Benefits of Circumambulation
Verses from a sutra found in the Kangyur on the benefits of circumambulating stupas, translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The teaching includes a commentary on the verses.
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Statues
Advice on how to care for and respect statues of the Buddha. Rinpoche advises that holy objects such as statues contribute to world peace and help us create believable merit just by seeing them.
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Auspicious Welcome for Amitabha Buddha Statue
Benefactor Building a Statue
Benefits of Building a Statue of Padmasambhava
Buddha Statue on the Ground
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Holy Objects
Advice on holy objects such as statues, stupas, tsa-tsas, texts and prayer wheels, as well as advice on pilgrimage, monasteries and temples, the Maitreya Project and the Relic Tour.
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Holy Objects
Advice on Holy Objects
Amulets and Blessing Strings
Four Dharmakaya Relic Mantras Amulet
Lama Atisha Protection Stupa
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The Benefits of Making Offerings
Offerings to Holy Objects
Making offerings to holy objects is a remedy for attachment, whether physically offered or mentally transformed
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Holy Objects
Contacting the Bodhgaya Within
Whatever place in the external world we think is holy is, in reality, within this precious human body.
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Holy Objects
The Spiritual Logic of the Maitreya Statue
A teaching on the power of holy objects and the benefits of building a very large Maitreya Buddha statue
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Holy Objects
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche's Advice for Circumambulation
Advice on a simple method for practicing circumambulation with body, speech and mind
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Holy Objects
The Eight Auspicious Signs
A translation and short commentary on the meaning of the eight auspicious signs and how they can be used for success.
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Holy Objects
The Benefits of Prayer Wheels
Explanation of the different types of prayer wheels as a means of purifying negativities and accumulating merit
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Holy Objects