An Essential Instruction on Refuge and Bodhicitta (Patrul Rinpoche 2004)

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An Essential Instruction on Refuge and Bodhicitta

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Taking a famous four-line prayer as his basis, Patrul Rinpoche explains the practice of taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Saṅgha, and arousing bodhicitta, in both its relative and ultimate forms.

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Pearcey, Adam, trans. "An Essential Instruction on Refuge and Bodhicitta." By Patrul Rinpoche. Bodhicitta Series. Lotsawa House, 2004. https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/patrul-rinpoche/essential-instruction-refuge-bodhichitta.

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