Search results for “The Four Opponent Powers

Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2020-21

Guilt, shame, and forgiveness

A question and answer session on the topic of guilt, shame and forgiveness as related…

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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2020-21

Emptiness and conceptual designation

Applying emptiness to view events the events of 2020 including the pandemic. The four opponent…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Review of Chapter 2

Venerable Sangye Khadro leads a review of Chapter 2, covering the confession of negativities, including…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Freeing ourselves from negativity

Covering Verses 57-65 and finishes the commentary on the four opponent powers of purification and…

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Medicine Buddha

Medicine Buddha practice: The seven limb prayer

The second of three talks given at a retreat on the Medicine Buddha practice in…

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Vajrasattva New Year's Retreat 2018-19

The power of reliance

Teaching on the four opponent powers, starting with the power of reliance, or restoring the…

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Prayers and Practices

Purification: 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…

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Vajrasattva

Vajrasattva practice: The power of regret

The second of the four opponent powers, regret, and how it is essential to purification…

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Thangka image of Vajrasattva.
Vajrasattva

Vajrasattva practice: Overview and the power of reli...

What it means to purify nonvirtue and why it's important. Overview of the Vajrasattva practice.…

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Thangka image of Vajrasattva.
Vajrasattva

Vajrasattva purification practice

The four opponent powers and purification of negative karma. Guided Vajrasattva practice.

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Essence of a Human Life

Karma is not cast in concrete

The importance of engaging in the four opponent powers as soon as we recognize that…

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Easy Path to Travel to Omniscience

Refuge guidelines and karma

Guidelines for practicing refuge in daily life. The four general characteristics of karma and purification…

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