Lee Kane
Lee Kane is the editor of Buddha Weekly, since 2007. His main focuses as a writer are mindfulness techniques, meditation, Dharma and Sutra commentaries, Buddhist practices, international perspectives and traditions, Vajrayana, Mahayana, Zen. He also covers various events.
Lee also contributes as a writer to various other online magazines and blogs.
TARA DAY — Puja and mantra practices to bring the swift saving and healing activity of Tara into your life
Tara
HAPPY TARA DAY! Every day is Tara day, although typically we celebrate especially on the eighth day of the lunar month is auspicious for Tara practice. The second auspicious day for Tara Puja is on the Full Moon ...
Supporting Members Video: Wish-Fulfilling 7-Line Praise to Guru RInpoche Padmasambhava in Sanskrit with mantra
Member Videos
For most Vajrayana Buddhists, the practice of Guru Rinpoche, the Lotus Born Padmasambhava, is the most profound of practices for meditations, and accomplishments. Chanting both the mantra of Padmasambhava, and the 7 lines of praise, is the purest ...
The Sutra of Tara Who Protects from the Eight Fears: in Tara’s Own Words
Bodhisattvas, Deities, Sutras & Sutta, Tara
Tara's vast popularity in Mahayana Buddhism — as both Bodhisattva and Buddha — is easy to understand. Not only is she a "Mother" — a mother deity and the "Mother of All Buddhas" — but she also protects ...
Why debate is indispensible in Buddhism demonstrated by Manjushri vs Shakyamuni Buddha in Mahavaipulya Sutra
Sutras & Sutta
During a Dharma debate, monks laugh at each other's answers, here at Sera Jey Monestary. Debate is almost synonymous with Buddha's teaching method — that's not even debatable. Imagine the Sage teacher, the Conqueror Shakyamuni Buddha debating with ...
EARLY LISTEN Members: Wish-Fulfilling Praise of Padmasambhava chanted beautifully in Sanskrit with Guru Rinpoche mantra
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Description For most Vajrayana Buddhists, the practice of Guru Rinpoche, the Lotus Born Padmasambhava, is the most profound of practices for meditations, and accomplishments. Chanting both the mantra of Padmasambhava, and the 7 lines of praise, is the ...
June 4 this year is SAGA DAWA DUCHEN — celebrating Shakyamuni Buddha’s Enlightenment and Paranirvana! May All Beings Benefit!
Buddhist Living
SAGA DAWA DUCHEN is the day in Tibetan Tradition that we celebrate Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and paranirvana on the Tibetan Lunar Calendar (converted this year to June 4, 2023). Saga Dawa Duchen is a day of highest merits ...
Tara’s eight great laughters — transforming the eight demons and fears; relying on the Mother of the Buddhas
Tara
Even the great Conqueror Shakyamuni Buddha relied on Mother Tara’s “eight great laughters” to pacify fears, doubts, and demons. Tara is known as the Mother of All Buddhas because it is through Her Wisdom that all beings can ...
“When the mind is undefiled, a happy destination”—Buddha; the 16 Defilements of the Mind, and the Simile of the Cloth: Vitthupama Sutta
Sutras & Sutta
Shakyamuni Buddha teaching. Purification of mind is a critical practice in all schools and lineages of Buddhism. In the Vatthupama Sutta [full translation in English below] Buddha explains the concept with the simile of the stained cloth: "Monks, ...
Greed: how to cut the poison of greed: methods taught by Buddha including generosity, loving-kindness and compassion
Dharma
Anathapindika, the wealthy benefactor giving to the Buddha. "I will teach only two things," Buddha said. The Buddha's primary message was always the same: end suffering by cutting the poisons. To do that, we have to first understand ...
Mokugyo Fish Drum: The Zen of Drumming for a Wakeful Mind and Mindfulness with the Wooden Fish Drum’s Unique Sound
Buddhist Practices, Mahayana, Meditation, Zen • Chan • Seon
Chanting and disciplined ritual is still important in many schools of Zen. Here, Zen students chant with the famous "fish drum." Mokugyo are instantly recognizable by their entirely unique and pleasant penetrating sound that almost seems to ...
Video: Black Tara Mantra, Destroyer of all Evils and Enemies; Chanted 108 Times
Videos
Tara, the Mother of all the Buddhas, emanates in countless forms to help sentient beings. (PLEASE TURN ON CC captions if you'd like to chant along with the mantra or for other languages.) In her most wrathful black ...
Ad-Free Video for Supporting Members: Black Tara Mantra, Destroyer of all Evils and Enemies; Mother Tara’s Wrathful Aspect, Chanted 108 Times
Member Videos
Tara, the Mother of all the Buddhas, emanates in countless forms to help sentient beings. In her most wrathful black form, the 7th of the 21 Taras, she overcomes every evil, every enemy, obstacle, negativity — and even ...