Deity Meditation
Teachings from annual weeklong and three-month deity meditation retreats.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Investigating blame
Meditation to investigate what it means to blame, its effect on our lives, and ways…
View Post Confession of negativities
Explanation of Vajrasattva's mantra, the meaning of purification, and instruction on the general confession.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Untimely death
How practicing the White Tara sadhana can purify negativities that can cause untimely death.
View Post Our motivation for practice
Discovering what truly gives our life purpose by setting a motivation that equals our potential.
View Post Purifying heavy karma
Purifying karma created in relation to special objects such as the Three Jewels, spiritual mentors,…
View Post The power of restoring the relationship
Restoring the relationship with holy and ordinary beings starts with recognizing the harm we've done…
View Post Generating regret
Teachings from Shantideva's text continue with ways to generate regret, through the contemplation of death…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Purification and merit
How we use our life to create the causes for our future experience and the…
View Post The four opponent powers
Concluding the exploration of the four opponent powers through study of Chapter 2 of Shantideva's…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Visualization in deity practice
How to work with the imagination to meditate on a Buddha figure.
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Compassion from Tara
How to imagine White Tara's appearance and think about her qualities during the sadhana practice.
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Inspiration and long life from Tara
An explanation of the visualization of the light rays and auspicious signs and substances in…
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