Mantra

Om Tara Tuttare Ture Soha When we chant the Green Tara mantra, we are not simply asking for Tara’s blessing and help with our lives and...

This was a fun, delightful and inspiring book. Some quotes that were especially inspiring for me: Practicing bodhicitta with a cat (from...

The individual is an illusion. An individual is only a manifestation of the one reality that the individual cannot comprehend that is...

Stop “Thinking” So Much. I know something about you without knowing you. I bet you spend A LOT of time in your head. You know, thinking,...

Inspiring 3 minute video from Ram Dass on fear. How can we balance fear with equanimity? Ram Dass shares the antidote to fear, and the...

When shenpa arises, drop the storyline, stop the thoughts, and breathe. Fear is my habit, reinforced over decades. It is nothing but a...

Meditation helps other parts of your life become more simple. As you enter quieter spaces you will see how clinging to desires has made...

A peaceful, purposeful, dedicated lifestyle inspires us every day as we continue to make a hermitage of our changing circumstances and...

Devotional communion with me is simply loving attachment to me. When you become attached to me, then all your conventional relationships...

The essence of my relationship with Maharajji is to love him, to open myself to his presence, to surrender to him. That's my bhakti...

Today's reading at Self Realization Fellowship in Pukalani was from Yogananda's book Man's Eternal Quest, page 199. He gave this talk in...

Meditation practice in three segments for 10 minutes to cultivate a conscious, blissful, focused day. Set 10 minute alarm. Start with...

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is a modern classic with an approachable, inspiring glimpse into the meaning and practices of the...

In his "Praises of Dharmadhatu" Nagarjuna wrote: Just as a flame within vase cannot be seen outside, so too the light of the buddha...

Japa mala meditation. Mala beads are beautiful sacred objects you can wear or carry with you to practice in traffic, waiting in line and...

Solstice is the perfect day to contemplate Padmasambhava, Guru Rinpoche, the Lotus Born teacher. Rama spoke of Padmasambhava as a fierce...

Shenpa is the Tibetan word for attachment. Shenpa is thinking and reacting from the momentum of bad habits. The practice is to recognize...

A video from Reza to his gurubais. The Power Of Conscious Awareness | Gelong Thubten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vTviVkFJzM&feature=...

Equanimity is that capacity to maintain balance in the midst of any condition, and to hold all beings in equal regard. The value of...

Lighted candles set a beautiful mood for meditation in the morning in the dark. They illuminate the space with a warm, comforting, soft,...