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.

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The pitfalls of perfectionism

Developing conviction in the Dharma teachings and how to approach the Dharma in a constructive way.

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Buddha nature and omniscient mind

What buddha nature means; It doesn't mean that we're already buddhas. A continuing explanation of the Tara sadhana.

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Emptiness feels so solid

Emptiness, sometimes mistakenly thought of something that exists solidly, is actually a non-affirming negation, a lack of inherent existence.

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Emptiness as the nature of phenomena

When anything exists, from the moment it exists, it is empty of inherent existence.

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Emptiness 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.

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Emptiness and non-duality

The perception of emptiness is non-dual, without the experience of subject and object.

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Deity practice

An explanation of the difference between self-generation and front-generation, as well as an answer to a question regarding meditation.

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Dharma protector practices

Words of advice regarding Dharma protector practice, reminding us that the spirit of Buddhism is to transform our own minds.

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Independent and dependent existence

The contrast between independent and dependent existence, and an explanation of the difference between permanent and eternal phenomena.

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Negating 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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