Search results for “four immeasurables

Statue of White Tara.
White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

What is retreat?

Valuable advice for doing retreat—working with the mind, with pain, how to visualize, how to…

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Seven-point Mind Training

Teachings on emptiness

The type of person who is suitable to receive teachings on emptiness and the danger…

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Green Tara Winter Retreat 2009-2010

What it means to do retreat

We have to understand what retreat means. We are retreating from dukkha, from suffering, not…

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Thangka image of Green Tara.
Green Tara

Long Green Tara sadhana with guided meditation

The version of the Tara sadhana used during the 2009-2010 Green Tara Winter Retreat along…

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Short Verses to Cultivate Bodhicitta

Verse 28: Joy in the teachings

Benefiting ourselves by taking joy in others' good qualities, and especially rejoicing at others' joy…

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Photo of a flower giving out light
Manjushri Winter Retreat 2008-09

Motivation for the Manjushri retreat

Setting the motivation for retreat, remembering the sufferings of the lower realms, and endeavoring to…

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Thangka image of Manjushri
Manjushri

Explanation of the Manjushri sadhana

An explanation of the Manjushri sadhana and resources for doing the retreat from afar.

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Seven-point Mind Training

The six preparatory practices

The six practices to do to prepare the body and mind and create a conducive…

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Open Heart, Clear Mind

Meditation practice

An explanation of the various kinds of Buddhist meditation, how to set up a daily…

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Silhouette of a Buddha statue with bright in front of a fire-red sunset.
Dharma in Action

How to live in modern times

A Buddhist perspective on contemporary issues ranging from fundamentalism to the environment.

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Medicine Buddha thangka surrounded by light and flower offerings.
Medicine Buddha Winter Retreat 2007-08

Understanding Buddhist concepts

Clarifying concepts surrounding arhats and bodhisattvas. Questions on motivation to listen and the meditation on…

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Medicine Buddha thangka surrounded by light and flower offerings.
Medicine Buddha Winter Retreat 2007-08

Medicine Buddha and the 35 Buddhas

An explanation of the Medicine Buddha sadhana practice and visualization, followed by oral transmission of…

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