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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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

Who is Tara?

The origin of Tara, the purpose and benefits of the Tara practice, and the symbolism…

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

The perfection of wisdom

Beginning the commentary on Chapter 9, The Perfection of Wisdom, from "Engaging in the Bodhisattva's…

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

Meditation on Arya Tara

Explanation of the prayers and recitations of the Tara practice and the meaning of the…

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

The two truths

The relationship between the two truths—conventional and ultimate—and the three criteria for conventional existence.

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

The eight dangers

Teaching on first four of the eight dangers we ask Tara to protect us from—arrogance,…

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

Conventional and ultimate existence

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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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

Where is the self?

Refuting an inherently existent self through analysis of the body and mind. Also refuting the…

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

The thieves of wrong views

The five different kinds of wrong views and answers to questions about how emptiness eliminates…

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

The selflessness of persons

Why selflessness does not undermine karma or invalidate compassion. The three levels of selflessness of…

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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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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

The selflessness of feelings

Commentary on verses from Chapter 9 of “Engaging in the Bodhisattva’s Deeds” about refuting the…

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