Advanced Meditation – Tantra Teachings |
Level 1: Getting Started |
Making Sense of Tantra: Basic Questions and Doubts |
multipart text |
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Introduction to Tantra |
chapter eBook |
 
Tantra as a Method for Spiritual Development |
audio + transcript |
Practicing Tantra Effectively |
video + audio + transcript |
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Brief Explanation of the Differences among the Four Classes of Tantra |
audio + transcript |
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Basic Features of Tantra |
medium essay |
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What Are Dharma Protectors? |
medium essay |
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Advice for Taking a Tantric Empowerment (Initiation) |
short essay |
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Visualization |
medium transcript |
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Obstacles to Developing Concentration, Especially during Tantric Recitation Meditation – Geshe Sonam Rinchen |
short essay |
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What Is the Difference between Visualizing Ourselves as a Buddhist Deity and a Deluded Person Imagining They are Mickey Mouse? |
video + audio + transcript |
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Inspiration (“Blessings”) and Its Relation to Mantras and Oral Transmission |
medium essay |
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Directing Rebirth: The Tibetan Tulku System |
medium transcript |
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Overview of Tantra |
audio + transcript |
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Essentials of Tantra in Terms of Hologram Theory |
audio + transcript |
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Theory of Tantra in Terms of Inseparable Samsara and Nirvana |
audio + transcript |
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General Kriya Tantra Practice |
audio + transcript |
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The Meaning and Use of a Mandala |
short essay |
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Explanation of the Meaning and Use of a Mandala |
audio + transcript |
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Recitation of Mantras |
audio + transcript |
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Vajrasattva Purification: The Basics |
long essay |
A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra |
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Text of A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra |
medium translation |
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Course: A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra (November 2007 – June 2009) |
audio course |
Level 2: Basic Theory |
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Making Sense of Tantra: Why Tantra Is More Efficient Than Sutra |
multipart text |
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Developing Our Buddha-Nature Factors through Sutra and Tantra |
video + audio + transcript |
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Buddha-Family Traits (Buddha Families) and Aspects of Experience |
short sketch |
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Five Buddha-Family Traits in Daily Life: Gelug Anuttarayoga Tantra and Karma Kagyu Mahamudra Presentations |
medium essay |
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The Purification Method Used in Anuttarayoga Tantra |
medium essay |
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The Six Alternatives and Four Modes for Explaining Vajra Expressions in Anuttarayoga Tantra |
short sketch |
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Buddha-Nature and the Clear Light Mind |
audio + transcript |
Level 3: Intermediate Theory |
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Happiness: An In-Depth Analysis of Its Role in Sutra and Tantra |
multipart text |
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The Union of Method and Wisdom in Sutra and Tantra: Gelug and Non-Gelug Presentations |
long essay |
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The Dormant Clear Light Mind during Periods of Grosser Consciousness |
short essay |
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Divisions, Causes, and Elimination of Unpurified Appearance-Making According to Non-Gelug |
short essay |
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Ridding Oneself of the Two Sets of Obscurations in Sutra and Highest Tantra According to Nyingma and Sakya |
medium essay |
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Comparison of Highest Tantra Voidness Meditation in the Four Tibetan Traditions |
short sketch |
Level 4: Advanced Points |
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Conventional and Deepest Bodhichitta and the Two Truths in Anuttarayoga Tantra |
short essay |
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Relationships between Two Objects in Anuttarayoga Tantra |
short essay |
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Alaya and Impure Appearance-Making |
short essay |
Level 5: Specific Tantra Systems |
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Introduction to the Guhyasamaja System of Anuttarayoga Tantra |
video + audio + transcript |
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Introduction to the Chakrasamvara System of Anuttarayoga Tantra |
video + audio + transcript |
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Introduction to the Vajrabhairava System of Anuttarayoga Tantra |
video + audio + transcript |