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Lama Yeshe in Sweden, 1983
Teachings

The Thirty-seven Practices of a Bodhisattva (Members Only)

By His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Santa Monica, CA USA 1989

His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave these preliminary teachings at the Kalachakra initiation, Santa Monica, California, July 1989. Translator: Jeffrey Hopkins. You may also download the entire contents of these teachings in a PDF file.

The book The Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas: An Oral Teaching contains the root text by Thogme Zangpo and a commentary by Geshe Sonam Rinchen, translated by Ruth Sonam.

Photograph of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama before a Tibetan flag; date and location unknown.

Thirty-seven Practices Index Page

Day One  

  • Homage to Avalokiteshvara 

Day Two  

  • Questions and Answers 
  • Verses 1 through 7

 Day Three 

  • Questions and Answers
  • Verses 8 through 22

Day Four  

  • Questions and Answers 
  • Verses 23 through 37 
  • Dedication 
  • Altruistic Mind Generation