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Amitabha Retreats (Russia 2017-18)

Teachings given at retreats on Amitabha Buddha at North Kunsangar Buddhist retreat center in Russia in 2017-18. With consecutive translation into Russian.

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Thangka image of Amitabha Buddha.

Amitabha Buddha deity sadhana with guided medit...

Guided meditation on Amitabha Buddha with sadhana.

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.

Introduction to the Amitabha practice

Introduction to the meditation on Amitabha Buddha. The benefit of being reborn in a pure land. Preventing worldly concerns from sneaking into Dharma practice.

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.

Amitabha practice: Chanting and visualization

Explanation and demonstration of the Amitabha Buddha chanting. The meaning of the chants, their purpose and visualization during the chants.

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.

Amitabha practice: Mantra recitation and visual...

Explanation of the visualization and purification during the mantra recitation. Continuation of the disadvantages of the eight worldly concerns.

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.

Amitabha practice: Aspiration prayer

Explanation of the aspiration section of the Amitabha practice. Making kindness our default mode in approaching others.

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.

Amitabha practice: Prayer for the time of death...

An explanation of the prayer for the time of death. Through practice and familiarity with the death process it can be a positive experience.

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.

Amitabha practice: Prayer for the time of death...

Continued explanation of the prayer for the time of death from the Amitabha sadhana. Meditating on death to put our life in perspective.

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.

Refuge and the five lay precepts

Using the analogy of the Three Jewels as doctor, medicine and nurses for taking refuge. How keeping the five lay precepts can make our life…

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.

Overview of the Amitabha Buddha sadhana

A brief overview of the Amitabha practice including the purpose. Explanation of the meaning of prayers and how they challenge our usual way of thinking.

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.

Prayer to be reborn in Amitabha’s pure la...

Explanation of Lama Tsongkhapa's prayer to be reborn in Amitabha's pure land. The kinds of attitudes and actions needed to create the causes to be…

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.

Prayer to be reborn in Amitabha’s pure la...

Making aspirations to be reborn in Amitabha's pure land, to receive teachings there, and understand them in order to develop the abilities to benefit others.

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Three Russian dolls with Amitabha, Green Tara, and Vajrasattva painted on them.

Prayer to be reborn in Amitabha’s pure la...

Aspiring to teach the Dharma to those in unfortunate states according to their disposition. The need for the transmitted and realized Dharma.

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