Healing Parnashavari — Tara’s 20th emanation: specialist in Contagious...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. “Tara dressed in leaves” is Parnashavari, the 20th emanation of Tara in the 21 Taras Praise.[3] Her name literally...
View ArticleWhite Tara long life practice video with guided visualization from H.E. Zasep...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. Is it possible to achieve longevity? And what about karma? Zasep Tulku Rinpoche answers these questions and gives a...
View ArticleVajrasattva, the Great Purifier, among the most powerful and profound healing...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. All Buddhist practices could ultimately be described by the goal “purification of the five aggregates” — through...
View ArticleAvalokitesvara compassion practices can “enhance treatment of anxiety,...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. Avalokitesvara is the metaphorical rock star of the Bodhisattvas. “Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, is...
View ArticleSwift Healing with White Tara: the Rapid Path to Long Life, Merit, Wisdom,...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. When I need help in a hurry, Tara is the “swift one”—the One I call on first. If I’m in trouble, Green Tara. If I’m...
View ArticleChittamani Tara (Cittamani)- the “Mind Jewel” Green Tara, an approachable and...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. Green Tara Buddha is almost certainly one of the most popular Yidams in Vajrayana Buddhism. In Tibetan Buddhism...
View ArticleBody mandala practice in Vajrayana Tantric Buddhism — and riding the winds of...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. “Where the mind goes, the body follows” is an ancient unattributed wisdom saying — although it is credited to Arnold...
View ArticleLama Tsongkhapa: A Short, Powerful Practice Helps Bring Compassion, Wisdom,...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. “In my opinion, having the opportunity to practice the guru yoga of the great holy being Lama Tsongkhapa, is more...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Gelug Mahamudra, Eloquent Speech of Manjushri, a commentary and...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. On November 24, Gelug Mahamudra: Eloquent Speech of Manjushri, will release with a book signing launch event in...
View ArticleThe Quantum Buddha Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava: the Second Buddha who turned...
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation. Copyright Buddha Weekly. The Vajrayana Wheel of Buddhist Dharma that Guru Rinpoche brought to Tibet was more than simply another lineage of...
View ArticleTara, the Saviour, and Vajrayogini the Sarvabuddhadakini: how are they...
Vajrayogini “is the original and prototypical female Buddha of the Tantric pantheon… compassionate, all-knowing, and supremely blissful… Vajrayogini reigns supreme as the Sarvabuddhadakini, ‘Dakini...
View ArticleNaked wisdom for degenerate times: Vajrayogini, enlightened wisdom queen,...
The great Lama Yeshe said, “The Vajrayogini yoga method is extremely powerful. It is just what we need in these degenerate times, with our delusions running rampant and our minds grasping at...
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...
View ArticleYouthful Manjushri: the beginning and flowering of wisdom; the gentle friend...
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 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 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 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 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 ArticleChittamani Tara (Cittamani)- the “Mind Jewel” Green Tara, an approachable and...
Many Tara practitioners wonder why there are so many Taras: 21 Taras, 108 Taras, 1008 Taras — and more. Peaceful Taras. Motherly Taras. Green, White, Black, Blue, Red, Yellow, Gold, Orange Taras. And...
View ArticleMiracles of Great Black Mahakala: three Men in Black, the Mahakala brothers,...
“You come from your tree… You, the Great Black One, the Great Crow. Glorious Six-Armed One, homage and praise to you! Sternly protect the doctrine of the Buddha!” [1] Crows and the Men in Black are...
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