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Green Tara tsa tsa with gold trim in front of leaves.
Green Tara

The Tara practice

Brief instructions and a guided meditation on Green Tara incorporating the four opponent powers.

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Green Tara tsa tsa with gold trim in front of leaves.
Green Tara

A weekend with Tara

A workshop conducted at Tai Pei Buddhist Center in Singapore in 2006. Describing who Tara…

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Mindfulness

The right kind of mindfulness

While being mindful of daily activity is a worthwhile practice, the mindfulness that leads to…

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Statue of Vajrasattva.
Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas

Purification, emptiness, and dependent arising

The third of three talks about the practice of prostrations to the 35 buddhas includes…

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Lay people kneeling, taking precepts.
Exploring Monastic Life 2006

History of the eight Mahayana precepts

We take the precepts to stop gross harm to sentient beings and to reduce distractions…

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Thangka image of Vajrasattva.
Vajrasattva

Vajrasattva sadhana

The Vajrasattva sadhana for purification.

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Mindfulness

Mindfulness and compassion

An introduction to mindfulness and how practicing it can benefit our environment and others around…

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Woman with hands above head, prostrating.
Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas

Feelings that arise while doing purification

The second of three talks on the practice of prostrations to the 35 buddhas offers…

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Statue of 1000 armed Chenrezig made of wood.
108 Verses on Compassion

Meditating on three types of compassion

Importance of persisting through hearing, thinking, and meditating until we see and feel how our…

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Statue of 1000 armed Chenrezig made of wood.
108 Verses on Compassion

How things exist

How understanding things exist dependently provides us freedom to act without afflictions and cultivate compassion.

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Statue of 1000 armed Chenrezig made of wood.
108 Verses on Compassion

108 Verses: Verse 9

Generating compassion by seeing things as not inherently existing and changing how we act with…

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Statue of 1000 armed Chenrezig made of wood.
108 Verses on Compassion

108 Verses: Verse 8

How understanding impermanence helps us view the true nature of self and develop a long…

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