Meditation

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Green Tara tsa tsa on the Chenrezig Hall altar with offerings.
Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

The thieves of wrong views

The five different kinds of wrong views and answers to questions about how emptiness eliminates…

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

Where is the self?

Refuting an inherently existent self through analysis of the body and mind. Also refuting the…

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Green Tara tsa tsa on the Chenrezig Hall altar with offerings.
Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

The conventional existence of Tara

Answers to questions about Tara’s existence using the three criteria for conventional existence and how…

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

Conventional and ultimate existence

Further explanation of ultimate and conventional truths and ultimate and conventional existence.

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Green Tara tsa tsa on the Chenrezig Hall altar with offerings.
Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

The eight dangers

Teaching on first four of the eight dangers we ask Tara to protect us from—arrogance,…

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

The two truths

The relationship between the two truths—conventional and ultimate—and the three criteria for conventional existence.

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Green Tara tsa tsa on the Chenrezig Hall altar with offerings.
Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

Meditation on Arya Tara

Explanation of the prayers and recitations of the Tara practice and the meaning of the…

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Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

The perfection of wisdom

Beginning the commentary on Chapter 9, The Perfection of Wisdom, from "Engaging in the Bodhisattva's…

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Green Tara tsa tsa on the Chenrezig Hall altar with offerings.
Green Tara Weeklong Retreat 2020

Who is Tara?

The origin of Tara, the purpose and benefits of the Tara practice, and the symbolism…

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A group of nuns meditating.
Buddhist Meditation 101

Meditation on the kindness of others

A guided meditation to generate awareness of interdependence and of being the recipient of kindness.

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Two nuns meditating.
Antidotes to Afflictions

Meditation on working with anger

A guided meditation to reflect on the causes of anger and the antidotes.

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