We have our altar, we have our Dharma books, and we have notebooks full of notes, but we never read any of them. We never sit down on the cushion. We have all the medicines, but we do not take them, so we do not get well. We fill the prescription and get the medicine,... read more
Death is definite. We first begin recalling that everybody must die, and it does not matter who you are. Throughout history people have died, so there is not going to be any reason why we are going to be exceptions. Even people who were holy beings in previous lives... read more
You of fine features, you have gained this opportune and leisured human form. If you follow me, who speaks to help others, listen well, I have something to say.Most of us have pride that needs deflating before we will listen to the teachings. It is often our pride... read more
For those beset by suffering, every assistance is offered.If we are beset by suffering, if we are experiencing the drawbacks of samsaric existence, Tara assists us in overcoming that. The drawbacks to samsara can be described in three ways.One is just outright pain:... read more
To those within her refuge, every happiness and joy, for those beset by suffering, every assistance. Noble Tara, I bow before you.The purpose of offering praise to one of the Buddhas is to create merit and to make oneself humble. For those who take refuge in Tara, who... read more
