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    A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha eBook
    A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha eBook
    A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha eBook
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    A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha eBook

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    Lama Zopa Rinpoche compiled A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha specifically for beginner Buddhist practitioners to use as the basis of a formal meditation practice. In this revised version, Rinpoche has reorganized some of the prayers and, in particular, has added an extensive explanation of the visualizations to be done while taking refuge. Drawn from Phabongkha Rinpoche’s Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, for each of the objects of refuge—Guru, Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha—there are visualizations for purifying negative karma, increasing qualities, and coming under the guidance of that object of refuge.

    Subtitled “How to Meditate on the Graduated Path to Enlightenment,” it includes the preliminary practices of generating a bodhicitta motivation and blessing the offerings, and the actual practice of taking refuge in the Three Rare Sublime Ones, meditation on the four immeasurables, the seven-limb practice, and mandala offering, followed by making requests to the guru and Foundation of All Good Qualities.

    These practices prepare the mind for lamrim meditation by purifying negative karma and collecting extensive merits, and making requests to the guru.

    This practice can also be used as a basis for engaging in the preliminary practices, such as accumulating 100,000 prostrations, mandala offerings, and water bowl offerings.

    2022 edition.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFPMT
    Release dateApr 4, 2018
    ISBN9781370863440
    A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha eBook
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    FPMT

    The FPMT is an organization devoted to preserving and spreading Mahayana Buddhism worldwide by creating opportunities to listen, reflect, meditate, practice and actualize the unmistaken teachings of the Buddha and based on that experience spreading the Dharma to sentient beings. We provide integrated education through which people’s minds and hearts can be transformed into their highest potential for the benefit of others, inspired by an attitude of universal responsibility and service. We are committed to creating harmonious environments and helping all beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and compassion. Our organization is based on the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught to us by our founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe and our spiritual director, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.

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      A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha eBook - FPMT

      Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, Inc.

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      Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, Inc.

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system or technologies now known or developed, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Image of Guru Śākyamuni Buddha, courtest of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, artist unknown.

      The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Practice Series is a special collection of practice materials that serves to present and preserve Rinpoche's practice lineage, oral instructions, and translations.

      Technical Note

      Comments by the compiler or editor are contained in instruction boxes. For example:

      Recite these two verses three times.

      Italics and a small font size indicate instructions and comments found in the Tibetan text that are not meant to be recited. Words in square brackets have been added by the translator for clarification. For example:

      This is how to correctly follow the virtuous friend, [the root of the path to full enlightenment].

      A Guide to Pronouncing Sanskrit

      The following points will enable you to easily learn the pronunciation of most transliterated Sanskrit terms and mantras:

      Ś and Ṣ sounds similar to the English sh in shoe. The difference between the two is where the tongue is positioned in the mouth.

      C is pronounced similar to the ch in chap. CH is similar but is more heavily aspirated.

      Ṭ, ṬH, Ḍ, ḌH, Ṇ are retroflex letters and have no exact equivalent in English. These sounds are made by curling the tongue towards the front section of the palate. They correspond roughly to the sounds tra (Ṭ), aspirated tra (ṬH), dra (Ḍ), aspirated dra (ḌH), and nra (Ṇ).

      All consonants followed by an H are aspirated: KH, GH, CH, JH, TH, DH, PH, BH. Note that TH and ṬH are pronounced like the t in target and tr in trap respectively, not like the th in the. The PH is pronounced like the p in partial, not like the ph in pharaoh.

      Long vowels with a dash above them (Ā, Ī, Ū, Ṝ, and Ḹ) take approximately double the amount of time to pronounce versus their short counterparts (A, I, U, Ṛ, and Ḷ).

      Ṃ indicates a nasal sound. At the end of a word it is generally pronounced as an m. Ḥ indicates an h-sounding aspiration. Ṛ is pronounced similar to the ri in cringe. Ṅ is pronounced similar to the ng in king.

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