The mandala offering is an extremely powerful method for accumulating extensive merit and receiving realizations such as bodhicitta and emptiness quickly. Just as great strength is needed to carry a heavy load, a great amount of merit is needed to lead all sentient beings to enlightenment. There’s nothing that can be offered with your hands […]
]]>The Actual Practice If you re using grain such as rice, it should first be cleaned insects and dirt removed, washed in water and dried and made nice-smelling with perfume or scented water. The base should also be cleaned the first time with water to which saffron, scent and a bajung3 pill have been added. […]
]]>A very busy Dagri Rinpoche sat down with contributor Katy Fradet to discuss how to integrate Ngondro or “Preliminary Practices” into a daily session of meditation. Katy met him in his small house, local-Indian-style, surrounded by a beautiful and peaceful garden in Sera where she could hear the birds singing at sunset while Rinpoche spoke. […]
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