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Daily Practice of Tara, Vajrasattva and Ushnisha Vijaya with Chanted Mantras for Protection, Purification and Long Life

Thumbnail of Tara Vajrasattva Ushnisha VIjaya practice. Arising from the Ushnisha, Namgyalma, destroying the Lord of Death ; Tara, who ...
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Tashi Delek! Happy LOSAR! Tibetan Lunar New Year Feb 28, 2025, Year of the Wood Snake; how to prepare, how to celebrate to bring auspicious blessings

TASHI DELEK, HAPPY LOSAR — YEAR OF THE WOOD SNAKE.  In this feature we highlight ways to bring in the ...
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Buddha’s Days of Miracles: 15 Miracles in 15 Days – Extra Merit Practice Days from LOSAR New Year to the Day of Miracles

Buddha's 12th miracle, light manifests compassion and love in the heart of all beings.   The first 15 Days of ...
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Video: How to Bless Buddhist Dharma Objects with Purity Essence Mantra. Why purifying is important

How to bless dharma objects and why its important: video thumbnail. Why is it important to purify and bless sacred ...
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SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: How to Bless Buddhist Dharma Objects with Shunyata Mantra. Why purifying is important

Video thumbnail: How to Bless Dharma Objects Why is it important to purify and bless sacred Dharma objects we use ...
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SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: Om Mani Padme Hum chanted in Sanskrit – Avalokiteshvara 6 Blessings Mantra and 10 Protections Mantra

Om Mani Padme Hum Video Thumbnail Om Mani Padme Hum, in six syllables, contains the essence of the Bodhisattva mission, ...
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Why Buddha Nature is one of the most important understandings in Mahayana Buddhism and why Tathagatagarbha Buddha Nature is not the soul

“All beings are Buddhas, But obscured by incidental stains. When those have been removed, there is Buddhahood.” — Third Karmapa ...
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VIDEO: Why do mantras work — and sometimes don’t! What are the 3 requirements for mantra use?

  Video thumbnail: Why Mantras Work -- and sometimes do not. Video below. Why do mantras sometimes seem to work ...

Buddha Weekly's Latest Videos

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Why giving and taking practice is an important kindness meditation and Bodhichitta practice; how to do it guided video: Zasep Rinpoche

Among the best known — and yet most mysterious — practices in Tibetan Buddhism is the kindness Metta meditation known ...
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Video teaching: Metta and Karuna, the “most important” Buddhist practices of Love and Compassion, from H.E. Zasep Tulku Rinpoche

Metta and Karuna — Love and Compassion, respectively — are two of the three foundations of Buddhist practice. The third ...
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White Tara long life practice video with special 5-colors protection light guided visualization from Venerable Zasep Rinpoche

Why is White Tara practice and visualization one of the most popular and life-affirming practices in Buddhism? Tara, the Saviour, ...
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Music Mantra Video: Om Mani Padme Hum wonderfully chanted by Yoko Dharma, the sacred sound of compassionate Buddha Chenrezig

Around the world, millions chant "Om Mani Padme Hum" each day. Many Buddhist children learn to chant Chenrezig's compassion mantra ...
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Teaching video: Chod teaching and full drumming and chanting ritual with scenes of 108 Springs retreat in Mongolia

H.E. Zasep Rinpoche introduces Five Dakini Chod practice with a full teaching, followed by a demonstration, in full, of a ...
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Video Buddhist Advice 9: How Can Advanced Vajrayana Students Simplify and Manage Commitments and Practice? Answered by Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche

Zasep Tulku Rinpoche. In the ninth in a Buddhist practice video series, “Advice from the Teachers”, the Venerable Acharya Zasep Tulku ...
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Medicine Buddha video teaching: the Four Immeasurables are immeasurably important; meditation and commentary — H.E. Zasep Rinpoche

"To do effective healing, beneficial healing it is suggested that we practice the Four Immeasurables. Four Immeasurables. Immeasurable of love, ...

Buddha Weekly Online Magazine, published since 2007, takes a topical approach to modern Buddhist feature writing — topics of interest to modern Buddhists, from the multiple points-of-view of many teachers of different traditions.

The Dalai Lama has written publicly that he is not certain the tradition of the Dalai Lama will continue.

WHAT THE BUDDHIST TEACHERS SAY

Our writers and editors are senior students who seek out, or research, the opinions of teachers on important Dharma issues, such as: the implications of non-human animal sentience; or palliative care and assisted dying as we all grow older; alternative healing; practice overload in busy, modern lives; internet Dharma.

The complex visualizations required in Vajrayana meditative methods, which can include holding detailed images for long periods of time, dramatically and immediately improve cognitive ability according to research from NUS.

THE SCIENTIFIC BUDDHIST

Most of our contributors are interested in how science compliments and reinforces Buddhist concepts. We take Dharma topics, often the Buddha's own words, and look how modern science might support ancient truths. We cite research and quote scientists and Buddhist teachers. Past topics have included: meditation for healing, the evidence for rebirth, how to understand emptiness, and why "compassion" should be put on the scientific map.

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INTERVIEWS WITH THE TEACHERS

Our newest special series is "Interviews with the Buddhist Teachers". We interview, in person, a well-known teacher. These extensive interviews cover wide-ranging topics — such as Karma, Rebirth, Dharma, Buddhist Deities, Meditation, Healing and more — and are a great way to gain diverse teacher-led insight into important Dharma topics and practices.

Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche is spiritual head of several Mahayana Buddhist centres in North America and Australia

ADVICE FROM THE TEACHERS

Buddha Weekly's new "Advice from the Teachers" videos take student questions to teachers for a short 5 minute video-recorded answer. In our first series of ten, teachers respond to questions about Karma, healing for chronic illness, losing a loved one, loss of a beloved pet, keeping motivated in your practice, dealing with memory loss, how to purify negative karma, and other important topics.

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