This Book contains instructions on how to arrange a Buddhist altar at home. With detail explanation of the water bowls arrangements of the seven substances and others practices items and protocols.


The Tibetan Buddhist Home Altar: Practical and Spiritual Advice: Buddhist Practices for Daily Life Using Your Personal Altar, Dakpa Topgyal (Author)-Pamela Harrod (Photographer), Library Partners Press, 2017, Paperback, 60 pages, $9.95

Geshe Dakpa Topgyal, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, was born in the Western region of Tibet, and fled to India at the age of six with his family, due to the Chinese invasion of Tibet. He entered Drepung Loseling Monastery at the age of ten and received the Geshe degree (Doctorate of Religion and Philosophy) twenty-two years later in 1992. Before coming to the United States, he taught in Europe for several years. He has been resident monk of the Charleston Tibetan Society in Charleston, South Carolina since 1996. Geshe La has written several books on Buddhism.