1) Tibetan Buddhist practice 
The Tibetan term Ngöndro ({bo|w=sngon `gro}, pronounced `ngöndro` and known in Sanskrit as pūrvaka) refers to the preliminary, preparatory or foundational practices or disciplines (Sanskrit: sādhanā) common to all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and also to Bon. The term ngöndro literally denotes meanings in the range of `something that...