VAJRAYANA AND EMPTINESS Tantric meditations in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism are rich with ornate visualizations. These practices are multi-dimensional: meditators engage body, speech and mind in experiencing a blissful reality in which enlightened beings inhabit celestial mansions. These sacred visions are understood to exist, not as absolute concrete realities, but instead as arising dependently, like a mirage,…
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VAJRAYANA AND EMPTINESS Tantric meditations in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism are rich with ornate visualizations. These practices are multi-dimensional: meditators engage body, speech and mind in experiencing a blissful reality in which enlightened beings inhabit celestial mansions. These sacred visions are understood to exist, not as absolute concrete realities, but instead as arising dependently, like a mirage,…
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CHICAGO The Great Seal of Bliss and Wisdom: Learning to Rest in the Natural Perfection of Every Moment On the quest to enlightenment, inner posture is key to all success. Tibetans call it “Tawa,” a term often translated as “The View.” As the Second Dalai Lama put it in a verse, “It is an inner…
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Register now for this free 4 week White Tara course with Jewel Heart Instructors. Available at Jewel Heart New York and online via webinar. The Healing Practice of White Tara Tara, the mother goddess of Tibetan Buddhism, is known for her quick and compassionate activity. She is particularly associated with healing and long life. This course…
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Jewel Heart is grateful so many were able to participate in the White Tara Healing Meditation and Initiation by Gelek Rimpoche on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at The Great Hall at Cooper Union in New York, NY. As follow up, we are happy to offer the following: WHITE TARA About White Tara – Video with Kathleen…
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The Dalai Lama On the occasion of the Dalai Lama’s 81st birthday, Rimpoche reflects on His Holiness’s life, Rimpoche’s own life, and the recent history of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. Audio Only
SEM: The Nature of Mind The Limitless Potential of Human Consciousness Based on teachings delivered by Gelek Rimpoche on the nature of mind, this course addresses the relationship between energy and mind, the mind’s capacity for liberation and wisdom, and continuity of consciousness. One needn’t be Buddhist to benefit from this course. SEM: The Nature…
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These 72 weekly Sunday teachings by Gelek Rimpoche on the Essence of Tibetan Buddhism span the period from February 2015 to December 2016.
The SIX YOGAS OF NAROPA are perhaps the most widespread approach to completion stage tantric practice in Tibet. Originally transmitted from Naropa to his Tibetan disciple Marpa, the lineage was quickly absorbed by all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Glenn, who has published two books on the tradition, originally received the oral transmission of the Six…
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VAJRAYANA AND EMPTINESS Tantric meditations in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism are rich with ornate visualizations. These practices are multi-dimensional: meditators engage body, speech and mind in experiencing a blissful reality in which enlightened beings inhabit celestial mansions. These sacred visions are understood to exist, not as absolute concrete realities, but instead as arising dependently, like a mirage,…
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