The practices of offering charity to spirits, pretas and nagas are often recommended by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, both for the benefit of the practitioner and for the benefit of the beings to which the practices are dedicated. These practices are being made available to the general public and we have compiled them, along with advice and commentary from Lama Zopa Rinpoche as well as translation and commentary from Julia Graves. PDF Contents Include: Aroma Charity for Spirits -Aroma Charity for Spirits (Sur Offering) -Benefits of Offering Aroma to Spirits -Twenty-five Torma Substances and their Benefits -Naga Torma Offering Offering Water Charity to the Pretas -Introduction -Offering Water to the Pretas, Intermediate State Beings and Nagas -A Short Practice of Offering Water Charity to the Pretas -An Abbreviated Practice of Offering Water to the Pretas -Dedication Prayer for Making Water Charity -Appendix 1: The Daily Practice of Water Offering to Dzambhala -Appendix 2: Instructions for Blessing Water in an Elaborate Way with Various Deities All three practices in this book require the practitioner to have received a Great Chenrezig Empowerment. If you have not received a Great Chenrezig Empowerment, it is still possible to do the practices, but you may not do the self-generation as Chenrezig. Instead, at the point of the self-generation in in the sadhana, visualize Chenrezig on top of your head performing all the actions in the practice. 118 pages, 2014 edition

The practices of offering charity to spirits, pretas and nagas are often recommended by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to benefit both the practitioner and the beings to which the practices are dedicated. This digital version includes advice and commentary from Lama Zopa Rinpoche as well as translation and commentary from Julia Graves. Contents include: Aroma Charity for Spirits (Sur Offering) - Commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche Naga Torma Offering - Commentary by Julia Graves Offering Water Charity to the Pretas - Offering Water Charity to Pretas, Intermediate State Beings and Nagas - A Short Practice of Offering Water Charity to the Pretas - An Abbreviated Practice for Offering Water to Pretas - Dedication Prayer for Making Water Charity - Appendix 1: The Daily Practice of Water Offering to Dzambhala - Appendix 2: Instructions for Blessing Water in an Elaborate Way with Various Deities - Commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche 118 pages, 2014 edition.

This book is an edited transcript of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings at a three-month Vajrasattva retreat held at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California, from February 1 to April 30, 1999.

An ebook version of this title is available on GooglePlay. This book is drawn from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s graduated path to enlightenment teachings given over a four decade period, starting from the early 1970s, and deals with how rare and precious it is to receive not just a human rebirth but a perfect human rebirth, with eight freedoms and ten richnesses, the best possible conditions for practicing Dharma. FPMT Lineage is a series of books of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings on the graduated path to enlightenment (lam-rim). This series will be the most extensive contemporary lam-rim commentary available and comprises the essence of the FPMT’s education program. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings freely available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website. Thank you so much, and please enjoy this book!

"Because we have met the Buddhadharma, and especially this method - the practice of the Compassion Buddha and recitation of his mantra - it is easy to purify negative karma and collect extensive merit and thus achieve enlightenment. We are unbelievable fortunate."--Lama Zopa Rinpoche, from his invitation to join the retreat. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings freely available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website. Thank you so much, and please enjoy this e-book!

9 lectures, Oxford, England, August 16-29, 1922 (CW 305) These lectures follow from those presented in Soul Economy. Given during a conference on spiritual values in education and life and attended by many prominent people of the time, Steiner's Oxford lectures present the principles of Waldorf education at the highest cultural level. The Manchester Guardian reported: "Dr. Steiner's lectures...brought to us in a very vivid way an ideal of humanity in education. He spoke to us about teachers who, freely and unitedly, unrestricted by external prescription, develop their educational methods exclusively out of a thorough knowledge of human nature. He spoke to us about a kind of knowledge needed by the teacher, a knowledge of the being of man and the world, which is at the same time scientific and also penetrates into the most intimate inner life, which is intuitive and artistic." These lectures form one of the best introductions to Waldorf education. German source: Die geistig-seelischen Grundkräfte der Erziehungskunst. Spirituelle Werte in Erziehung und sozialem Leben (GA 305).

Shantideva’s Bodhisattvacharyavatara (A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life) holds a unique place in Mahayana Buddhism akin to that of the Dhammapada in Hinayana Buddhism and the Bhagavadgita in Hinduism. In combining those rare qualities of scholastic precision, spiritual depth and poetical beauty, its appeal extends to a wide audience of Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. Composed in India during the 8th century of the Christian era, it has since been an inspiration to millions of people throughout the world. This present translation by Stephen Batchelor is based upon a 12th century Tibetan commentary as orally explained by Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey. The ninth chapter on wisdom has been expanded for this edition with relevant commentarial passages.