Gesar of Ling on his magical horse Kyang Go Karkar, was a king in 1027. In his great Buddhist Epic of a million verses, we learn how to overcome our obstacles, including fear. His allegorical tale is treasured and loved by Buddhist around the world.Dharma Hero! Becoming a Fearless Buddhist: Overcoming Five Fears -- Lessons from King Gesar and other Buddhist Champions 1 Why in Buddhism...
How can Buddhist practices help pacify war? Which practices are useful? Why are Haygariva and Tara practices, especially combined, so effective in averting fear and strife of war? If these practices work, why is there still war? What prayers and practices are helpful? Buddhist Practices for Pacifying War, including Hayagriva and Tara — the "pacifiers of war" 2 Tara watching over a caravan...
Vasudhara Buddhist Dharani Sutra with the Dharani: Buddha Teaches the Prosperity Mantras 3 Vasudhara in her most popular form in Tibet, with Two arms, Golden Yellow holding a sheef of corn. She is an aspect of Tara, called Yellow Tara (11th Tara in the Nyingma 21 Taras Lineage), and she is none other than Mother Earth's Enlightened Form, who controls the...
Vajra Armor Mantra Music Video Chanted Sanskrit Video ThumbnailSUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: VAJRA ARMOR MANTRA: Instant Protection (Chanted Sanskrit + Cham Dance Vibe) Your Musical Shield 4 ⚡ A fiery musical journey blending ancient Sanskrit Vajra Armor mantra of Vajrapani with Tibetan cham dance energy—featuring swirling cham dancers, powerful Sanskrit syllables, driving beat, and the unstoppable power of Vajrapani’s vajra Mantra: Hum vajra phāt. Om padma sarva...
Tara Windhorse Practice is one of the most popular practices in Vajrayana and Mahayana — and according to the introduction from the teacher Trulshik Adeu Rinpoche: “This windhorse practice, relying upon Noble Lady Tārā, is a prayer that fulfils all wishes.” Here we provide PDF downloads of Pujas, Practices, Sadhanas, and Sutras...
Windhorse Tara thumbnail for the Wish Fulfilling Practice Video.SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Tara Windhorse - Buddhist Wish-Fulfilling Practice: the Mother of all Mantras, Chi, Wind and Prana 5 Why is the special wish-fulfilling practice of Windhorse Tārā so treasured among Tara practitioners in Tibetan Buddhism? Why is it so well-known for helping us fulfill our wishes and overcome our obstacles. Why are all Taras associated with Chi,...
Guru RinpocheGuru Rinpoche is ready to answer and grant wishes: "Repeat this prayer continuously" for the granting of wishes 6 "The Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal had a vision in which she saw a manifestation of Guru Rinpoche called Immense Vajra Ocean in the direction to the east. Each of the pores in his body held one billion realms and in each realm there were one billion world...
Supreme Protection Vajra Armor Mantra is a powerful and profound practice of protection. In Sanskrit this is the Vajrakavaca mantra. In Tibetan it is called Dorje Go-drab. The sacred sounds of the mantra manifests an impenetrable armor of five colors of pure light around your body: white, red, blue, yellow and...
Thumbnail of VajraPani Vajra Armor MantraVIDEO: Vajrapani Vajra Armor Mantra: Supreme Protection Vajrakavaca from Padmasambhava 7 In Buddhism, why is the Vajrapani Vajra Armor Mantra, the kavacha or armor of Padmasambhava, famous for helping remedy 404 types of diseases? In what way can it provide protection from violence, sicknesses, bad omens, curses, and bad luck, especially those caused...
Buddhist body mandala practice in Vajrayana Buddhism — and riding the winds of the inner body "The prana goes where the mind goes."" 8 A Buddhist body mandala from a Tangkha acquired from a San Francisco museum. We see the Yogi (with the long hair) with a body mandala of deities on the charkas of his body. Surrounding him are various deities (on his crown Amitabha, to his left an exotic form...
Chant along with the great Dharani of the compassionate savior Bodhisattva, whose 1000-loving arms reach out with boundless love and compassion (video is hard-subbed for convenience for chant-along). DOWNLOAD AT THIS LINK: DOWNLOAD MP3:
As a special thank you to our supporting members, please enjoy this downloadable MP3 of our original recording of 21 Tara Praise in English, beautifully chanted and composed by our precious volunteers at Buddha Weekly.
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.
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.
