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Here we provide PDF downloads of Pujas, Practices, Sadhanas, and Sutras for recitation.
PDF Dharma Practice Download: Confession and 5 Buddha Vows
Renewal of Your Bodhisattva and Commitment Vows Buddhist Practice includes Refuge in the Three Jewels or Three Roots. One way to ensure progress in your Buddhist practice, regardless of your Yidam or practices is to include the Four Rs of Refuge, Regret, Remedy and Refrain. Most practices already include Refuge in the Three Jewels and […]
Arya Tara Sadhana
Tara manifests in endless forms. She can be action-hero Green Tara who saves us from worldly harm. Or, blessed White Tara, who heals and brings longevity. Or charismatic Red Tara, who attracts what is helpful into our lives. Or Yellow Tara, who enriches us. Or even fierce Black Tara, who destroys all evil. Though we […]
Amitabha Buddha Sadhana and Dharani Mantra
Amitabha is the Buddha of Infinite Light and Life, the savior Buddha of the 48 Vows. His most famous vow, from Sutra, is: “I resolve to become a Buddha, equal in attainment to you, O holy king of the Dharma, to save living beings from birth-and-death, and to lead them all to liberation.” “I vow […]
Ratnasambhava Buddha Sadhana and Dharani Mantra
Ratnasambhava Buddha, the glorious and auspicious Buddha of the South is characterized by his open hand of generosity, the mudra of giving. Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen, one of the five Sakya patriarchs, who lived 1147 to 1216, described the glorious Buddha of Generosity this way: “Arising in the southern direction is Ratnasambhava on a horse, lotus […]
Akshobya Buddha Sadhana and Dharani
Akshobhya literally means “unshakable.” One of Akshobhya’s great vows is to never become angry until reaching enlightenment. In his Sutra, the Akṣhobhya Tathagatasya Vyuha Sutra, we hear the story of Akshobhya as a monk in an earlier life. He vows, in the Sutra: “Now that I have become a bodhisattva, I will never allow myself […]
21 Praises Dharani to Tara
As advised by various teachers, including Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the simplest way to practice the 21 Taras is to chant or say the opening praise followed by the 21 verses of praise in either Sanskrit, Tibetan or English. However, as explained in the benefits, the praise itself is a “root mantra” which means it is […]
Heart Sutra Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya
Cultivating a daily practice of reciting the Heart Sutra, one of the paramount teachings in the Mahayana canon, has been extolled by Buddhist teachers as a pathway filled with profound transformative benefits.
Vajrasattva 100 Syllable Mantra
In Buddhism, all practice can be considered purification. Whether we are practicing the Eightfold Path taught by Shakyamuni Buddha, or the five transformations of the Five Dhyani Buddhas, or a Yidam meditation in personal practice, all of these are ultimately purification of the ten poisons, our five aggregates or senses, our past negative karmas. Healing is purification. Pacification is purification, Wrathful activity in the Buddhist context is purification.
Cundi Bodhisattva Dharani Sutra
The Sūtra of the Great Cundi Dharaṇi, the Heart of the Mother of Seven Million Buddhas, is a teaching from Shakyamuni Buddha that expresses the compassionate essence of the Wisdom Mother Cundi.
Avalokiteshvara Universal Gate Sutra
Glorious Avalokiteshvara is immediately synonymous with the word Bodhisattva, the quintessential superhero savior. In Chapter twenty-five of the wondrous Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha makes it clear that Avalokiteshvara rescues all beings who call the name of the Bodhisattva.