Editor�s Preface |
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1. Friday, October 26: Combined Jorch� and Lama Ch�pa Puja
Extensive offering practice
Renewing the bodhisattva and tantric vows
Samayavajra practice
Rejoicing
The Eight Verses
Dedications
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2. Friday, October 26: Retreat Preparation
Motivation: impermanence and death
Blessing of the seat
Blessing of the body, speech and mind |
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3. Saturday, October 27: Discourse Before Medicine Buddha Preparation
The solution is lam-rim
A letter to President Bush
Four basic ways to help
Benefits of Medicine Buddha practice
Dedications for the retreat |
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4. Saturday, October 27: Preparation For Medicine Buddha Initiation
Medicine Buddha preparation
The false I
How time exists
Analyzing body and mind
The root of samsara
The dangers of self-cherishing
Cherishing others
Medicine Buddha preparation
Dedications |
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5. Saturday, October 27: Medicine Buddha Session
Simple visualization
The power of mantra
Counting mantras
The main point |
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6 Sunday, October 28: Discourse Before Medicine Buddha Initiation
Geshe Lama Konchog�s story
The root of samsara
Bodhicitta motivation
Dedications |
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7. Monday, October 29: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Thirty-five Buddhas practice
Making requests to the Medicine Buddhas
Action Tantra mudras
Making off erings
Motivation for mantra recitation
End of mantra recitation
Tea offering to the protectors
Dedications |
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8. Tuesday, October 30: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Thirty-five Buddhas practice
Dedication of session
Mudras with prostration verses
Making offerings
Seven limb practice
Meditating on emptiness
Motivation for mantra recitation
Tea offering to the protectors
Dedications |
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9. Wednesday, October 31: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Meditating on emptiness
Motivation for mantra recitation
King of Prayers
Dedications
Benefits of holy objects
Dedications
The Bendigo Stupa |
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10. Thursday, November 1: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Requesting prayer
Aspects of the Medicine Buddhas
The nature of omniscient mind
Benefits of holy objects
Meditating on emptiness
Motivation for mantra recitation
Protector prayers
Dedications |
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11. Friday, November 2: Final Medicine Buddha Session
The power of compassion
The causes of abuse
The benefits of living in vows
Dedications
Using abuse to develop compassion |
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12. Saturday, November 3: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Benefits of Medicine Buddha practice
Multiplying mantras |
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13. Sunday, November 4: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Motivation for Thirty-five Buddhas practice
General confession
Taking refuge
Meditating on emptiness
Form is empty
Motivation for mantra recitation
Divine pride and clear appearance
Visualization during mantra recitation
Meditations during mantra recitation
The meaning of retreat |
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14. Monday, November 5: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Palden Lhamo
Benefits of Medicine Buddha practice
Dedications |
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15. Tuesday, November 6: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Dangers of wrong views
The nature of mind
The views of the four schools
Dedications |
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16. Wednesday, November 7: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Motivation
How the mind exists
Teachings on the Perfection of Wisdom
The Diamond-Cutter Sutra
Life in Solu Khumbu
Benefits of The Diamond-Cutter Sutra
Dedications
Tasting tsog on precept days
Final dedications |
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17. Thursday, November 8: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Medicine Buddha�s prayers
Making extensive offerings
Medicine Buddha�s prayers
Dedications |
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18. Friday, November 9: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Combining lam-rim with sessions
How dharmakaya manifests
Piero�s story
Wish-Fulfilling Golden Sun
What makes an action virtuous or nonvirtuous?
Dedications |
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19. Saturday, November 10: Combined Jorch� and Lama Ch�pa Puja
Extensive offering practice
Dedications |
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20. Saturday, November 10: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Bodhicitta motivation
Overcoming anger and ego
Benefits of Medicine Buddha practice
Tsog offering
Protector prayers
Dedications |
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21. Sunday, November 11: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Ceasing samsara
The problem of desire
Saving the lives of animals
Dharma is the only solution
Harming others
Taking Mahayana refuge
The four immeasurable thoughts
Dedications |
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22. Monday, November 12: Final Medicine Buddha Session
New York air disaster
Identifying the object of ignorance
The problems of desire
Identifying the object of ignorance
Dedications |
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23. Wednesday, November 14: Final Medicine Buddha Session
Bodhicitta motivation
Benefits of Medicine Buddha practice
Dedications
Break-time practices |
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24. Saturday, November 17: Combined Jorch� and Lama Ch�pa Puja
The importance of Lama Ch�pa
Gomo Rinpoche�s wisdom mother
The importance of Lama Ch�pa
Extensive offering practice
Taking bodhisattva and tantric vows
Requesting prayer to the lineage lamas
Rinpoche�s name mantra
Dedications
Mani pills |
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25. Saturday, November 17: Final Session
Geshe Jampa Gyatso
The protector issue
Fire puja
Benefits of Medicine Buddha retreat |
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Appendixes
1. An Open Letter to President Bush
2. Benefits of Reciting the Seven Medicine Buddhas� Names |
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Bibliography |
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