Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020
Venerable Sangye Khadro teaches on the eight dangers and Chapter 9 of Shantideva’s Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds.
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The perfection of wisdom
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Explanation of the prayers and recitations of the Tara practice and the meaning of the…
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The two truths
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The eight dangers
Teaching on first four of the eight dangers we ask Tara to protect us from—arrogance,…
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Further explanation of ultimate and conventional truths and ultimate and conventional existence.
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The conventional existence of Tara
Answers to questions about Tara’s existence using the three criteria for conventional existence and how…
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Where is the self?
Refuting an inherently existent self through analysis of the body and mind. Also refuting the…
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The thieves of wrong views
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The selflessness of persons
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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…
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The selflessness of feelings
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