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The practice of confession
Part of a series of short commentaries on the Amitabha sadhana given in preparation for…
View PostBowing and making offerings to Amitabha
The seven-limb prayer as part of the Amitabha sadhana: the practices of bowing and making…
View PostCauses for pure land rebirth
Reviewing the four causes for rebirth in Amitabha’s pure land.
View PostAmitabha practice: Pure land rebirth
What it’s like to be reborn in Amitabha’s Pure Land, Sukhavati.
View PostAmitabha practice across traditions
Background on the bodhisattva Amitabha, rebirth in his pure land, and Amitabha practices across Buddhist…
View PostAmitabha practice: The four immeasurables
How to generate the four immeasurables as part of the Amitabha practice.
View PostAmitabha practice: Refuge and bodhicitta
Explanation of the Amitabha practice, beginning with taking refuge, in preparation for the Abbey's upcoming…
View PostPurification: What it is, why we need it and how to ...
What purification practice is, why it's important and how to use the four opponent powers…
View PostVajrasattva practice: The powers of remedial action ...
The third and fourth of the four opponent powers, remedial action and the determination not…
View PostVajrasattva practice: The power of regret
The second of the four opponent powers, regret, and how it is essential to purification…
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