Padmasambhava Song of Abundance: Music Video of Dorjé Dechen Lingpa’s...
Abundance practices are the supreme merit-accumulating practices that encourage abundance — not only prosperity, but abundant good health, happiness, good fortune, fame and other wishes. This is not...
View ArticleSPECIAL MUSIC VIDEO: 2 Hours Mantra PROTECTION: VAJRAPANI VAJRA ARMOUR,...
Vajra Armor is famous as the most potent, powerful and invulnerable of protective mantras, taught by Padmasambhava Himself. (The Mantra can be chanted with Vajrapani visualization (as here, or Dorje...
View ArticleBlack Manjushri Healing Mantra: Venerable Zasep Rinpoche with transmission of...
Black Manjushri Healing Teaching and Mantra Transmission from Venerable Zasep Rinpoche Video Thumbnail. What Buddhist practices are helpful for healing agressive diseases such as cancer or any...
View ArticlePalden Lhamo Glorious Goddess SriDevi of Protection and Good Fortune: MANTRA...
Palden Lhamo Sri Devi Sanskrit Mantra Album Cover 3 Gems Band. In the foreground are her main attendants Lion-Faced Dakini (right) and Makara-Faced Dakini left. Who is Palden Lhamo? Palden Lhamo simply...
View ArticleSacred Six: Six Munis, Six Realms, Six Poisons, Six Ripenings, Six Wisdoms,...
The Six Munis are forms of Buddha who appeared in the Six Realms. Top left is Bramaraja, Sage of the Hell Realms; center top Indra Kaushika the Sage of the God Realm, top right is Jvalamukha, Sage of...
View ArticleDecoding the 21 Tara Activity Mantras: Which Tara Mantra is Best for Your...
Video Thumbnail: Decoding the 21 Tara Mantras Which of the 21 Tara Mantras should I practice for specific requests? What do the mantras mean? Which activity do I need for my situation? Video: CONTENTS...
View ArticleBoundless Heroine Tara: Bodhisattva, Mother, Saviour, Friend: Stories of...
Tara is not a static concept. Instead of a seated Buddha, we think of her as a dynamic action heroine, the karma goddess helping and rescuing beings. Here in our concept from our Video “Boundless...
View ArticleThe “Four Rs” of the Lunar Year End in Buddhism: Vital Vajrasattva Practice...
Sweeping away the obstacles, bad karma, bad luck and negativities of the old year, going into a new year with a purified “clean slate”, is an important lunar New Year practice in Buddhism. (This Year...
View ArticleIn Praise of the Vajrayana – A Brief Introduction to Buddhist Tantra
A feature article introducing profound Buddhist Tantra, from Jason Espada author of the book A Belief in the Miraculous. I. The Skillful Means of the Mahayana The Stages of the Path teachings [Note 1]...
View ArticleAvalokitesvara compassion practices can “enhance treatment of anxiety,...
Avalokitesvara is the metaphorical rock star of the Bodhisattvas. “Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, is one of the most important and popular Buddhist deities,” writes Karen Andres in...
View ArticleVajrapani, the “Hand of Buddha” defeats the poisons : pride, anger, hate and...
Vajrapani’s name means, literally, “Indestructible Hand” — the Hand of the Buddha. He is one of the three great Bodhisattvas, together with Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig, Guanyin) and Manjushri, who...
View ArticleHealing Parnashavari — Tara’s Healing emanation: specialist in Contagious...
“Tara dressed in leaves” is Parnashavari, the 20th emanation of Tara in the 21 Taras Praise.[3] Her name literally translates from Sanskrit to English as a “leaf-clad goddess” — a treasured and revered...
View ArticleScience: Research Indicates Vajrayana Meditation Techniques Involving Deity...
Science, and in particular the medical profession, has long accepted the positive benefits of many forms or meditation. Many studies across decades of research have proven meditation is simply good for...
View ArticleWrathful Deities: The First Responders in Meditation; the Psychology of...
If you were facing a life-threatening scenario, would you dial 911 on your phone — the law-enforcers or well-trained first responders — or call your kindly relative? If disaster strikes, we inevitably...
View ArticleWealth Deities: Generating Karma for Prosperity by Practicing Generosity. How...
Lama Atisha, the revered lama and Mahasiddha, came across an old man, dying of starvation in Bodghaya. Lama Atisha offered his own flesh, cut from his body, to save the old man. But the old man said,...
View ArticleBuddhist Ganesha: popular Ganapati’s many forms include enlightened Yidam,...
Buddhist Ganesha’s appeal is wide-reaching, not just amongst the spiritual. Ganesh tatoos and t-shirts are very popular worldwide. There is, a “life-affirming” quality about his image, even for the...
View ArticleMother Tara’s many-armed protective embrace: 21 Taras according to Surya...
There’s something very precious and special about Tara, the protective Mother, adored by millions around the world. Her energy is, at its root, wisdom — the female Enlightened Buddha. Tara is as...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Gelug Mahamudra, Eloquent Speech of Manjushri, a commentary and...
The book, Gelug Mahamudra Eloquent Speech of Manjushri, is a rare commentary and practice guide in English, written for Western Buddhist students. Why is Mahamudra an advanced and special practice?...
View ArticleYouthful Manjushri: the flowering of wisdom; the gentle Buddha who cuts...
Of all the Buddhist meditational deities — and, of all the Bodhisattvas we meet in the sutras — the overwhelming feeling with Manjushri is “gentle wisdom” and “gentle friend.” We feel warm, comforted,...
View ArticleTsa Lung Trul Khor, Yantra Yoga and Qigong — supercharging Buddhist...
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...
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