Green Tara

21 Tara Praise, Meaning And Benefits Of The Mantra

What is 21 Tara Praise? A specific practice or a famous mantra, "Praise to the 21 Tara." We see and practice twenty-one Tara each with different n...
Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava

The Profound Teaching of Guru Rinpoche and His Mantra

The Life of Lotus-Born Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava The Lotus-Born Guru Rinpoche is a fully enlightened Buddha who also has incarnated as one of th...
Vajrapani Statue

The Wrathful Vajrapani: His Mantra, Origin, and Iconography

Who Is Vajrapani? Vajrapani is the manifestation of the self-born Buddha Aksobhya. Vajrapani means the “Thunderbolt-Bearer” in Sanskrit. He is beli...
Ritual Bowl

The Seven Water Bowl Offering

Significance of The Seven Water Bowl Offering There are plenty of ways to show gratitude and devotion both in shrine rooms and during the sacred pr...
Six-Armed Dharmapala

Mahakala: Understanding the Practice of the Dharmapalas

The arousal of both mental and physical forces is involved in the highest yoga tantra of enormous power. Their transformative effects are highly be...
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The Five Buddha Family of Kalachakra Tantra

The Principle of Five Buddha Family The core of Vajrayana Buddhism is complex. There lies the principle of the Five Enlightened Buddha Familie...