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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Manjushri Winter Retreat 2015

The motivation for doing retreat

The importance of setting a Dharma motivation to help us cultivate joyous effort and use…

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Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2014

The Chenrezig practice

A guided session of the full Chenrezig sadhana and meditation practice.

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 53: The wandering mind

What it means to have a distracted mind in the context of tantra, and how…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2014

Ordination lineages

How ordination is different in the three living Buddhist traditions, and why the path to…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 27: Guarding our spiritual precepts

The right mindset to cultivate when we voluntarily take and keep precepts in order to…

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Shadow of a Hiker
Ethics in the Modern World

A long obedience

Exodus isn't just about liberation from slavery, it's also about rebinding. Just laws, or taking…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

Contemplating causality

Encourages us to contemplate whether our beliefs and views about who we are and events…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

Learning to let go during purification

Addresses a query on how to work with difficult emotions and memories that arise during…

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Vajrasattva Winter Retreat 2014

Rejoicing in retreat

Celebrates the joy, privilege, and responsibility of Vajrasattva practice during Sravasti Abbey's first Snows Retreat,…

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