Deity yoga: You are Tara
Deity yoga: You are Tara
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Green Tara 
Dec 21, 2021 A talk recorded for a Lion’s Roar online learning course on “Open Heart, Vajra Mind.”
- Generating motivation
- Buddhist traditions
- Fundamental Vehicle
- Mahayana Vehicle
- Vajrayana
- Deity practice
- Introduction to Tara
- Tara and what she symbolizes
- How Tara protects us from the Eight Dangers
- Pride
- Ignorance
- Anger
- Jealousy
- Wrong views
- Miserliness
- Attachment
- Doubt
- Tara practice
Guided meditation on Tara:
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
