Vajrasattva
Vajrasattva combines the wisdom and compassion of all the buddhas and supports us in purifying past negativities.
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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2010-11
Introduction to Vajrasattva practice and the four opponent powers.
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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2012-13
Purifying the mind through meditating on Vajrasattva and emptiness.
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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2016-17
Vajrasattva practice and how to purify past karma that can ripen in future suffering.
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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2018-19
Working with the afflictions through the Vajrasattva practice and meditating on emptiness.
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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2019-20
How the Vajrasattva practice helps us to purify negative karma from engaging in the ten nonvirtues.
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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2020-21
Applying Vajrasattva practice to current events and releasing guilt and shame through the four opponent powers.
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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2021-22
Vajrasattva’s purification practice is a powerful way to release mistakes of the past and step forward into the futur...
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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2005
How to do the Vajrasattva practice in a long retreat setting.
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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2005-06
Teachings on the Vajrasattva practice and commentary on "The 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas."
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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2011-12
The Sravasti Abbey community gives short talks about doing the Vajrasattva practice in a three-month Winter Retreat.
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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014
Short talks about the Vajrasattva practice and other topics given during a three-month Winter Retreat.
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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2019
Talks by Venerable Thubten Chodron and other Sravasti Abbey monastics about the Vajrasattva practice, during the thre...
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Vajrasattva Purification Retreat (Cleveland 2017)
Teachings on the Vajrasattva purification practice given at Jewel Heart Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Preparing for Vajrasattva retreat
Preparatory instructions, including explanations of purification, visualization, practicing in retreat, and mantra recitation.
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A content and disciplined retreat mind
Using the retreat time to develop a healthier way of looking at our behavior. The…
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Initial experiences of retreatants
Working through different states of mind and restless energy, changing the way we move in…
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Questions about initiation and meditation
Rejoicing in receiving the Vajrasattva initiation from Lama Zopa. Clarifying various aspects of the meditation…
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Create karma, accumulate merit, apply antidote
Working on concepts of karma, emptiness, attachment in the retreat. An analytical meditation of what…
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Physical prison versus samsaric prison
Watching the mind's reaction to food. Looking at attachment, seeing where it leads us. Examining…
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Purification and non-negotiables
Clarification of what is being purified. Criteria we use to make decisions: how wise are…
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Happiness and pleasures
Analysis of what it means to truly love ourselves. What is happiness?
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Answering questions from retreatants
Guided questioning on selflessness. Explaining concept of taking refuge with the three jewels. On death,…
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Life after retreat
Advice on going back gently into the unreal world, bring back and continue good habits…
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