Green Tara Winter Retreat (2009-10)
Short talks on the Green Tara practice given during the Green Tara Winter Retreat at Sravasti Abbey from December 2009 to March 2010.
Tara’s wisdom
Further explanations of doing the Tara sadhana and what different sections mean. The various kinds of wisdom Tara has, and different visualizations.
View PostThe pitfalls of perfectionism
Developing conviction in the Dharma teachings and how to approach the Dharma in a constructive way.
View PostBuddha nature and omniscient mind
What buddha nature means; It doesn't mean that we're already buddhas. A continuing explanation of the Tara sadhana.
View PostEmptiness feels so solid
Emptiness, sometimes mistakenly thought of something that exists solidly, is actually a non-affirming negation, a lack of inherent existence.
View PostEmptiness as the nature of phenomena
When anything exists, from the moment it exists, it is empty of inherent existence.
View PostEmptiness and worldly appearances
Emptiness is not simply another quality of a sense object, like color or shape, but the actual way in which things exist.
View PostEmptiness and non-duality
The perception of emptiness is non-dual, without the experience of subject and object.
View PostDeity practice
An explanation of the difference between self-generation and front-generation, as well as an answer to a question regarding meditation.
View PostDharma protector practices
Words of advice regarding Dharma protector practice, reminding us that the spirit of Buddhism is to transform our own minds.
View PostIndependent and dependent existence
The contrast between independent and dependent existence, and an explanation of the difference between permanent and eternal phenomena.
View PostNegating inherent existence
The lack of inherent existence does not mean the same as non-existence. While things do not exist inherently, they do exist conventionally.
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