White Tara

Practice White Tara to increase compassion, long life, healing, and serenity.

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White Tara sits with right hand outstretched and left hand holding a lotus.

The Eight Dangers

Short talks on how Tara protects us from the dangers of the afflictions.

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White Tara surrounded by different manifestations of Tara.

White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Extensive teachings on how to do the White Tara practice given during a three-month Winter Retreat.

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White Tara Thangka

White Tara Retreat (2017)

Teachings on "A Crown Ornament for the Wise" by the First Dalai Lama.

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White Tara deity sadhana with guided meditation

White Tara sadhana with guided meditation and audio recordings of the mantras.

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Who is White Tara?

As an introduction to retreat, an explanation of who White Tara is and what she…

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Statue of White Tara.
White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

What is retreat?

Valuable advice for doing retreat—working with the mind, with pain, how to visualize, how to…

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Taking refuge

What does it mean to take refuge in the Three Jewels, and why we do…

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Bodhicitta motivation

The bodhicitta motivation is crucial to our practice. Self-centered thinking limits us and holds us…

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Life force and the four elements

Questions and answers regarding "life force" and the "four elements" in the Tara sadhana.

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Motivation and karma

Setting the proper motivation is not just for meditation sessions but for activities between sessions…

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Motivation and our dignity

Examining how to relate to institutions and authority in a clear, honest, and constructive way,…

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Mantras and symbols

Answers to questions on mantra, the White Tara sadhana, and the symbolism of White Tara's…

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

The four immeasurables

An explanation of the prayer of the four immeasurables that is included in the White…

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Activities of wrath

The symbolism of the Lord of Death and an explanation of the wrathful activities mentioned…

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