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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Compassion from Tara

How to imagine White Tara's appearance and think about her qualities during the sadhana practice.

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The benefits of change

Impermanence gives us the opportunity to work with our minds and create beneficial change.

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Thangka image of Vajrasattva.
Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2010-11

The four opponent powers

Concluding the exploration of the four opponent powers through study of Chapter 2 of Shantideva's…

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Purification and merit

How we use our life to create the causes for our future experience and the…

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Thangka image of Vajrasattva.
Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2010-11

Generating regret

Teachings from Shantideva's text continue with ways to generate regret, through the contemplation of death…

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Thangka image of Vajrasattva.
Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2010-11

The power of restoring the relationship

Restoring the relationship with holy and ordinary beings starts with recognizing the harm we've done…

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Thangka image of Vajrasattva.
Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2010-11

Purifying heavy karma

Purifying karma created in relation to special objects such as the Three Jewels, spiritual mentors,…

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Thangka image of Vajrasattva.
Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2010-11

Our motivation for practice

Discovering what truly gives our life purpose by setting a motivation that equals our potential.

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

Untimely death

How practicing the White Tara sadhana can purify negativities that can cause untimely death.

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