Vajrayana buddhism

Tārā is a meditation deity worshiped by practitioners of the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism to develop certain inner qualities and to understand outer, inner and secret teachings such as karuṇā (compassion), mettā (loving-kindness), and shunyata (emptiness). Tārā may more properly be understood as different aspects of the same quality, as bodhisattvas are often considered metaphors for Buddhist virtues.

According to Dante and other medieval writers, Hell was a place of torment. This included all sorts of torture devices and plenty of unquenchable fire. But the home of the damned was also a place of ice and snow, which brings its own kind of pain. Indeed, Dante saved ice as his final punishment for the worst of Hell. At the deepest level of the Hell, it ceases to be an inferno and becomes a lake of ice. The ninth circle of Hell featured a frozen lake blowing with wind blowing from the…

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Vajrasattva — like all Buddhist deities — defies the notion of ego. Therefore, there is no "who" and there is no "what." It can be said that Vajrasattva, in

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Vajrayogini has been called the "Buddha for our times." Many of the great Mahasiddhas, such as Naropa, attained realizations through her practice. There's an

Click on image to enlarge (By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David Lai) The great Mahasiddha Naropa, or Naropada, was born the prince of an ancient kingdom in Ea...

While many consider Vajrayana Buddhism an entirely separate branch of Buddhism, it is better understood as an evolution of Mahayana Buddhism, which places great emphasis on the use of certain tantras—traditional spiritual techniques—in order to obtain enlightenment as quickly as possible. According to Vajrayana adherents, the ultimate goal of Buddhism can be most effectively realized through these practices. At the same time, some of these techniques are considered too advanced or even…

Negative karma earns a sort of "compound interest" that rapidly accumulates if you don't purify daily — not just ordinary interest, but usury levels a loan

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