18. A Prayer to the Lama

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Princeton Readings in Religions v
3. Note On Transliteration vii
4. Contents ix
5. List of Contributors xi
6. Introduction 1
7. Accounts of Time and Place
8. 1. The Royal Way of Supreme Compassion 39
9. 2. A Tribal History 47
10. 3. Bon Rescues Dharma 68
11. 4. The Guide to the Crystal Peak 73
12. 5. Guidebook to Lapchi 90
13. Remarkable Lives
14. 6. Atiśa's journey to Tibet 107
15. 7. The Journey to the Golden Mountain 128
16. 8. The Yogin Lorepa's Retreat at Lake Namtso 138
17. Rites and Techniques
18. 9. A Rite of Empowerment 153
19. 10. The Horseback Consecration Ritual 162
20. 11. An Offering of Torma 183
21. 12. An Avalokiteśvara Sādhana 194
22. 13. A Fasting Ritual 199
23. 14. Food, Clothes, Dreams, and Karmic Propensities 221
24. 15. The Regulations of a Monastery 241
25. Prayers and Sermons
26. 16. The Sermon of an Itinerant Saint 261
27. 17. From the Autobiography of a Visionary 275
28. 18. A Prayer to the Lama 282
29. 19. A Prayer to the God of the Plain 293
30. 20. Invocations to Two Bön Deities 301
31. 21. A Smoke Purification Song 307
32. Dealing with Death and Other Demons
33. 22. Mindfulness of Death 315
34. 23. Dying, Death, and Other Opportunities 336
35. 24. Cards for the Dead 372
36. 25. Returning from Hell 377
37. 26. Turning Back Gossip 389
38. 27. Hail Protection 400
39. 28. A Prayer Flag for Tārā 410
40. Index 415