Ngöndro: The Foundational Practices

The course is structured based on the nine parts of the ngöndro, with a section for each practice section, plus an introduction, and some final advice. Most have a teaching video, a guided practice video, audio recordings of the teachings and practices that you can download and keep. There are also images and other materials to support your practice. The sections of this course are:

Introduction
Opening Your Heart with Guru Yoga
Impermanence
Admitting Your Misdeeds
Bodhicitta: Generating the Mind Intent on Enlightenment
Going for Refuge
Offering the Mandala
Purification Through Mantra
Offering the Illusory Body as a Tsok
Request for Blessings
Accumulations and Advice

You may already be familiar with some of the practices here, but even so, all of the practices reward deeper study, reflection, and accumulation. And, you will find that there are variations on several of the practices. Also, notice that you may know prayers of the same name, such as the Bodhicita and Refuge Prayers, but the words and melody are different here. Different teaching cycles have different prayers that share the same names.

This course also includes monthly live practice sessions hosted by Rob Patzig via Zoom. The dates for these practice sessions are:

Mar 23, 2025 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Apr 27, 2025 12:00 PM
May 25, 2025 12:00 PM
Jun 22, 2025 12:00 PM
Jul 27, 2025 12:00 PM
Aug 17, 2025 12:00 PM
Sep 7, 2025 12:00 PM
Oct 26, 2025 12:00 PM
Nov 16, 2025 12:00 PM
Dec 21, 2025 12:00 PM