Reading Methods Literary Genres › Reading Methods English (4) | Español (1) | Français (2) | Italiano (1) | བོད་ཡིག (4) Figure from a painting of Situ Paṇchen Courtesy of Himalayan Art Resources !Restricted text warning Further information: BDRC T1016 (klog thabs) Download this collection: EPUB  PDF  Texts belonging to the genre of "reading methods" (klog/bklag thabs) or means of recitation: Amitāyus Dhāraṇīsūtra How to Recite the Dhāraṇīsūtra of Amitāyus by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö A short 'means of recitation' (bklag thabs), providing additional prayers and practices to be chanted before and after the root text of the Sūtra of Boundless Life and Wisdom (tshe dang ye shes dpag tu med pa’i mdo). Amoghapāśa Dhāraṇī A Method for Reciting the Dhāraṇī of Amoghapāśa by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö A brief 'means of recitation' (bklag thabs) that provides the necessary prayers and visualization for reciting the longer and shorter dhāraṇīs of Amoghapāśa. Mañjuśrī Nāmasaṅgīti Wisdom's Bestowal: A Way to Accumulate the Recitation of the Tantra 'Chanting the Names of Mañjuśrī' (Mañjuśrī Nāmasaṅgīti) by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo For this 'means of recitation' (bklag thabs), which provides additional prayers and practices to be said before and after the root text of Chanting the Names of Mañjuśrī (Mañjuśrī-nāmasaṅgīti; 'jam dpal mtshan brjod), Khyentse Wangpo relied upon and adapted the writings of the great Sakya patriarchs Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen and Sakya Paṇḍita. Narak Kong Shak Guide to Reciting the Practice of Narak Kong Shak by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo A simple guide to the practice known as Narak Kong Shak, or The Confession and Fulfilment that Empties the Hells from their Very Depths. Related Topics Recitation Manuals

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