Buddhist Fasting Practice : The Nyungne Method of Thousand-Armed Chenrezig
\ Wangchen Rinpoche
Ithaca, New York
: Snow Lion Publications
, 2009.
ix, 270 p., [8] p. of plates
: ill. (chiefly col.)
Code E.Book: 11208
Eleven-faced, thousand-armed Chenrezig -- Benefits of the practice -- Importance of lineage and Guru -- Praises to the Buddha, the twelve deeds -- Thirty-five Buddhas confession prayer -- The vows of Nyungne -- Seven-branch prayer offering -- Visualization -- Mantras of Nyungne -- Explanation of the Po homage prayer -- Ending prayers and offerings -- Preparation for the actual ceremony -- Actual practice -- Benefits of vegetarian diet and fasting -- The suffering of sentient beings -- Questions and answers.