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HAPPY TARA DAY! 2024 Tara Days: How, When, and Why we Celebrate the Mother of the Buddhas

HAPPY TARA DAY! Every day is Tara day, although typically we celebrate especially on the eighth day of the lunar month, which is auspicious for Tara practice. The second auspicious day for Tara Puja is on the Full Moon Day, which is also Medicine Buddha Puja Day.  
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Akshobhya and the Magical City: the Unshakable Wisdom of Akshobhya, Vajra Lord: his mantra, Dharani and Sadhana

Akshobhya, the Vajra Buddha, and the Magical City (from the Lotus Sutra.)
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Why is Akshobhya Buddha the very face of peace? Why is the focus of the Vajra family of Akshobhya Buddha the poison of Anger? Which wisdom is central to Akshobhya Buddha family of the Vajra? Why...
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Supporting Members Video: Akshobhya’s Power Mantra 108 Times in Sanskrit 阿閦佛梵文唱頌心咒108遍

Akshobhya literally means "unshakable" or "immovable one." How does his practice overcome anger? We achieve this through his various sadhanas, mantras Dharanis and meditations, which express the Wisdom of Reflection. It is, through pausing and reflecting and remaining calm, that we overcome our anger. Video: https://vimeo.com/987306128?share=copy His Mantra, presented her in short "heart...
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Supporting Member Video: 8 Merit Practices of Chokhor Duchen: Buddha’s First Teaching Day

Why is Buddha's First Teaching Day considered the most important Holy Day of the Year in many Buddhist traditions? What are the eight practices recommended for this day which can create skies of merit and purify negative karma according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche? Buddha's "First Teaching Day" or Chokhor Duchen, celebrating the...
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Video: Buddha’s First Teaching Day Most Meritorious Practice Day of the Year Chokhor Duchen July 9 and 10th

Why is Buddha's First Teaching Day considered the most important Holy Day of the Year in many Buddhist traditions? What are the eight practices recommended for this day which can create skies of merit and purify negative karma according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche? NOTE: From FPMT website: “Chokhor Duchen, one of the...
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Buddha Day – Chokhor Duchen Celebrating the First Teaching: How to celebrate Buddha’s First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma — this year on July 9 or 10, 2024

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Wall mural painting of The Buddha in Dharmchakra Teaching Mudra, representing the Turning of The Wheel of Dharma mudra or pose, Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet. In Buddhism, the Dharma Chakra symbolizes "teaching." The Jokhang is a Buddhist temple in Barkhor Square in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet...
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Video: Lochana Vajra Mother Sanskrit Mantra 108 Times: Destroys Obstacles, Afflictions, Illnesses, Evil

Mother Lochana's name litearly means "Clear Visioned One." She is the “calm ocean of wisdom”  according to her praise — the Wisdom or Prajna Mother of the Eastern Purelands, the co-Equal of Buddha Akshobhya. She calms anger and illness and other afflictions and obstacles. Original music, vocals, arrangement by BuddhaWeekly. Available for...
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Buddha Dharma practice reboot? With Refuge and Bodhichitta, you are not alone — methods to supercharge your enthusiasm for Buddhist practice

Retaining devotion and enthusiasm for Buddhist practice is a lifelong journey.
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There are times when we ask ourselves: Am I alone in struggling with enthusiasm for my Buddhist practice? Why did I lose my enthusiasm for meditation? How can I find time to practice in our stressful modern...
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Video: Accomplish Your Wishes with the 9 Magnetizing Yidams: Wangdu and 9 mantras

Wangdu: Accomplish Your Wishes with the 9 Magnetizing Yidams of the Padma Cloud of Blessings.
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What are the powerful and magnetizing benefits of the Padma Family, and especially the nine red Deities of the Cloud of Blessings? Who are the Nine Enlightened Deities of Amitabha’s Lotus Family of...
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July 6: His Holiness Birthday! Celebrating the Great 14th Dalai Lama’s Decades of Compassionate Activity, “Kindness that shines like a beacon” — Wishes for Long Life; his life and work

July 6 is the Dalai Lama's birthday.
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With kindness that shines like a beacon to the world, His Holiness the Dalai Lama celebrates his birthday on July 6th.
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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (right) receives long life and birthday wishes from His Holiness...
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“Torches That Help Light My Path”: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Translation of the Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings

"When I was seventeen and in my first year of novice studies at a Buddhist monastery in Vietnam, I had to memorize the Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings. Over sixty years have passed and I still find this text to be torches that help light my path." —...
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Video: Lochana Vajra Mother – Sanskrit Mantra 108 Times: Destroys Obstacles, Afflictions, Illness, Evil

Mother Lochana is the “calm ocean of wisdom” — the Wisdom or Prajna Mother of the Eastern Purelands, the co-Equal of Buddha Akshobhya. She calms anger and illness and other afflications and obstacles. Original music, vocals, arrangement by BuddhaWeekly. Available for streaming. Her mantra is Om Vajra Locane Lom Svaha Pronounce Locane...
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Tara, Mother of all Buddhas

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Loving face of the Mother of All Buddhas Green Tara. Detail from art by Ben Christian.
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How does Tara Help?

Tara, like any Mother, is ready to jump to our aid, even in mundane areas of life. She is the “practical Buddha” — the “Karma Mother” — the Buddha most active in our lives. Her Sanskrit name translates as “a star by which to navigate” — and like a star, she is always with us whenever we look for her.

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Tara 6 Tara Victorious Over Three Worlds Trailokya Vijaya Tara.
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21 Taras Mantra Video Playlist

An entire playlist of every one of the mantras for the 21 Taras. Don't miss the amazing Tara mantra chanting of Yoko Dharma for the each Tara of the 21 Taras according to Surya Gupta lineage. One video with many repetitions and visualized images for each Tara. The final video is the English-translated 21 Praises to Tara sung in English.

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