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Mantra
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
A Right to the Dharma
An Interview with Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin
TeachingsMagazine | On Language
What’s in a Mantra?
A close look at the Heart Sutra
MeditationMagazine | On Gardening
The Form of Compassion
An introductory Tantric visualization practice of the deity Chenrezi, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Translated from Tibetan and adapted by Pamela Gayle White.
Get Outta My Head
Meditating at an Indian ashram, ELIZABETH GILBERT struggles to keep it together with no help from her brain. The following morning, I arrive right on time for the 4:00 a.m. meditation session that always starts the…
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | My View
Chanting for Stuff
Is it alright to practice for material gain?
Yungchen Lhamo
Melodies from the Meditative State
MeditationMagazine | How We Live
What Does Being a Buddhist Mean to You? Fall 1995
re: Personal Altars
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Mantra: Tool for Thinking
The Sanskrit word mantra combines the root man (“to think”) with the suffix tra (“instrument” or “tool”). Therefore, mantra means literally “tool for thinking.” Since earliest Buddhist times, the repetition of sacred phrases has been used…
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