Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Commentary on the Medicine Buddha practice and Chapter 8 of Shantideva's Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds.

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Loosening our identities

A short meditation on the Medicine Buddha and a challenge to question the identities that…

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Shantideva on equalizing self and others

How to meditate on equalizing self and others. A commentary on Chapter 8 of Shantideva's…

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Conventional and ultimate truth

While suffering is empty of inherent existence, it still exists conventionally and must be addressed.…

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Visualization and mantra recitation

The psychological effect of doing the visualization of the Medicine Buddha and reciting his mantra

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Overcoming self-centeredness

How to identify self-centeredness, considering its disadvantages, and why we should give it up.

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Medicine Buddha’s unshakeable resolves

The first four of the great vows or unshakeable resolves that the Medicine Buddha made.

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

The benefits of cherishing others

The advantages of cherishing others more than ourselves. The continuing teaching on Shantideva's "Engaging in…

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Exchanging self and others

Concluding the retreat with powerful verses by Shantideva on exchanging self and others.

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