The Eight Mahayana Precepts

Additional Resources

Suggested Readings

• The Direct and Unmistaken Method: The Practice and Benefits of the 8 Mahayana Precepts: this booklet contains the precepts ceremony with commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Trijang Rinpoche, and Gen Lamrimpa

• Bodhisattva Attitude by Lama Zopa Rinpoche: His Holiness' motivation for taking the precepts is found in the chapter "Four Wrong Concepts: A Motivation for Taking the Eight Mahayana Precepts"

FPMT Online Programs on Related Topics

Living in the Path

• Practice Instructions: "The Refuge and Bodhichitta Verse"

• Taking the Essence, "The Seven-Limb Prayer"

• Taking the Essence, "Offering Food and Drink"

• Taking the Essence, "Making Offerings"

Discovering Buddhism

• Module 10: How to Develop Bodhichitta