This Tibetan-language publication contains many prayers and practices commonly recited at Kopan Monastery and FPMT centres. It will be of special interest to students of the language, and particularly useful for centres with Tibetan geshes and sangha in residence and/or ethnic Tibetan-language users in their community.
Published by Kopan Monastery in 2012. 448 pages. Hard copy available at Kopan Monastery shop here.
Contents (Titles in English Translation)Preliminary prayersThe Three Continuous Practices, commonly known as Praise to to Shakyamuni Buddha.Prayers for going for refuge Invocation prayers and Bath OfferingMandala Offering Confession of a Bodhisattva's Downfalls to the Thirty-Five BuddhasGeneral Confession Common prayers and textsHeart SutraThe Foundation of All Good Qualities The Three Principal Aspects of the PathA Hymn of ExperienceLamrim PrayerPrayer for the Flourishing of Lama Tsongkhapa's TeachingsCausing the Teachings of Buddha to FlourishPraises to the Twenty-One TarasChanting the Names of ManjushriGuru Yogas and PujasJorcho: A Necklace for the FortunateSix Session Guru Yoga Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita)Lama Chopa and Tsog OfferingFour Mandala Offering to Chittamani PujaMedicine Buddha PujaProstrations and Offerings to the Sixteen ArhatsRitual textsSixty-Four Offering (Drugchuma)Abbreviated Consecration Ritual (Rabne)Ritual of the Three Parts (Chha sum)Eight PrayersKing of PrayersA Daily Prayer to MaitreyaThe Dedication Chapter from BodhicaryavataraA Prayer for the Beginning, Middle, and End of PracticePrayer to Be Reborn in the Land of BlissUntil BuddhahoodPrayer for a Statue of MaitreyaPrayer for Spontaneous BlissHis Holiness' long life prayer and prayer composed by himSong of Immortality - the extensive long life prayer of His HolinessPrayer of the Words of Truth (Tse me yön tän)Praise to the Seventeen Nalanda PanditsPraise of the Buddha and Lama TsongkhapaDependent Arising: A Praise of the Buddha (Ten drel tö pa)Praise of the Buddha, the Unrivalled Lion of the Shakyas (Kab sum pa)The Glorious One of the Three Worlds (Päl dän sa sum ma)Song of the Mystic Experience of Lama Tsongkhapa Texts related to other deities such as Amitayus, Chenrezig, Manjushri, Namgyalma, Tara, and White Umbrella.Protector prayers of Six-Armed Mahakala, Hayagriva, Dharmaraja, Palden Lhamo, Vaishravana, etc.