Tara Retreat Sadhana – White Tara practice text (PDF)
Bodhicitta Sangha | Heart of Enlightenment Institute with Khenpo Sherab Sangpo present a one-day meditation retreat on Tara.
TOPIC:
Retreat on Tara, “Mother of all Buddhas,” with instructions on how to practice Ju Mipham Rinpoche’s short, daily practice, “The Sadhana of the Noble White Tara.” White Tara is practiced to increase one’s own or another person’s health, wisdom, and merit; especially the long life of one’s teacher and lineage masters. Although known for these benefits, White Tara’s seed syllable TAM may also be practiced to recognize the nature of mind and all phenomena as birthless; as the simplicity and unconditioned quality of the dharmakaya. Because Tara is unborn, she is beyond all conditions and empty in essence; yet her manifestation and appearance is blissful. Meditating on Tara in this way allows one to realize the ultimate, unborn and empty nature of one’s mind. This is the awakened essence of all the Taras – white, green, red, or another color. Many great masters, such as Nagarjuna and Atisha, have realized enlightenment by relying on Tara.
Retreat includes reading transmission, alternating periods of guided meditation and teachings, and breaks for lunch and tea.
WHEN: Saturday, February 16, 2013; 9 am – 4 pm; There are breaks for tea and lunch.
WHERE:
Tergar Meditation Center
706 North 1st Street, Suite 112
Minneapolis, MN 55401
DONATION: Suggested donation is $50, or offering based on your ability to pay. You may make a donation via cash, check or via credit card via PayPal.
REGISTER: To register, contact Mary MacEachen at 612-568-7880 or email Mary.
TEACHER: Khenpo Sherab Sangpo has been a monk since age 7 and has trained with some of the greatest meditation masters of Tibet. In addition to spending 4 years meditating in solitary retreat, he has spent nearly 20 years contemplating the profound philosophies of the Buddhist tradition. He teaches at monasteries in Tibet, Nepal and meditation centers in the United States and abroad.