FPMT Sadhanas & Books

Altar Set up & Water Bowl Offerings Setting up the altar and making offerings are an integral part of the preliminary practices taught by Lord Buddha to enable us to engage in successful meditation. By doing this practice daily, our minds become ripe for realizations. This short text provides a complete explanation of how to set up a personal altar, how to make water...

The practice of taking and making an effort to keep these precious vows creates greater mindfulness and awareness. These vows provide clear guidance as to what kinds of actions should be practiced and what should be avoided in order to be of greatest benefit to others, develop compassion, and overcome selfish ways of being.

CD Loving Kindness and Wisdom "Loving Kindness & Wisdom contains over 60 minutes of Lama Zopa Rinpoche's beautiful, resonant chanting overlaid upon the accompaniment of vocals from Chinese pop diva, Faye Wong. This two-CD anthology is intensely devotional, containing the full praises to the Twenty-one Taras and their mantras, 'Calling the Guru from Afar' and the...

CD Praises of Tara Recorded on location in Nepal. Audio CD from Kopan Monastery. Daka/Dakini Productions is a remarkable collaboration including Kopan's abbot Lama Lhundrup, the monks and nuns of Kopan, Grammy-winning recording engineer Tom Bates, Ven. Fran Mohoupt as graphic designer, and Hilary Dirlam as author of liner notes. Hilary says, "What is unique about our...

This practice develops our ability to have an open heart and love through meditation on the deity of Chenrezig. The mantra of Chenrezig is the most widely recited mantra in the world of Tibetan Buddhism and has great power for developing a good heart.

The only certain thing about life is that it will end in the journey of death. Death & Dying contains essential advice in how to prepare for our own death as well as help others at the time of dying. It includes a clear description of what happens at the time of death and various prayers and practices that can be done at this crucial time. Given that death is...

DVD Mystic Tibet Follow fifty pilgrims as they travel to the roof of the world for the spiritual adventure of a lifetime. In 2002, ordinary people from around the globe were drawn to this mystical land of enlightenment. Guided by renowned Tibetan master Lama Zopa Rinpoche, this was no common tourist trek, but a rare and powerful experience in which the invisible...

Welcome to the new and final edition of Essential Buddhist Prayers, Volume One! This edition contains all the same prayers and practices of the old volume, with the addition of a few very powerful mantras included at the request of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In addition, incorporating Rinpoche’s suggestions with feedback from FPMT students, directors, and spiritual program...

This book contains the Extensive Offering Practice composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to create the most merit possible when making any kind of offering. This is one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s heart practices for the accumulation of merit. Also included here is the Yoga of Offering Food to be performed before eating, along with commentary from Rinpoche on the inconceivable...

Short and powerful practice related to Lama Tsongkhapa, a great Tibetan scholar, saint, and teacher of the 14th century, to help invoke the blessings and guidance of one's personal teachers and to develop the realizations of guru devotion. Reciting the 5-line praise to Lama Tsongkhapa contained in this practice is also an excellent method to rid oneself of obstacles...