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Dharma Refuge Prayer Sheets:
​Daily practice: PDF download
Heart Sutra and Four Immeasurables: PDF download
Morning Meditation from Ani Trime: PDF download

Buddhist Films and Documentaries

​Films based on the life of the Buddha and Buddhist Wisdom
The Buddha
Narrated by Richard Gere | PBS
Story of the Buddha.
 
Little Buddha
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci; Starring Keanu Reeves
Story of the search for the reincarnation of your teacher.
 
Kundun
Director: Martin Scorsese
Finding the next incarnation of HH Dalai Lama. Story of his childhood to adulthood and how he deals with Chinese oppression and the invasion of Tibet.
 
Seven Years in Tibet
Starring: Brad Pitt
The story of an Austrian mountain climber who becomes friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China’s takeover of Tibet.
 
Inspiring Buddhist informed Documentaries:
When the Iron Bird Flies: Tibetan Buddhism arrives in the west
Featuring teachers in our sangha's lineage, including Anam Thubten Rinpoche, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
 
The Dhamma Brothers
East meets West in the Deep South. An overcrowded maximum-security prison-the end of the line in Alabama's correctional system-is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program.
 
Walk With Me
A Journey Into Mindfulness with renowned teacher Thich Nhat Hanh
 
For The Benefit of All Beings
Trailer for the film.
The life story of a living Bodhisattva, His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche. Twenty years in a Chinese labor camp became his retreat enabling him to share his extraordinary loving wisdom with people all over the world.
Rinpoche is the heart teacher of Sue Kochan, resident teacher and spiritual director at Dharma Refuge.
 
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Starring HH Dalai Lama, Richard Gere, Lou Reed
Chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and meditation master Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's most revered 20th-century Buddhist teachers. 

Recommended Reading List

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  • Any book by HH Dalai Lama
  • The Heart of Buddha's Teaching (Thich Nhat Hanh)
  • Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path (Ayya Khema)
  • No Self, No Problem (Anam Thubten Rinpoche)
  • Magic of Awareness (Anam Thubten Rinpoche)
  • The Power of an Open Question (Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel)
  • The Logic of Faith (Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel)
  • Buddha (Karen Armstrong)
  • Dancing with Life (Phillip Moffitt)
  • Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Shantideva)
  • Masters of Mahamudra (Keith Dowman)
  • The Religion of No Religion (Alan Watts)
  • The Wisdom of Insecurity (Alan Watts)
  • Zen Mind, Beginners Mind (Shunryu Suzuki)
  • Dakini Power (Michaela Haas)
  • It's up to You (Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche)
  • Light Comes Through (Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche)

​In general we recommend any book by HH Dalai Lama, Anam Thubten Rinpoche*, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel*, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ayya Khema, or .Pema Chodron.  
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* Dharma Refuge visiting teachers
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Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
—Rumi

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
—Rumi

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Dharma Pubs

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Wisdom Publications
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BuddhaDharma Magazine
Lions Roar
Shambhala Publications
Tricyle Magazine

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Dharma Resources


Dharma Seed: Vipassana Teachings

Tibet House

Tibetan Language Institute

Wiki for Buddhist Terms

​Mindful Self Compassion

The Center for Compassion And Altruism Research And Education

Charter for Compassion

Affiliated and Local Buddhist Communities

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We share our mission with a number of communities in our region and nationally. Below are links to some of these organizations.

​Blooming Lilac Sangha
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Dharmata Foundation
Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel 
Mangala Shri Bhuti
Garchen Institute
Rochester Zen Center
White Lotus Buddhist Center
Springwater Retreat Center

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Dharma Refuge meets at Covenant United Methodist Church
 – second floor (elevator accessible)
1124 Culver Rd, Rochester, NY 14609
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  • Home
  • Practices & Events
    • Calendar
    • Participating at Dharma Refuge, FAQs
  • Programs
    • 100 Day Meditation Challenge
    • Joy of Living Book Study
    • April Retreat with Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche
    • The Way of the Bodhisattva Retreat Series
    • Meditation Labs
    • Bodhisattvas Everywhere Talks
    • October Public Talk and Retreat with Tim Burkett
    • Refuge Ceremony
    • Walking the Path: Lineage Training
  • Resources
    • Spiritual Guidance
    • Dharma Resources >
      • Books, Documentaries and Links
      • Sangha Readings
      • The Fourteen Precepts of Engaged Buddhism
      • Feast for the Soul Prayers
    • Mindfulness and Self-Compassion
  • Membership
    • Membership Opportunities
    • Sustaining Members Dharma Library >
      • Video Library of Dharma Talks
      • Lineage & Bodhisattva Training Library >
        • Welcome, Overview, General Resources
        • 2016 Video Archive - The Three Vehicles
        • 2017 - Four Foundations of Mindfulness >
          • 2017 Video Archive
          • 2017 Reading and Guided Meditation >
            • Mindfulness of Body
            • Mindfulness of Feelings
            • Mindfulness of Mind
            • Mindfulness of Dharmas
        • 2018-2019 Video and Transcript Archive - 37 Bodhisattva Practices
    • Membership FAQ
  • Giving
    • Practicing Generosity
    • Volunteer
    • Make a one-time donation
  • About
    • About
    • Teachers
    • New Location for Dharma Refuge
    • Community
    • Fragrance-Free Meditation Center
    • Email Sign-up
    • Contact
    • Scholarship & Work Study Invitation
  • Blog
    • Blog