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Supporting Members Video: Mantra Eliminates All Poisons:18th White Tara Lord Atisha Lineage Sanskrit Chanting 108 Times

White Tara Who Neutralizes Poisons is the Eighteenth Tara of the twenty-one. She eliminates not only physical poisons but the internal poisons of anger, hate and attachment. Her mantra according to Lord Atisha's great lineage is: om tare tuttare ture naga visha shantim kuru svaha ॐ तरे तुत्तरे तुरे नगा विश शन्तिम...
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Five Buddhas, 5 Wisdoms, 5 Mantras: Their Practices, Symbols, Seed Syllables, and Visualizations

Who are the five Great Conquering Buddhas and what are their five Wisdoms? Why are they so important in daily Mahayana Buddhist practice? How are they different from Shakyamuni Buddha, who was born into our world? In this presentation we'll introduce the important Five Buddha Mandala, and the symbolism and mantras of...
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Supporting Members Video: Five Buddhas, 5 Wisdoms, 5 Mantras: Their Practices, Symbols, Seed Syllables, and Visualizations

Who are the five Great Conquering Buddhas and what are their five Wisdoms? Why are they so important in daily Mahayana Buddhist practice? How are they different from Shakyamuni Buddha, who was born into our world?   https://vimeo.com/937950698?share=copy   5 Buddhas CONTENTS 00:00-02:34 The “Mind Universe” of the Five Buddhas 02:35-03:38 Shakyamuni...
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Knowing the World As a Sacred Place by Jason Espada — a Vajrayana View (Special for Earth Day)

An Invitation to the Vajrayana View By Jason Espada Jason Espada's Website - Living in Beauty We are not here on Earth to be alone, but to be a part of a living community, a web of life in which all is sacred… this is something we each need to rediscover and...
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April 22 is Earth Day, which makes it Tara’s day: nourishing, caring, mother-earth hands of Tara of the Khadira Fragrant Forest

April 22 is Global Earth Day: HAPPY EARTH DAY FROM @BuddhaWeekly. 
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We can take inspiration from Green Tara's example to be more mindful of our planet and all its creatures every day of the year. We can use her nourishing, caring hands as a reminder to treat the...
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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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9 Ways Buddha Taught Us to Transform Anger with Three Sutras — Ending Negativity and Suffering:

An angry man insults the Buddha. The Buddha's reaction was "non reaction."
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Why do we meditate on impermanence? Why does Buddha speak so often in Sutras, on the "poison" of anger? Why do we see so many "angry" or even demonic Enlightened Buddhas in Mahayana and Vajrayana? In...
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Vasudhara Dharani Sutra in English and Tibetan with the Dharani in Sanskrit and Tibetan.

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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...
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Who are the Five Great Wisdom Buddhas and Why Are They So Important? How to Visualize and Practice the Five Dhyani Buddhas

Five Dhyani Buddhas.
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Who are the five Great Conquering Buddhas and what are their five Wisdoms? Why are they so important in daily Mahayana Buddhist practice? How are they different from Shakyamuni Buddha, who was born into our world? In this feature we'll introduce the important Five Buddha...
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This Fresh Existence: Heart Teachings from Bhikkhuni Dhammananda: Book Excerpt

Bhikkuni Dhammananda
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An Excerpt from This Fresh Existence: Heart Teachings from Bhikkhuni Dhammananda  by Cindy Rasicot I am not exactly sure when it happened, but it was most likely the summer of 2016 – a very hot day at Venerable Dhammananda’s monastery in Nakhon Pathom. All the nuns and...
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Song of Enlightenment by Master Yonglia — going beyond all dualisms, theories, names, forms, preferences and aversions.

Song of Enlightenment[1]— Commentary The Song of Enlightenment is a concise treatise of about 1800 words, written in literary verse by Master Yongjia (Yōka Genkaku, in Japanese)[2].  It is a long poem, somewhat difficult to understand, yet filled with profound insights about the nature of reality, Buddhist theory and practice.  It is...
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Video: Mantra: Helps Overcome Dangers, Disasters, Brings Prosperity: Ksitigarbha Earth Treasury 地藏

  TURN ON CC captions to chant along with mantra for best experience. "Ksitigarbha Practice... his practice will ensure the universe will remain stable, riches will increase, you will gain whatever you wish for, and all glorious qualities will expand enormously.” — Kṣhitigarbha and Ten Wheels Sūtra. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkXGq9qs8KM   Khenpo Sodargye explains: "In...
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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.

Tara 6 Tara Victorious Over Three Worlds Trailokya Vijaya Tara.
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.

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