Guided meditation on Tara
A guided meditation on Green Tara recorded for a Lion's Roar online learning course on "Open Heart, Vajra Mind."
- Visualizing Tara
- Tara’s wisdom and compassion
- Taking refuge
- Cultivating motivation
- How to request Tara’s support and guidance
- Receiving Tara’s guidance
- Mantra recitation
- Receiving Tara’s energy
- Dedication of merit
Watch the talk on “Deity yoga: you are Tara” here:
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.