Tara Puja, 28 February - 1 March 2021, Taipei, Taiwan

“The Tara that can be understood cannot be a cosmic Tara. The Tara that can be expressed in words, cannot be the infinite Tara. Yet Tara is the source of everything.” This quotation is adapted from the Tao de Ching by Laozi and encapsulates how we need to think in order to approach Tara. Rinpoche introduces us to Tara and guides us to make a connection with her, both through elaborate pujas and in simple, unelaborated, daily practice.

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度母法會 | 2021年2月28 - 3月1日 | 台灣/台北市 
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Tara Puja, 28 February - 1 March 2021, Taipei, Taiwan - Part 1 | 度母法會 | 2021年2月28 - 3月​1日 | 台灣/台北市

Lama Zopa Rinpoche chanting the Praises to the Twenty-one Taras. Come learn more at www.lamayeshe.com/article/praises-twenty-one-taras-audio

Lama Zopa Rinpoche chanting the Praises to the Twenty-one Taras

Lama Tharchin Rinpoche chants the concise severance (chod) ritual of Troma Nagmo by Dudjom Lingpa.
Lama Tharchin Rinpoche and the Vajrayana Foundation (www.vajrayana.org)
Text available in letter format: https://sellfy.com/p/h0Vz/ and half-page format for tablet: https://sellfy.com/p/TsUn/

Original Daily Practice Book

Troma Nagmo Concise Chod

Although the Buddha taught only one ultimate truth, because listeners of the teachings come from a wide variety of backgrounds, minds and elements, there are many different sutras.  Here, Rinpoche presents the Thousand Hands Sutra, revisiting it for many reasons: one being because it’s very popular in Korea and another, because it is one of the most celebrated sutras of theTang Dynasty in of China.  In this particular sutra, the Buddha talks about the dharani (mantra) of Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva of Great Compassion).  Reading and/or saying this dharani out loud, you can accumulate a lot of merit.  And Rinpoche teaches on the meaning and character of this dharani, which in essence is its great compassion.
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Compassion, Avalokiteshvara and the Thousand Hands Sutra Part 1

Tibetan text by Thangtong Gyalpo.
English Translation by Shamar Rinpoche & Pamela Gayle White.
Music by Sanford Garner.
Vocals by Wendelin Wagner.
Arrangement by Jonathan Chapman Cook
Copyright: Bodhi Path Wisdom Foundation

Chenrezig Sadhana Full Instrument

Teaching on Refuge – 2010, London, UK 

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Teaching On Refuge – 2010, London, UK - Track 01

Vimalakirti Sutra, 12-13 June 2014, Odsal Ling, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Vimalakirti Sutra Odsal Ling Brasil 3

The Mahāsūtra “On Entering the City of Vaiśālī”
ཡངས་པའི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་དུ་འཇུག་པའི་མདོ་ཆེན་པོ།
Vaiśālīpraveśamahāsūtra
Toh 312

Invited to visit the city of Vaiśālī, which has been ravaged by a terrible epidemic, the Buddha instructs Ānanda to stand at the city’s gate and recite a proclamation, a long mantra, and some verses that powerfully evoke spiritual well-being. Ānanda does so, and the epidemic comes to an end. One of the mahāsūtras related to the literature of the Vinaya, this text, like other accounts of the incident, has traditionally been recited during times of personal or collective illness, bereavement, and other difficulties.

We are humbled to share here both a recitation in English, as well as a recitation in Tibetan by our Founding Chair, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche(https://soundcloud.com/translate84000/toh-312-entering-the-great-city-of-vaishali-recited-by-dzongsar-khyentse-rinpoche) to help those unsure of where or how to begin.

So open the text in our Reading Room (https://read.84000.co), and recite along!
https://read.84000.co/translation/toh312.html

Ep. 1 | English | "On Entering the City of Vaiśālī" recited and produced by Gary Dyson

Kuntuzangpo Molam, Bir, India - 21 June 2020
During the solar eclipse of 21 June 2020 Siddhartha's Intent hosted a global recitation of the Samantabhadra Aspiration Prayer.
We were fortunate to receive a teaching from Rinpoche, who painted a picture of the mind that, for lack of a better word, "composed" a prayer which has no composer: our naked cognisance, our naked awareness. The Kuntuzangpo prayer is just there; it's being recited and answered all the time. When a beautiful sunrise appears, if the owl doesn't see it because it's blind, too bad! If we can't see these prayers that are being answered, we're like an owl. There's not much we can do, just pray not to be an owl, which is what we do when we recite the prayer.
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Samantabhadra Aspiration Prayer Mix

Our newly published text "The Dhāraṇī of Parṇaśavarī" is the focus of the fourth episode in our Sūtras for Well-Being series, that explores sūtras traditionally recited for resilience and well-being during times of adversity, and the stories behind them. And today we are thrilled to be able to share with you a recitation of this text in Tibetan by His Holiness 41st Sakya Trichen; as well as a reading in English [by Catherine Fordham]. 

"The Dhāraṇī of Parṇaśavarī" [https://read.84000.co/translation/toh736.html] is a short incantation dedicated to the piśācī Parṇaśavarī, who is renowned in Buddhist lore for her power to cure disease, avert epidemics, pacify strife, and otherwise protect those who recite her dhāraṇī from any obstacles they may face.

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「消災祈福」系列經典之四｜ 第41任薩迦法王親誦藏文版《葉衣佛母陀羅尼》
「消災祈福」系列經典之四｜英文版《葉衣佛母陀羅尼》誦讀

84000新近發布的英譯《葉衣佛母陀羅尼》是「消災祈福」系列的第四部佛典。「消災祈福」系列經典是84000編輯團隊特選的一些常於病疾災害降臨時被人們廣泛讀誦抄寫的經文，望能藉此為世界祈福。願疫疾快速平息，社會和諧，人心安樂。

應我們的祈請，尊貴的第41任薩迦法王專門為我們誦讀了藏文版的《葉衣佛母陀羅尼》。英文版由Catherine Fordham念誦。

《葉衣佛母陀羅尼》https://read.84000.co/translation/toh736.html 為祈請葉衣佛母之短咒。葉衣佛母以其療癒疾病、消除瘟疫、平息戰亂和保護持咒者免於障難的力量而聞名。

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Ep. 4 | Tibetan | "The Dhāraṇī of Parṇaśavarī" recited by His Holiness 41st Sakya Trichen

Today we share with you a recording of H.H. Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche reciting our third text in this well-being series, "Tārā Who Protects from the Eight Dangers," as well as one of Ani Jasmine reading the text in English.  

For Tibetan Buddhists, "Tārā Who Protects from the Eight Dangers" [https://read.84000.co/translation/toh731.html] is a prayer to the deity Tārā that describes the eight great dangers, and how Tārā's qualities and attributes can be beneficial to us all.  

As the pandemic continues, and environmental and social uncertainty rage around the world, we continue on with our Sūtras for Well-Being series to bring to you the texts traditionally recited for resilience and well-being in times of adversity, and the stories behind them.

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Ep. 3 | English | "Tārā Who Protects from the Eight Dangers" recited by Ani Jasmine

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