This practice booklet is an easy-to-use method for those wishing to establish a daily meditation practice. Written by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for use by beginning students, it is a a clearly outlined practice complete with guided meditations for developing one's meditation, the mind of refuge, and the thought of bodhichitta. In addition, the practice on Shakyamuni Buddha and a lamrim prayer in the form of a request for blessings to develop all the realizations on the path to full enlightenment. It contains everything one needs for a complete daily practice.

A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, FPMT, Paperback, 36 pp, $9.99

Lama Zopa Rinpoche: born in 1946 in Thami, in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, not far from the Lawudo cave where his predecessor had meditated for the last 20 years of his life. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is now the Spiritual Director of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition and oversees all of its activities.

Ngulchu Dharmabhadra: Born in the upper region of Tsang Ya Ru'i Cha in the region of Rong To Chug Mo, in 1772. When he was eleven years old, he learned the alphabet from his elderly uncle. From then on, whenever he met someone learned, he would seize the opportunity to study the alphabet with them. As he spent most of his time tending sheep, whenever he found a flat, smooth rock or level ground, he would practice his writing using only his fingers, which would often cause them to bleed. This didn't discourage him, and he became an expert at reading and writing. Later on, this Venerable One was to become a holder of the treasury of secrets of all the conquerors.