Small Bell and Dorjee with cover shop-singing bowl Dharma and Sangha and taking

Dharma and Sangha and taking refuge in these Three Jewels strengthens our sense of meaning in this practice and energizes all our other practices throughout the day

The word "Mala" means necklace or garland in Sanskrit

As His Holiness has designated this year for his 90th birthday

1:  The Physical World

Small Bell and Dorjee with cover shop-singing bowl Dharma and Sangha and takingLiterally, each time we meditate with the Bell and Dorje we are engaging with a symbolic compendium of teachings of the Buddha. At the highest level, the very face of Wisdom Paramita appears on the handle of the Bell. In our hands, the Dorje is Yidam: compassion and methodrepresenting the five male perfections; the Bell is Mandala: the entire wisdom Mandala and representing the female perfection of wisdom. We cradle in our hands the deity, and the