Jul 8, 2020
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Miserliness, attachment and doubt
The last three of the eight dangers—miserliness, attachment and doubt—their faults, and the antidotes to…
View PostThe selflessness of persons
Why selflessness does not undermine karma or invalidate compassion. The three levels of selflessness of…
View PostThe thieves of wrong views
The five different kinds of wrong views and answers to questions about how emptiness eliminates…
View PostWhere is the self?
Refuting an inherently existent self through analysis of the body and mind. Also refuting the…
View PostThe conventional existence of Tara
Answers to questions about Tara’s existence using the three criteria for conventional existence and how…
View PostConventional and ultimate existence
Further explanation of ultimate and conventional truths and ultimate and conventional existence.
View PostThe eight dangers
Teaching on first four of the eight dangers we ask Tara to protect us from—arrogance,…
View PostThe two truths
The relationship between the two truths—conventional and ultimate—and the three criteria for conventional existence.
View PostMeditation on Arya Tara
Explanation of the prayers and recitations of the Tara practice and the meaning of the…
View PostThe perfection of wisdom
Beginning the commentary on Chapter 9, The Perfection of Wisdom, from "Engaging in the Bodhisattva's…
View PostWho is Tara?
The origin of Tara, the purpose and benefits of the Tara practice, and the symbolism…
View PostMaking sensuous offerings to the Buddhas
Covering Verses 2.7-2.21 about mentally emanated offerings for Buddhas and bodhisattvas, including common and peerless…
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