Tantra

Kriya tantra (ritual tantra) is found in the Nyingma and Sarma classification schemes. It’s a practice with deity visualization that emphasizes cleanliness, vegetarianism and purification.

Chakrasamvara (Heruka) is a mother tantra practice of anuttarayoga tantra. It provides the most detail about the methods for generating the four levels of blissful awareness of voidness within the central energy-channel, enabling access to the subtlest level of mind, clear...

How to gain the most from tantric practice when lacking a traditional Buddhist background.

Buddha-family traits refer to aspects of Buddha-nature that all of us have that enable us to become Buddhas.

The primary connotation of “ngondro” is preparation. These practices are absolutely essential preparation for undertaking and sustaining our “spiritual journey.”

Understanding and appreciating Kalachakra’s unique features and methods for attaining enlightenment grow based on first understanding and appreciating the unique features of Mahayana sutra, general tantra and anuttarayoga tantra.

To appreciate tantra and put full enthusiasm into its practice it is important to know what makes tantra a quicker and more efficient method for achieving enlightenment than is sutra.

A look at common misunderstandings people have about tantra.

A detailed look at the methods we use in anuttarayoga tantra to purify ourselves of experiencing the true suffering of uncontrollably recurring death, bardo, and rebirth.

Not all spiritual teachers are properly qualified. Firm action with a clear and compassionate mind is the key to dealing with situations of abuse.