Green Tara

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Unrealistic fear

How to work with the mind when it goes into fear and panic mode, using…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

The Buddha is free from fear

Why the Buddha being free from fear is important in terms of refuge, and a…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Inherent views and opinions

Stories from His Holiness illustrate how we form solid, unchanging opinions of others; the different…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

The antidotes to fear

Taking refuge and considering karma and conditions are some ways of working with fear and…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Stressed out

Examining the mind when feeling stressed out: working with the mind and one's circumstances.

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Fearlessness and refuge

The Buddha cannot remove our fears for us but has provided the road map that…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Being dispassionate toward perception

The benefit of being dispassionate toward sense pleasures and material things.

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Cultivating contentment

How to practice contentment. Letting go of craving and seeing that what we have is…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Why 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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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Commentary on a request to Tara

The qualities we need to cultivate so that everyone whom we come into contact with…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

Fortitude and joyous effort

The importance of enthusiasm and perseverance in retreat and practice. Change comes slowly, but it…

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