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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Amitabha

Amitabha practice: The four immeasurables

How to generate the four immeasurables as part of the Amitabha practice.

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Amitabha

Amitabha practice: Refuge and bodhicitta

Explanation of the Amitabha practice, beginning with taking refuge, in preparation for the Abbey's upcoming…

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Qualities of a Spiritual Teacher

What it means to see the guru as the Buddha

More about why we can get confused with Tantra teachings and teachers and loose faith.

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Qualities of a Spiritual Teacher

Confusion within tantra

Continuing to share about teachers who use their power inappropriately and why that could happen.

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Qualities of a Spiritual Teacher

How to tell if a Buddhist teacher has the right qual...

Venerable Thubten Chodron responds to some distressed students who were following a teacher who abused…

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Thangka image of Amitabha Buddha.
Amitabha

Amitabha Buddha deity sadhana with guided meditation

Guided meditation on Amitabha Buddha with sadhana.

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Medicine Buddha’s unshakeable resolves

The first four of the great vows or unshakeable resolves that the Medicine Buddha made.

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Visualization and mantra recitation

The psychological effect of doing the visualization of the Medicine Buddha and reciting his mantra

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Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2016

Conventional and ultimate truth

While suffering is empty of inherent existence, it still exists conventionally and must be addressed.…

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