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 Integration of sutra and tantra in Tibetan Buddhism
How Buddhist teachings help to increase constructive states and decrease destructive states of mind.
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Buddhist traditions: finding what suits us
Similarities of the various traditions and the principal teachings common to all.
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Unique features of tantra
Developing concentration and merit through the practice of tantra.
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Dr. Guy Newland 
Purification and visualization
Elaborating on the meaning and symbolization of the visualization in the White Tara sadhana.
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Symbolism and visualization
How the visualizations in the sadhanas get us in touch with spiritual qualities through symbolic…
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White Tara at your heart
How to visualize and think about White Tara dissolving into you at the end of…
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Freedom through imagination
How to imagine the light and nectar flowing from Tara as purifying negative karma, sickness…
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The mantra and purifying karma
How to say and feel the mantra in your body, and in the break time,…
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White Tara purifying negativities
How to imagine the light and nectar from White Tara purifying negativities and leaving the…
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Light and nectar flowing from Tara
How to visualize and think about the light and nectar that flow from Tara into…
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