnay Purification Ritual Practice - Retreat Sessions (2018 Ed.) - Includes A Pure Life and Drop of Essential NectarThis special fasting and purification practice is performed in conjunction with Eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara. It is very powerful for purifying negative karma of body, speech and mind, and for pacifying strong delusions such as desirous attachment and hatred. It is also a special method for receiving blessings and improving our experience of love, compassion and bodhichitta.
Nyungnay Fasting Retreat Sessions is a specially prepared audio recording and includes two practices, Drop of Essential Nectar and A Pure Life. The recording has been arranged in accordance with the Nyungnay retreat format followed at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre.
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Offering to the Spiritual Guide - BookletThe special Guru yoga practice of Je Tsongkhapa in conjunction with Highest Yoga Tantra, which also includes all the essential practices of the stages of the path to enlightenment. Learn More -
Path of Compassion for the Deceased - BookletA short but powerful method for guiding someone who has recently died to the Pure Land of a Buddha. Learn More -
Prayers for Meditation - BookletBrief prayers for preparing our mind for successful meditation on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Learn More -
Prayers for Meditation and Essence of Good Fortune - AudioBrief prayers for preparing our mind for successful meditation on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Learn More -
Prayers for World Peace - AudioAn audio recording of prayers for cultivating inner peace, the best method for establishing world peace. Learn More -
Prayers for the Dying & Deceased - AudioAn audio recording of special methods for leading ourself and others to the Pure Land of a Buddha. Learn More -
Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche from his Faithful Disciples - AudioVenerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche is the root Spiritual Guide of all modern Kadampa Teachers and practitioners. By reciting and contemplating this prayer, faithful Kadampa practitioners can connect with his inspiration and guidance as they make their own progress on the path to enlightenment.
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Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche from his Faithful DisciplesVenerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche is the root Spiritual Guide of all modern Kadampa Teachers and practitioners. By reciting and contemplating this prayer, faithful Kadampa practitioners can connect with his inspiration and guidance as they make their own progress on the path to enlightenment.
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Song to the Spiritual Guide - AudioAn audio recording of the special Guru yoga practice of Je Tsongkhapa in conjunction with Highest Yoga Tantra that also includes all the essential practices of the stages of the path to enlightenment. Learn More -
Songs from the Joyful Land - AudioAn audio recording of the Wishfulfilling Jewel practice that protects us from obstacles and difficulties on the spiritual path through developing compassion, wisdom and inner strength.
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Songs of Good Fortune - AudioAn audio recording of short and middling length preparatory prayers for meditation, and the purification practice, The Bodhisattva's Confession of Moral Downfalls.
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Songs of Healing - Audio (Includes Medicine Buddha Sadhana and Medicine Buddha Prayer)Audio recordings of two special practices for accomplishing the attainments of Medicine Buddha and helping others through healing actions. Learn More -
Songs of Liberation - AudioAudio recordings of praises and requests to the Twenty-one Taras and a short self-generation meditation of Arya Tara. Learn More -
Songs of the Great Compassionate One - AudioAudio recordings of a special fasting and purification practice in conjunction with Eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara, and the practice of taking and keeping the eight Mahayana precepts. Learn More -
Songs of the Great Dakini - AudioA complete audio recording of the Vajrayogini self-initiation practice, entitled Feast of Great Bliss.
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Songs of the Great Protector - AudioAn audio recording of extensive Buddhist prayers for spiritual protection. Learn More -
Songs of the Heroes - AudioAudio recordings of a brief essential practice of Heruka body mandala self-generation, and Heruka body mandala tsog offering. Learn More -
Songs of the Heroines - AudioAn audio recording of the self-generation practice of Vajrayogini in conjunction with six-session yoga, an essential daily practice for those who have received a Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment. Learn More -
Songs of the Vajra Father - AudioAn audio recording of the extensive self-generation meditation practice of the body mandala of Heruka, the Buddha of compassion in Highest Yoga Tantra. Learn More -
Statue Filling Instructions - Booklet & CDGeneral guidelines on how to fill both large and small statues and stupas according to the Kadampa tradition. The booklet also includes a CD with master copies of mantra sheets as well as videos showing how to roll mantras and how to fill large statues. Learn More -
Teaching Skills - BookletThis booklet gives beautiful and practical guidance for all those aspiring to benefit others by entering and completing the spiritual path. Learn More -
The Blissful Path - AudioThe condensed ritual prayer for spiritual attainment that contains the essence of the self-generation practice of Vajrayogini – the female enlightened Deity of Highest Yoga Tantra who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas.
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The Blissful Path - BookletThe condensed ritual prayer for spiritual attainment that contains the essence of the self-generation practice of Vajrayogini – the female enlightened Deity of Highest Yoga Tantra who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. Learn More -
The Great Mother - AudioAn audio recording of a special method for overcoming problems and difficulties, as well as obstacles to our spiritual practice, by reciting and contemplating the Essence of Wisdom Sutra (the Heart Sutra).
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The Great Mother - BookletA clear translation of the famous Heart Sutra, with an explanation of how reciting and contemplating it can be used for overcoming obstacles to our spiritual practice.
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The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra - AudioComposed by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, and extracted from the Ganden Emanation Scripture, this sadhana, or ritual prayer for spiritual attainments, is a perfect preparation for Mahamudra meditation. Through engaging in this practice of Guru yoga – a special way of relying upon our Spiritual Guide – we can quickly receive the blessings of all the Buddhas. Learn More
