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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Dr. Roger Jackson Mahamudra in India and Tibet
Dr. Roger Jackson from Carleton College gives a weekend course on Mahamudra, beginning with a…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Overview of the stages of the path
The conclusion of the teaching series with a broad overview of all the stages of…
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Verse 107: The legs and eyes of the path
How the practices on the method and wisdom sides of the path correspond to the…
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Verse 86: Powerful ambrosia
Closing the gap between listening to teachings and putting them into practice.
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What is dhih?
An explanation of the meaning and purpose of the seed syllables. What to contemplate as…
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Entering Manjushri retreat
Teachings on the Manjushri practice and a question and answer session with the one-month Manjushri…
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The motivation for doing retreat
The importance of setting a Dharma motivation to help us cultivate joyous effort and use…
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The Chenrezig practice
A guided session of the full Chenrezig sadhana and meditation practice.
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Verse 53: The wandering mind
What it means to have a distracted mind in the context of tantra, and how…
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Ordination lineages
How ordination is different in the three living Buddhist traditions, and why the path to…
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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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