tantra
Scriptures taught by the Buddha describing the Vajrayana practice. A means to becoming a fully awakened Buddha through identity with meditational deities.
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Higher ethical codes and making mistakes
Explaining the ethical conduct for Bodhisattva and Tantric practitioners found in the Mahayana tradition, completing…
View PostThe importance of ethical conduct
Outlining the various benefits of keeping precepts and describing the eight types of precepts for…
View PostBuddhist and psychological views on grief
How grief is described in Buddhist text and according to psychology.
View PostAll about White Tara
Introduction on grief and loss and to the White Tara sadhana practice.
View PostCausal clear light mind
Describing the clear and cognizant nature of the mind and innate clear light mind, covering…
View PostNothing is to be removed
Explaining how the uninterrupted path leads to liberated path, transforming buddha nature and the third…
View PostTurning the Dharma wheel and buddha nature
Explaining how the progression of teachings in the three turnings of the wheel presents the…
View PostReliance on a teacher
Explaining the benefits of reliance and the faults of improper reliance in relation to the…
View PostHow to see the spiritual mentor
Explaining the characteristics of a student and describing how to develop faith and three ways…
View PostAre sentient beings already Buddhas?
Explaining whether sentient beings are already buddhas and covering the buddha nature according to tantra,…
View PostTantra initiations, empowerment
Types of tantra initiations, qualities of a vajrayana master and disciple, the five Dhyani Buddhas,…
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