Vajrayana Teaching
Green Tara is a female Buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism. A Long Time ago, in ancient times, there was a kingdom where a noble princess named Tara, GyanaChandra (Yeshe Dawa in Tibetan), lived. His father’s kingdom was filled with joys, pleasures, and prosperity. The people were also generous and kind. Even the Buddha (Tathagata) of that…
The wheel of life is a superb picture of samsara, the world of birth and death. All kinds of living beings exist in this samsara. The lord of death, Yama, holds samsara between his jaws. The Wheel of Life illustrates the functioning of karma and the process of continuous rebirth. Once, long ago, the Buddha…
Mount Meru is the central mountain of the universe. It shares a common cosmological conception among Buddhists, Hindus, and Jains. Mount Meru is said to be eighty thousand miles high and as many miles underground. Mount Meru is a gigantic, sacred mountain that represents both the physical universe and the psychological or spiritual realm of…
The Origin and Background of the Vajrakilaya: Long ago, when human societies were evolving, the world was plagued by powerful forces of ego and demonic activities. As the Demons had continuously inflicted suffering, the beings were unable to live their lives. Such a painful situation to see, the five wisdom dakinis, enlightened with the feminine…
The Amitabha Buddha, infinite light and boundless compassion According to the Mahayana Buddhist sutra, the Amitabha Buddha was a king in a remote period. Renouncing his kingdom, he became a monk and was named Dharmakara, which means “Treasury of Dharma.” The Buddha, Lokesvaraja Buddha, of that time, taught Dharmakara the way to supreme enlightenment. Dharmakara…
The Guru Padmasambhava, known as Guru Rinpoche The great Buddhist master the guru Padmasambhava was the great tantric yogi and vidyadhara who introduced the complete teachings of Buddhadharma to Tibet, including the Vajrayana tradition. The great master the guru Padmasambhava is the one who made the vajrayana teachings spread and flourish throughout Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan,…