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NEW MUSIC ALBUM! Four Heavenly Kings: Mantras Chanted in Sanskrit for Good Fortune, Protection, Harmony and Wisdom

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Buddha Weekly's band released a new mini-album of four tracks featuring the 4 Heavenly Kings, the Watchers of the World in Buddhism.  Led by Vaisravana, the Chief of the Four Heavenly Kings, Northern Lord of Prosperity and Good Fortune, this is followed...
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SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Unlock 21 Taras’ Power! Wish-Granting Sanskrit Dharani: Health, Wealth, Protection, Wisdom

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According to Tara Herself, chanting her 21 Taras’ Sanskrit Dharani Praiseonly two, three or seven times will fulfil Wishes and remove obstacles and dangers.   In our world, the most potent, powerful and auspicious of Sanskrit...
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SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO! Yidam Enneagram: Which Buddha Are You? 15 Questions to Unlock Your Buddha Nature?

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15 Multiple Choice Questions: Unlock Enlightenment with Your Yidam Key! Which of the 25 Buddha Types are you? Why is your biggest emotional flaw also the key to your ultimate Enlightenment? What does this have to do with the Five...
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4 Guardians of the World and Dharma: the Watchers of the World: the Four Heavenly Kings in Buddhism, Their Mantras and Practice

When you visit a Mahayana Buddhist Temple, the towering and magnificent presence of the "Watchers of the World" or "Guardians of the World" -- a translation of Locapala (लोकपाल ) -- or the Four Heavenly Kings, is often the most striking. They tower at the entrances to the Temple, guarding the doorways...
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Samantabhadra’s The King of Prayers is the ultimate Buddhist practice how-to and itself a complete practice

Why is the King of Prayers, the king? This prayer, recommended by many Mahayana teachers, is also translated as "The Extraordinary Aspiration of the Practice of Samantabhadra." Samantabhadra, Universal Good Bodhisattva, offers us the entire path to becoming a Bodhisattva, for the benefit of all sentient beings! It's literally, in modern terms,...
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TRAILER: NEXT VIDEO! Yidam Enneagram: Which Buddha Are You? 15 Questions to Unlock Enlightenment

15 Multiple Choice Questions: Unlock Enlightenment with Your Yidam Key! Which of the 25 Buddha Types are you? Why is your biggest emotional flaw also the key to your ultimate Enlightenment? What does this have to do with the Five Buddha Families and why is it like an Enneagram or psychological personality...
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Video: Buddhist Exorcism: Kshitigarbha’s Instruction: Demon Hunters Part 2 with Dharanis and Mantras

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Why is the Bodhisattva practice of Kṣitigarbha (क्षितिगर्भ, 地藏, 지장, ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་, Địa Tạng) the most profound for conquering spirits of all classes and what is his Dharani and Mantra? What are the eight classes of Demon or...
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche and other teachers recommend Kṣitigarbha mantra and practice for times of disaster, especially hurricane and earthquake, because of the great Bodhisattva’s vow

In times of great danger, many Mahayana Buddhists call out to Tara for rescue, or Avalokiteshvara for compassion — but in times of impending great natural disasters, such as hurricane, typhoon, tornado, earthquake, Buddhists inevitably Kṣitigarbha (or Jizo as he is widely known in Japan and even China). During these times —...
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SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: Buddhist Exorcism: Kshitigarbha’s Instruction: Demon Hunters Part 2 with Dharanis and Mantras

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Why is the Bodhisattva practice of Kṣitigarbha (क्षितिगर्भ, 地藏, 지장, ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་, Địa Tạng) the most profound for conquering spirits of all classes and what is his Dharani and Mantra? What are the eight classes of Demon or Spirit and how are they...
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Subtle body as the path to Enlightenment and lighting the inner fire— the five chakras, three channels and two drops of Tantric Buddhism and their practice

"In my teaching I emphasize that Enlightenment is found in the body. This draws on Dzogchen, where you are told that when you put your awareness in the body in the right way, you encounter your awakened state. I also point out that through meditation we realize that awareness is not located...
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5 Mother Mantras in 9 Minutes: Conquers Anger, Greed, Attachment, Ignorance and Jealousy

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MANTRAS OF THE FIVE WISDOM MOTHERS, 7 TIMES EACH, fully animated! A DAILY PRACTICE OF WISDOM and ACTIVITY of the BUDDHAS. Practicing the 5 Mother Mantras with Mindfulness as a daily, short practice can overcome these five poisons...
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Tsa Lung Trul Khor, Yantra Yoga and Qigong — supercharging Buddhist meditation (8 videos)

Tsa Lung Trul Khor demonstration by Akarpa Rinpoche.
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  Tsa Lung Trul Khor is an ancient practice with a 4,000-year lineage that works with the “breath” and the energetic subtle body. With similar benefits to health as Chi Gong (Qigong) — the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Trul Khor...
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Buddha Weekly’s Special Section

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.
Karma Mother

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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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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