Deity Meditation
Teachings from annual weeklong and three-month deity meditation retreats.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Applying the teachings
Discussion: working with the mind, skillful ways of using refuge. Reflection on why we are…
View Post Understanding Buddhist concepts
Clarifying concepts surrounding arhats and bodhisattvas. Questions on motivation to listen and the meditation on…
View Post Mid-retreat discussion
Addressing questions on different aspects of the meditation: the body, emptiness, visualization and deity meditation.
View Post Working through cause and effect
Defining physical and mental causes with examples. Tools to work with negative states of mind.
View Post Clarifying the practice
Learning to work with anxiety. Questions from retreatants on visualization in the sadhana and about…
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Lati Rinpoche - May 28, 2008
Lati Rinpoche Vajrasattva meditation and recitation
An explanation by Lati Rinpoche of the purification practice of the Vajrasattva sadhana, including the…
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Self-centeredness and compassion
How to examine our mind closely so we understand what to take responsibility for and…
View Post 108 Verses: Verses 7-9
Three types of compassion and examples of bucket in a well for comparing cyclic existence.
View Post 108 Verses: Verses 10-12
How great compassion is what makes three jewels unique and objects of refuge.
View Post 108 Verses: Verses 13-14
How fear and worry are based on self-centeredness and relying on compassion as antidotes to…
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Explanation of the Manjushri sadhana
An explanation of the Manjushri sadhana and resources for doing the retreat from afar.
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