White Tara Winter Retreat (2010-11)
Short talks on the White Tara practice given during the 2010-11 White Tara Winter Retreat at Sravasti Abbey.
White Tara at your heart
Venerable Thubten Chodron How to visualize and think about White Tara dissolving into you at the end of the sadhana, and keeping her enlightened presence with us through…
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Lamrim meditation and the sadhana
How and when to do lamrim meditation during the practice of the sadhana.
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How to approach retreat
What to do and what to expect during a retreat. Meditation and practice instructions.
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The purpose of dedicating merit
Dedicating merit to steer it toward the way we want it to ripen. We should dedicate it toward the highest purpose, full awakening.
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Symbolism and visualization
How the visualizations in the sadhanas get us in touch with spiritual qualities through symbolic means.
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Dedication as generosity
The goodness that we create from dedicating merit is a practice of far-reaching generosity.
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Pacifying the demon of doubt
Working with the mind when questions and doubts come up. The importance of keeping an open mind.
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Rejoicing and dedicating
How merit is created in rejoicing in the virtues of ordinary and holy beings, and how to dedicate with an awareness of the circle of…
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Dedication and karma
Different views on whether or not dedicating completely protects merit from being destroyed by anger.
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Purification and visualization
Elaborating on the meaning and symbolization of the visualization in the White Tara sadhana.
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