Medicine Buddha Sutra: video audio recitation of full Sutta — listening or reciting is a very empowering healing practice
Buddhist Practices, Buddhist Sutras and Sutta English, Buddhist Teaching videos, Deities, Dharma, Mahayana, Vajrayana Buddhism and Practices
Jason Espada recites the full Medicine Buddha Sutra, here, in a video with wonderful Medicine Buddha images, illustrations Tangkhas and statues for visual contemplation. Reciting or listening to the Medicine Buddha Sutra is a very empowering healing practice. ...
Sacred outlook – Seeing beyond ordinary perception in modern culture, and American Buddhism
Bodhisattvas, Buddha, Deities, Mahayana
‘Beware of confining yourself to a particular belief and denying all else, for much good would elude you – indeed, the knowledge of reality would elude you. Be in yourself for all forms of belief, for God (Truth) ...
Guru Rinpoche answers Lady Tsogyal: Should we practice one or many yidams? Is the master or the Yidam more important? Why is it important to practice the yidam deity?
Dakini, Deities, Enlightened Feminine in Buddhism, Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava, Teachers, Vajrayana Buddhism and Practices, What the Buddhist Teachers Say
Guru Rinpoche's teachings to the Lady Tsogyal are as clear and wonderful today as they were centuries ago. Reading the recorded words of the Lotus Born Padmasambhava is almost like sitting at the feet of the great Guru ...
Vajrasattva, the Great Purifier, among the most powerful and profound healing and purifications techniques in Vajrayana Buddhism
Deities, Mantra, Tantra, Vajrayana Buddhism and Practices
All Buddhist practices could ultimately be described by the goal "purification of the five aggregates" — through various forms of meditation and virtues (actions and thoughts.) Purification is a core concept. H.E. Zasep Tulku Rinpoche discusses Vajrasattva purification ...
Tara Book excerpt and teaching: Who is Tara and how can She help us? An introduction to Tara, Karma, Shunyata, Dependent Arising, and Buddha Nature by Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche
Buddha, Buddhist Practices, Deities, Dharma, Enlightened Feminine in Buddhism, Tara, Teachers, Vajrayana Buddhism and Practices, What the Teachers Say
Tara in the Palm of Your Hand, a book by Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche is available on Amazon.ca in paperback from Wind Horse Press. Who, or what is Tara that she can show us that Enlightenment is in ...
The Hand of Buddha defeats the three poisons : Vajrapani (literally, “Vajra Hand”) — Guardian of Shakyamuni Himself; Vajrapani, the power of the mind to overcome obstacles such as pride, anger, hate and jealousy
Bodhisattvas, Buddhist Practices, Deities, Mantra, Tantra, Vajrayana Buddhism and Practices
A 2nd Century Gandhara-style relief of Vajrapani with thunderbolt (right) protecting Gotama Buddha (left). Gandhara-style art was influenced by classical Greek art. Here, Vajrapani appears similar to Zeus. In the early Pali Sutta — Ambattha Sutta ("Pride Humbled")[1]— ...
Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche’s condensed “all teachings into one — which is concise and easy to practice”at the time of death: as requested by Lady Tsogyal
Buddhist Practices, Dakini, Deities, Enlightened Feminine in Buddhism, Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava, Tantra, Teachers, Vajrayana Buddhism and Practices
One of the most wonderful teachings of Padmasambhava, the Lotus Born, Guru Rinpoche was written down by the Lady Tsogyal — from a request she made just as the master was about to leave — and she, herself, ...
Wealth Deities: Generating Karma for Prosperity by Practicing Generosity
Buddhist Practices, Deities, Karma, Tantra, Vajrayana Buddhism and Practices
Lama Atisha, the revered lama and Mahasiddha, came across an old man, dying of starvation in Bodghaya. Lama Atisha offered his own flesh, cut from his body, to save the old man. But the old man said, “How ...
Purifying Negative Karma Advice Video: How to Purify Obstructions and Defilements with Vajrasattva Practice and Other Buddhist Meditations, Answered by Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche
Buddhist Teaching videos, Deities, Dharma, Vajrayana Buddhism and Practices, Video Advice from the Teachers, Video What the Teachers Say
Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche (center) surrounded by students at a teaching in Tibetan Buddhist Society Temple in Perth, Australia March 2017. Rinpoche tours extensively to deliver precious teachings. He is in Mongolia currently, and will be in Vancouver ...
Tantric Wrathful Deities: The Psychology and Extraordinary Power of Enlightened Beings in Their Fearsome Form
Buddhist Practices, Deities, Meditation, Tantra, Vajrayana Buddhism and Practices
Wrathful deities in Buddhism can be terrifying, monstrous, and demonic in appearance—but they are actually the "good guys." People who might be casually interested in Buddhism are often puzzled, even horrified, by Tantric Buddhist Deities depicted as ferocious ...
The Lightning Path of Buddhism: The Power of Yidams
Buddhist Practices, Dakini, Deities, Tantra, Vajrayana Buddhism and Practices
Guest Contributor: Bhagat Bhandari Note: This is a personal perspective of the author. What is the purpose of Vajrayana practice? Purifying one’s impure perception of all appearances and experiences.” —— His Eminence Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche the Third Yidam practice is a ...
The First Doctor: Medicine Buddha Bhaisajyaguru — Empowering You to Heal
Buddha, Buddhist Practices, Deities, Dharma, Mahayana, Mantra, Meditation, Vajrayana Buddhism and Practices
In times of pain, sickness, or stress, my first thought of "remedy" is quiet meditation with the most sacred Medicine Buddha mantra. Inevitably, arthritis pains subsides in my case, and I've avoided most of the colds and flus ...