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Mindful Meditation with Khenpo Tenzin
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Lama Chöpa and Dharmapalas (Dharma Protectors)
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Sunday Dharma Teachings by Khenpo Tenzin
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Dharma Discussion Series - Khenpo Tenzin
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Arya Tara Practice for the Long Life of H.E. Garchen Rinpoche and All Beings
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Anniversary of Gar Mingyur Rinpoche's Parinirvana
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Mindful Meditation with Khenpo Tenzin
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White Tara Practice and Jangchok for Living
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Sunday Dharma Teachings by Khenpo Tenzin
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Medicine Buddha Practice
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Mindful Meditation with Khenpo Tenzin
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White Tara Practice and Jangchok for Deceased
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Sunday Dharma Teachings by Khenpo Tenzin
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Dharma Discussion Series - Khenpo Tenzin
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Arya Tara Practice for the Long Life of H.E. Garchen Rinpoche and All Beings
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Treasury of Oral Instructions | First of Four-Year Teaching Series
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Treasury of Oral Instructions | First of Four-Year Teaching Series
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Treasury of Oral Instructions | First of Four-Year Teaching Series
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Treasury of Oral Instructions | First of Four-Year Teaching Series
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SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Are you a Dakini or Heruka? Wisdom and Compassion Practices in Vajrayana Buddhism
What is the Wisdom Dakini or Daka in Buddhism? Which one are you? A Daka or a Dakini? Why is their practice especially important in modern, active life, overcoming the obstacles and the poisons? Why are they often depicted dancing, standing, and sometimes ferocious or even naked? We answer these questions, with suggestions on how […]
Are you a Dakini or a Daka? What is the Wisdom Dakini or Heruka in Buddhism? Why is their practice important?
What is the Wisdom Dakini or Daka in Buddhism? Which one are you? A Dakini or a Daka? Why is their practice especially important in modern, active life, overcoming the obstacles and the poisons? Why are they often depicted dancing, standing, and sometimes ferocious or even naked? We answer these questions in this feature, with […]
“Means of Accomplishing”: Sadhanas, the secret sauce recipe of Vajrayana Buddhism — the ingredients that make it effective, and how to embrace its elegant formulas
Why are Sadhanas, or guided, written meditations, an indispensable part of Vajrayana Buddhist practice? Why are Sadhanas compared to the secret recipes of great chefs and cooks? Why do even senior teachers and practitioners use Sadhanas and their step-by-step instructions? What are the actual steps found in every Sadhana? We answer these questions, and more, […]
SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Wish-Granting Wheel Tara: Chintachakra Rainbow White Tara – 5 Activities Mother
Why is Chintachakra White Tara called the Wish-Granting Wheel? Why is she also called Rainbow Tara? In what way is this aspect of Mother Tara unique? What are her five wish-granting activities? We answer these questions, and more, in this short presentation on the glorious wish-granting Tara. Video: https://vimeo.com/1050583098?share=copy#t=0 Chintamani Chakra Tara, which translates as […]
Happy Chinese New Year: Year of the Wood Snake 2025 – How to Celebrate and Prepare: Purify, Clean and Sweep in Prosperity
Chinese New Year and Tibetan Losar are often on different dates — based on two different lunar calendars. The Lunisolar Chinese Lunar calendar starts the new year in 2025 on January 29. (Losar — see the separate event — is almost one month later due to the strict lunar nature of the Tibetan calendar — […]
9 Enlightened Padma Deities, Wangdu Cloud of Blessings: Wish-Fulfilling Prayer
A lovely under-7-minute recitation in English of the great Wangdu, the Great Cloud of Blessings, the practice of the 9 Enlightened Deities of the Lotus Family, together here with Refuge, Bodhichitta, and 7 Limbs of Practice. This is a mind terma of Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche. According to Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche the benefits are: “Anyone who […]
SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Tara, Vajrasattva, Ushnisha Vijaya: Chanted Mantras and Practice for Protection, Purification, Wisdom
A Beautiful 10-minute practice including wonderfully chanted mantras of the Three Supreme Deities of Protection, Purification and Wisdom: Green Tara, Vajrasattva and Ushnisha Vijaya. RECOMMENDED FOR LOSAR, LUNAR NEW YEAR, END OF MONTH PURIFICATION, and as a DAILY PRACTICE FOR MERIT, PROTECTION AND PURIFICATION. This short practice brings the protection, purification and wisdom of the […]
Five Wisdom Dakinis: “The source of the five activities is the dakini” —Padmasambhava: full feature, documentary video and more
What are the Five Wisdom Dakinis? Why are they central to Tibetan Buddhist practice? Why are they associated with activity practices— peaceful, increasing, magnetizing, subjugating, and supreme activities — such as Chod? The great Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche answers it best: “The source of activity is the dakini and there are five kinds of activities, peaceful, […]
Samantabhadra’s King of Prayers
Bodhisattva Aspiration in Sanskrit A Complete Practice with Refuge, 7 Limbs of Practice, and Dedication. Why is the King of Prayers, the king? This prayer, recommended by many Mahayana teachers, is translated as “The Extraordinary Aspiration of the Practice of Samantabhadra” is from the Gandavyuha Sutra. Samantabhadra, Universal Good Bodhisattva, offers us the entire […]
Amoghasiddhi Karma Buddha Concise Daily Practice with Mantra – Auspicious Activities of the Karma Family
9-Minute Daily Practice – Amoghasiddhi Buddha, with Chanted Mantras. Especially powerful on the 8th Lunar Day of each month, called SUPREME ACTIVITY DAY: Tara and Amoghasiddhi Day, on the First Quarter Moon Waxing. You can download a PDF of this practice in full color from BuddhaWeekly.com here>> This is part of our Concise Daily Practices […]
Concise Healing Practice – Medicine Buddha with Chanted Dharani and Mantras
Here follows the Path to Happiness and Peace, a Practice of Medicine Buddha, Guru King of Healing, by the great teacher Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Anyone may recite and benefit. PDF or this recitation, with beautiful images and the 12 Vows of Medicine Buddha is here in our Dharma Downloads>> Namo guru-bhaishajya rajaya. Namo guru-bhaishajya rajaya. […]
Chintachakra White Wish-Granting Wheel Tara: The All-in-One Mother of Buddhas in Vajrayana Buddhism – Her Significance, Mantra and Why Her Practice is Essential
Frequently referred to as Chintachakra White Wish-Granting Wheel Tara or simply White Tara, is embodiment of sublime enlightenment beautifully encapsulates all five key activities and wisdoms of the Buddha Families: pacifying, magnetizing, enriching and wrathful actions, plus all-activities of protection – blending in her practice as a comprehensive activity practice. With other Taras, or other […]