Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation
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Buddha Weekly is a Buddhist magazine focused on Vajrayana, Mahayana and Hinayana. Our mission is making Buddhism in all its wonderful forms accessible. Buddha Weekly Online Magazine, published since 2007, takes a topical approach to modern Buddhist feature writing. Topics of interest to modern Buddhists, from the multiple points-of-view of many teachers.
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation
1d ago
The Twenty-First Tara of the twenty-one Taras, known as Tara Who Completely Perfects All Enlightened Activities is none other than Marici (pronounced Marichi). She perfects all pacifying activities and completes all siddhis, common and supreme, including various magical attainments, into the cause for final Enlightenment.
This powerful pacifying mantra was transmitted by Tara Herself to Lord Atisha.
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21. Tara Who Completely Perfects All Enlightened Activities (Marici)
om tare tuttare ture sarva siddhi sadhanam svaha
ॐ तरे तुत्तरे तुरे सर्व सिद्धी सधनम स्वहा
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Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation
2d ago
The powerful pacifying mantra transmitted by Tara Herself to Lord Atisha as the 19th of the 21 Taras, White Tara Who Alleviates Suffering who is Sitatapatra:
om tare tuttare ture mocana svaha
(pronounced mochana with a soft ch )
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What does She pacify? The 19th Tara, who emanates also as Sitatapatra, pacifies all suffering and all dangers.
HER PRAISE IN ENGLISH shows us that even the Devas (gods and godesses) rely on Tara for protection and alleviation of suffering!:
Homage to You on whom the devas rely
And also the lords of all the Gandharvas.
Your armor of j ..read more
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation
2d ago
The Twenty-First Tara of the twenty-one Taras, known as Tara Who Completely Perfects All Enlightened Activities is none other than Marici (pronounced Marichi). She perfects all pacifying activities and completes all siddhis, common and supreme, including various magical attainments, into the cause for final Enlightenment. This powerful pacifying mantra was transmitted by Tara Herself to […]
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Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation
3d ago
The powerful pacifying mantra transmitted by Tara Herself to Lord Atisha as the 19th of the 21 Taras, White Tara Who Alleviates Suffering who is Sitatapatra: om tare tuttare ture mocana svaha (pronounced mochana with a soft ch ) Video: https://vimeo.com/927326889?share=copy What does She pacify? The 19th Tara, who emanates also as […]
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Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation
5d ago
Four Heavenly Kings photo at Beihai Park Beijing China.
When you visit a Mahayana Buddhist Temple, the looming 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 or flanks the altars, usually magnificently carved and painted with fierce expressions and weapons in hand.
Temple King Todaiji Temple.
Although they tend to be spectacularly displayed in Chinese and Japanese Temples, they ..read more
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation
5d ago
Sukhavati the Western Pureland of Amitabha Buddha.
In what way are the Buddhist Purelands real and accessible? How can we visit them? Which one should we aspire to based on our own situations and karmas? How can an visionary trip to the Pure Realms help focus my practice?
An visualized travelogue to the fantastic Buddha Purelands may seem like fantasy, escape or a dream until we remember that most meditative practice in Buddhism is in the space of the mind. If we ask ourselves — or seek answers in the teachings — it becomes clear that the Purelands are in the transcendent realms of the m ..read more
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation
5d ago
The parable of the vagabond son and the affluent father who never gives up on him.“Buddhahood is our inheritance, and the only thing preventing us from claiming that inheritance is ourselves, our own limited view of our ourselves, our low self-esteem, our lack of confidence, our lack of imagination, our sense of inadequacy…”
Quote from Dyomo in a podcast on the meaning of the Parable of the Lost Son.
Editors Note: This is chapter 4 in our ongoing series on the Lotus Sutra, and the second of the seven parables found in the Lotus Sutra. This is the well known parable of the Vagabond Son (repres ..read more
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation
5d ago
White Tara Mantra Collection from Buddha Weekly album cover.
Mother Tara, as the Enlightened Activity of all the Buddhas, manifests in countless forms. The best known of these are the 21 Taras, celebrated in a Dharani Sanskrit Praise and teaching, in Sutra and also in Mantras.
Among the 21 in the Atisha lineage of teachings, there are six White Taras. (For the mantras see below for text.)
White Tara’s pacify. They pacify illness, the five poisons, external dangers, warfare and more. Each of these six White Taras has a specialty and her own mantra. These are called “supplicating mantras ..read more
Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation
1w ago
In this in-depth feature, we answer these questions about Malas, and more:
CONTENTS of VIDEO:
00:00-01:50 Introducing Malas and the questions we ask
01:50-04:41 “Mala should follow you like your shadow”
04:41-05:26 Guru Rinpoche’s Instructions
05:26-06:45 How many beads should a Mala have?
06:45-8:52 Care, Dos and Do Nots of Mala Practices
08:52-11:40 Gyaltrul Rinpoche and Padmasambhava: Materials and Protocols
11:40-12:35 Blessing your mala
12:35-14:23 How to Use for Different Activities
14:24-15:24 Sealing the Merit of Recitations
15:24-16:07 Commitments for Practice: Root Commitments
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Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation
1w ago
Gautama “cuts his hair” as a sign of renunciation.
In the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, the most important days for celebrating the glorious Awakened Buddha Shakyamuni Gautama Buddha, are his Birthday, Renunciation Day, Paranirvana Day.
His Renunciation Day, which falls on the 8th day of the 2nd Lunar Month, this year on Sunday March 17, 2024, celebrates the day he renounced his life as a worldly prince to pursue the Bodhisattva mission to solve the mystery of suffering and safe sentient beings from Samsara.
Buddha encounters the four sights of old age, sickness, death and the homeless ..read more