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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Life force and the four elements
Questions and answers regarding "life force" and the "four elements" in the Tara sadhana.
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What is retreat?
Valuable advice for doing retreat—working with the mind, with pain, how to visualize, how to…
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Who is White Tara?
As an introduction to retreat, an explanation of who White Tara is and what she…
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a sadhana of the tradition - Sep 19, 2010
a sadhana of the tradition White Tara deity sadhana with guided meditation
White Tara sadhana with guided meditation and audio recordings of the mantras.
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Self-generation and emptiness
How to imagine emptiness during self-generation practice in the Tara sadhana.
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Dismantling personal identity
Examining how our mind puts parts together through a conceptual process and see the object…
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Subtle mind and wind in tantra
What appears to the mind during meditation on emptiness in tantric practice?
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Visualizing the object of meditation
How to visualize Tara during concentration, or shamatha, meditation, both front-generation and self-generation.
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Deity practice
An explanation of the difference between self-generation and front-generation, as well as an answer to…
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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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A sadhana of the tradition
- Oct 1, 2009
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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