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The Heart of Tibetan Buddhism: Advice for Life, Death, and Enlightenment
Discover thoughtful advice and applicable practices for following a genuine Buddhist path and living a meaningful life in this succinct book.
Study Resources for Longchenpa
Khenpo Sherab Sangpo taught a retreat on “Finding Rest in Illusion” by Longchenpa on March 16, 2024. The root text and retreat videos are on our BodhiHeart Blog.
World Peace Prayer
See Khenpo Sherab Sangpo’s prayer for world peace written in February 2024.
A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Shantideva
Khenpo Sherab Sangpo is offering series of teachings on “A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life” by Shantideva. See our Shantideva study resources on our website and watch all of the videos on our YouTube channel’s Shantideva playlist.
BodhiHeart Podcast with Khenpo Sherab Sangpo
Khenpo Sherab Sangpo, a professor of Tibetan Buddhism in the Nyingma Lineage, offers essential teachings on Buddhist philosophy and meditation in an audio format via our BodhiHeart Podcast.
Supplication Prayer to Shakyamuni Buddha
This prayer and the mantra, tadyathā oṃ muni muni mahāmunaye svāhā, are taken from Mipham Rinpoché’s “The Treasury of Blessings—A Practice of Buddha Shakyamuni.” Khenpo Sherab Sangpo’s students often practice this text as guru yoga.
The Six Root Verses of the Six Bardos
“The Six Root Verses of the Six Bardos” are some of the most famous sections of “The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo” (Bardo Tödrol Chenmo), a treasure text revealed by the fourteenth century tertön Karma Lingpa.
White Tara Practice Group
We will practice together to accumulate White Tara mantra recitations to pray for long life, merit, wisdom, and peace in our world. Everyone is invited to join us and dedicate the merit to benefit all living beings.
Seven-Line Supplication to Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoché) is for Tibetan Buddhists the heart of Vajrayāna Buddhism. This is the seven-line prayer that we use to practice his guru yoga. We practice this mantra with bodhicitta to benefit all living beings.
Losar Greeting from Khenpo Sherab Sangpo
Happy Tibetan New Year. This is the year of the tiger. Khenpo Sherab Sangpo and everyone at Bodhicitta Sangha | Heart of Enlightenment Institute hope this year of the tiger brings you joy, courage, strength, and good fortune.
The Bodhisattva’s Garland of Jewels by Atiśa Dīpaṃkara
Here are some online resources for your study and practice of “The Bodhisattva’s Garland of Jewels” by Atiśa Dīpaṃkara, along with an excerpt of his biography and the root text that Khenpo Sherab Sangpo used for his teachings.
Mipham Rinpoche’s Advice for Beginners
Here are online resources for your study and practice of “Advice for Beginners” by Mipham Rinpoché, along with an excerpt of his biography. This four-part series of teachings was taught by Khenpo Sherab Sangpo in 2018.
Aspiration Prayer from The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel: A Sādhana of Yeshe Tsogyal as Noble Tārā by Ratna Lingpa
Here are online resources for your study and practice of the “Aspiration Prayer from The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel: A Sādhana of Yeshe Tsogyal as Noble Tārā” by Ratna Lingpa, along with an excerpt of his biography and the video.
Guru Pema Gyalpo
Guru Pema Gyalpo is one of the eight manifestations of Guru Rinpoché, who is known as Padmarāja, the lotus king. As a result of his teachings in Uḍḍiyāna, the king, queen and others attained realization and the rainbow body.
Parting from the Four Attachments
Watch teachings that Khenpo Sherab Sangpo gave on “The Instructions on Parting from the Four Attachments” from Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, who got these visionary teachings from bodhisattva Mañjuśrī.
Happy Tibetan New Year
I hope this new year of the ox brings you many blessings and joy. This is a good year to practice Avalokiteśvara. Therefore, I am sharing one of my favorite paintings of him and my calligraphy of his six-syllable mantra.
Four Dharmas of Gampopa
Khenpo Sherab Sangpo, a professor of Tibetan Buddhism in the Nyingma Lineage gave a series of four teachings with guided meditations on Gampopa’s prayer, “The Four Dharmas of Gampopa.” Watch the four videos on our blog.
Prayer to Noble Avalokiteshvara
Khenpo Sherab Sangpo taught from “All-Pervading Benefit of Beings—The Meditation and Recitation of the Great Compassionate One” by Thangtong Gyalpo. The prayer is an excerpt from “The Supplication of Calling with Longing.”
How to Benefit Beings by Patrul Rinpoche
Khenpo Sherab Sangpo, a professor of Tibetan Buddhism in the Nyingma Lineage, offers essential teachings on Patrül Rinpoché’s criteria for benefitting beings in this series of four retreat videos.
Eight Verses for Training the Mind
Khenpo Sherab Sangpo offers teachings on mind training (lojong) from the Kadampa master, Geshe Langri Thangpa, called “Eight Verses for Training the Mind.”
How to Relax the Mind
Khenpo Sherab Sangpo offers teachings on how to relax our mind and to recognize its innermost nature through teachings on three types of meditation: renunciation, bodhicitta, and dzogchen.