Atisha's Lamp for the Path To Enlightenment; 06-August-2008 (Day 3 of 3) - Dalai Lama Audio Teachings on Tibetan Buddhism Podcast

As His Holiness prepares for the permission initiation (Jenang) of Four Armed Avalokiteshvara in the tradition of Atisha, the congregation recites the Heart Sutra. His Holiness then explains and offers lay precepts of individual liberation. Before His Holiness performs the ceremony for generating a mind aspiring to bodhichitta, the congregants recite the Seven Limb Prayer from Shantideva’s Guide to a Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. During the Avalokitshvara jenang, His Holiness comments on the purpose of tantric meditation and confers the Bodhisattva Vows for engaging bodhichitta. His Holiness concludes by completing his reading of Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment.