Wishfulfilling Jewel
The Kadampa Heart Practice

This is a daily practice held at all Kadampa centres.
By relying upon this practice we can purify negativity within our mind, accumulate merit (positive mental energy) and receive blessings from enlightened beings. In this way we can naturally accomplish all the realizations of stages of Sutra and Tantra and in particular we can attain a very special Dharma wisdom.

In this practice we also engage in a method for relying upon the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugdän. Through this we can overcome obstacles to our practice and create favourable conditions so that we can increase and nurture our inner development.

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Offering to the Spiritual Guide
The Source of All Attainments

The main practice in this sadhana is reliance upon the Spiritual Guide, but it also contains all the essential practices of the stages of the path (Lamrim) training the mind (Lojong) as well as the two stages of Highest Yoga Tantra. Through relying upon our Spiritual Guide and making sincere requests to receive his or her blessings and inspiration, our compassion, wisdom and spiritual power will naturally increase.



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Avalokiteshvara
Treasury of Compassion

Avalokiteshvara is an enlightened being who is the manifestation of all Buddhas' compassion. By relying upon him we can increase our realizations of the stages of the path to enlightenment, especially our realization of great compassion. Eventually our compassion will transform into that of an enlightened being, having the power to directly protect living beings.



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Green Tara
The Compassionate Swift One, The Heroine

Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. When we are young we turn to our worldly mother for help. She protects us from immediate dangers, provides all our temporal needs and guides and encourages us in our learning and personal development. In the same way, during our spiritual growth we need to turn to our Holy Mother, Tara, for refuge. She protects us from all internal and external dangers, she provides us with all the necessary conditions for our spiritual training and guides us and inspires us with her blessings as we progress along the spiritual path.


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Manjushri
Treasury of Wisdom

Manjushri is the Wisdom Buddha, the embodiment of the wisdom of all the Buddhas. By engaging in this practice and relying upon Manjushri we shall naturally increase our wisdom. Wisdom is like an inner Teacher that we carry in our hearts, and like a protector that protects us from engaging in wrong actions and their negative results. With wisdom our mind is always balanced and comfortable.



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Medicine Buddha
The Power of Healing

Medicine Buddha is a Buddha Doctor whose function is to release living beings from outer and inner sickness by bestowing blessings upon them. By relying upon Medicine Buddha sincerely, living beings in these impure times can be cured of heavy physical and mental disease, and find release from the internal pain of the three poisons: attachment, anger and ignorance. We can also receive protection from many other dangers and obstacles.



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