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New Podcast: Great Sage from the Land of Snows Lama Tsongkhapa — with guided practice
TEXT of the practice is below if you'd like to follow along! Great Sage from the Land of Snows Lama Tsongkhapa — an ideal practice In these difficult times, we need practices that generate the healing powers of Compassion, Wisdom and Power. These are usually personified, from a Mahayana Buddhist point-of-view...
Video: Lama Tsongkhapa Visualization and Practice with Migtsema Chanting
Great Sage from the Land of Snows, Lama Tsongkhapa — an ideal practice In these difficult times, we need practices that generate the healing powers of Compassion, Wisdom and Power. These are usually personified, from a Mahayana Buddhist point-of-view in the Enlightened forms of Chenrezig for Compassion, Manjushri for Wisdom, and Vajrapani...
PODCAST: Vajrasattva Buddhist Purification: guided audio visulized meditation and 100-syllable mantras
Why do many Buddhists consider purification practice to be the ultimate meditative practice? Why do Tibetan Buddhists consider Buddha Vajrasattva practice to be the most perfect and complete of purification practices? Do I need special instruction to practice this most profound purification and healing practice? We answer these questions and more in...
Vajrasattva Video: Guided Visualization and Long Mantras (non musical) With Helpful Introductory Documentary
Don't miss this beautiful visualized short guided journey into the mandala of Vajrasattva, with the long mantra and purification visualization, beautifully illustrated with the amazing art of Thomas Edwards and Laura Santi. The on-screen visualization is guided by our editor Lee Kane, and introduced with a concise but helpful 'documentary' introduction. (Time...
PODCAST: Dogs and Cats Who Love Buddha: Doggy and Kitty Dharma
What do the Buddhist teachers say about doggie and kitty Buddha Dharma? Did Buddha teach that Dogs and cats have Buddha Nature, just like humans? How can you help your companion meet the Dharma in daily life? How can we help when our companions are passing from this life? Listen to Podcast...
VIDEO — All Beings Have Been Our Mothers! Doggy and Kitty and Hamster Buddha Dharma
With insights from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Venerable Zasep Rinpoche and Venerable Thubten Choden. Ends with Healing Medicine Buddha Mantras (Recommended by teachers to play for your animal companions!) chanted by the amazing Yoko Dharma with beautiful animal videos. (Video embedded below!) Partial Transcript Many Mahayana meditations, sadhanas and prayers use language such...
Deity Yoga: Science or Superstition? Vajrayana Deity Meditation Proves Invaluable in Preventing Cognitive Disorders. In What Other Ways is Vajrayana Buddhist Deity Practice More Science than Religion?
Deity Yoga in Tibetan Buddhism is very often misunderstood. In apparent contradiction to the implied meaning of "deity" — which is really a mistranslation of the Sanskrit "deva" — there might, in fact, be more science than superstition to the practices of deities. It's a ridiculous notion, I know, but one I...
Podcast: Kurukulla Red Tara Visualization and 108 Mantra Female Buddha Vajrayana Buddhism
Transcript Narrator: Over the centuries, Vajrayana Buddhists journeyed, in their minds, to visit dazzling pure lands, filled with wondrous Enlightened Beings. Imagine, now, closing your eyes to meditate on Emptiness, and glimpsing none other than Red Tara in her form as Kurukulla. Kurukulla, the powerful manifestation of Buddha in a Female Buddha...
Video: Stumbling on the Buddha and the Eightfold Path Visualization and Teaching
What would it have been like to stumble on the Buddha as he sat with his first five disciples to "Turn the Wheel of Truth" and the Noble Eightfold Path? Join our editor Lee Kane as imagines the scene — beautifully visualized with a sumptuous video visualization. Come with us now, to...
Drumming for Mindfulness — a simple way to calm the mind, remove stress and heal. Studies show drum meditation supports treatments of cancer, Parkinsons and depression.
"I beat upon the Dharma drum, announcing my search for Dharma in the four directions" — Lotus Sutra, Chapter 12 More than 2500 years ago, the drum was an important component of various Buddhist traditions. "In Buddha's time, the gong and drum were used to gather everyone to announce the precepts, meal times,...
The Ultimate Purification and Healing Practice: Chenrezig Nyung Nye Two-Day Practice: As Effective as 3 Months of Any other Practice
In Mahayana Buddhism, one Nyung Nye two-day intensive practice is considered to be as effective as three months of any other purification practice. It is also considered to be a very effective "healing practice." [1] It combines the purifying practices of taking precepts, prostrations, fasting and silent meditation on day two, sadhanas...
Podcast: 10 Protections of the Buddha: Amitabha Pureland Practice and Amituofo 南無阿彌陀佛 Chanting
Why is Amitabha Practice misunderstood by many Buddhists? What are the Ten Great Benefits of Chanting the Name Praise of Amitabha? Why is Pureland Buddhism an ideal practice for devoted Buddhists? For many Buddhists, simply chanting the name of Amitabha Buddha, the Buddha of Infinite Light, is a complete mindfulness and devotional...
Buddha Weekly’s Special Section
Tara, Mother of all Buddhas
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.
Tara on YouTube
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.