Practicing Guru Devotion with the Nine Attitudes
Reading Time: 3 minutesA short prayer that helps with developing the correct attitude towards a virtuous friend.
spiritual teacher (guru / lama)
Faith
Reading Time: 6 minutesA compilation of advice about Dharma studies and practice
Studying the Dharma
Reading Time: 16 minutesA compilation of advice about Dharma studies and practice
Approaching Preliminary Practices
Reading Time: 11 minutesA teaching by the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche on starting the preliminary practices.
Ganden Lha Gyäma: The Guru Yoga of Tushita’s Deva Host
Reading Time: 44 minutesA commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga practice by Geshe Rabten.
The Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion
Reading Time: 5 minutesA commentary on the text “The Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion” by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey.
Commentary on “The Foundation of All Good Qualities”
Reading Time: 18 minutesA commentary on Lama Tsongkhapa’s text given in Boudhanath, Nepal, 1975.
The Guru Yoga of Lama Tsongkhapa
Reading Time: 26 minutesA commentary given in Dharamsala, India in July 1976 on a practice to help invoke the blessings of one’s personal teachers and to develop guru devotion.
Calling the Guru from Afar
Reading Time: 9 minutesA heartfelt request to the guru for blessings to realize all the stages of the path to enlightenment, as well as a meditation on the nature of the guru.