Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010
Short daily talks given during the Green Tara Winter Retreat on how to transform the mind by meditating on Green Tara.
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Seeing through fears
Fears are wrong conceptions that are habitual ways of thinking. When fear arises, we can…
View PostKeeping calm when facing harm
Shouldn't we feel fear regarding the tragic things that are happening in the world? If…
View PostThe Buddha is free from fear
Why the Buddha being free from fear is important in terms of refuge, and a…
View PostInherent views and opinions
Stories from His Holiness illustrate how we form solid, unchanging opinions of others; the different…
View PostThe antidotes to fear
Taking refuge and considering karma and conditions are some ways of working with fear and…
View PostWho is the “I” that is anxious?
Looking for the "I" when feeling anxious and not finding it.
View PostStressed out
Examining the mind when feeling stressed out: working with the mind and one's circumstances.
View PostFearlessness and refuge
The Buddha cannot remove our fears for us but has provided the road map that…
View PostBeing dispassionate toward perception
The benefit of being dispassionate toward sense pleasures and material things.
View PostCultivating contentment
How to practice contentment. Letting go of craving and seeing that what we have is…
View PostWhy Buddha is a reliable refuge
Why the Buddha is a reliable refuge and the benefit of deepening one's sense of…
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