Resources and Texts
VDN Prayer Books
VDN Main Public Prayer Book
We invite you to download a copy of our prayer book for your use. It is formatted for double-sided printing, and when folded in half, the pagination will be in order.
It contains the Drikung opening and closing prayers in English and Tibetan as well as chants friendly English and phonetic Tibetan. We also present two versions of the Heart Sutra, Lord Jigten Sumgön’s Tara prayer, Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen’s Guru Yoga, and Tonglen instructions as well as Protector and Serkim Offerings, multiple long life prayers, and meal offering prayers.
Other Prayer Books:
Sunday Dharma Prayer Book
Morning Meditation with Bells Prayer Book
Virtual Dharma Resources
Free Teachings:
Garchen Institute — Regular teachings online and a reservoir of talks videos and practice texts
Sravasti Abbey — Ven. Thubten Chodron and community offer short talks and complete courses
Upaya Zen Center — Podcasts from Joan Halifax and a range of Buddhist teachers
Wisdom Podcasts — A wide variety of Dharma lectures
Books
Radiating Kindness: Lord Jigten Sumgon’s Practice of Bodhicitta: Essays by Khenmo Drolma
A new book to help us practice loving kindness every day! We each have the capacity to realize a vast open heart and to genuinely help others. Monks and nuns for centuries have used this particular practice, which was passed down from the founder of the Drikung lineage – Lord Jigten Sumgön. In our lineage, Bodhicitta (loving kindness and compassion) is the fruition of all practices. Included also are Khenmo Drolma’s words of wisdom, based on her experience practicing this profound loving kindness meditation.
You will learn:
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Instructions in the traditional loving kindess meditation training as taught by H. H. Chetsang Rinpoche
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How to practice the instructions
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How to train your mind to see all whom you meet as beloved
Brave, Generous, Undefended: Heart Teachings on the 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva by Barbara DuBios
Wise Heart Recommended Reading
Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing Translated by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Practices of Mahamudra by H. H. Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche
Mindfulness of Breathing by Bhikkhu Analayo
The Garland of Mahamudra Practices by Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen
Everyday Consciousness and Primordial Wisdom by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
The First Free Women: Original Poems Inspired by the Early Buddhist Nuns by Matty Weingast
The First Buddhist Women by Susan Murcott
For Children
And So the Monkey Laughed by Julian Bound
Buddhist Text Translation Project has a page of children’s books, many illustrated by Ven. Hang Ching
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