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Creating Peace in Times of Turmoil
In difficult times, we often try to make sense of a situation by identifying a victim and an aggressor. Lama Tsering Everest discusses how important it is to change our perspective if we wish to find lasting peace and hppiness. She points out that the purpose of any authentic spiritual path is to heal dualistic mind by discovering our inner wisdom--absolute truth. Weaving teachings on the four nobel truths and the four immeasurable qualities of love, compassion, joy, and equaminity, she introduces methods for realizing the absolute truth of the nature of mind.
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The Dakini, the Lama, and the Landscape of Practice
On the most exalted level, the dakini is basic space itself--emptiness, the source of phenomena. Since no amount of discussion alone brings one to the realization of such profound topics, Lama Tsering Everest stresses that it is the student's faith and the lama's blessing that make all aspects of realization possible. She then gives a sweeping overview of Vajrayana practice as the arena in which the student-teacher relationship unfolds to spiritual maturity. 1.75 hours.
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Love, Sex, and Dharma But Were Afraid to Ask
Ashland, OR 2004
As is most evident in our intimate relationships, we tend to prioritize self over other, manipulating situations to get what we want. Lama Tsering explains how we can follow the path of a bohisattva, one motivated to tame her own mind, integrating wisdom and action to become a better person for the sake of others. 2 CDs.
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Exposing the Essence of Mind
Seattle, WA 2004
Death is a doorway, an opportunity to realize the true, pure nature of our mind--the very essence of our being. To take advantage of this opportunity, however, requires diligent preparation: we must train our minds to recognize and rest in our true nature, and shift our priorities, using every moment to realize the truth that transcends death and birth.
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The Four Immeasurables
Lama Tsering bases this introduction to the four immeasurable qualities--love, compassion, joy, and equanimity--on the traditional Buddhist teaching that all beings have been our mothers at some time in our past lives. In a personal and direct way, she discusses the difficulties that she and many Westerners have encountered in trying to understand this teaching, but points out that it is this very teaching, when applied to our daily lives, that gives rise to the four immeasurable qualities within us. During a lively question and answer session, Lama Tsering also gives a detailed teaching on relative truth and absolute truth, and discusses the importance of working with a spiritual teacher.
2 hours.
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The Infallible Effects of Karma
With clarity and humor, Lama Tsering Everest discusses karma and how it creates our samsaric reality. Calling upon her own experiences, as well as stories taken from her travels as interpreter for H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, Lama Tsering gives us practical advice on how to purify our karmic habit patterns using the powerful methods of Vajrayana Buddhism. Through purification, we establish the conditions that enable us to recognize the true nature of mind to change our habits and accumulate merit and wisdom. 180 minutes.
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Karma Happens
Lama Tsering Everest
Understanding karma is crucial to understanding the dharma. If we understand how and why karma works, we can change our actions and reactions to our daily experiences. In this series of teachings, Lama Tsering explains how to apply traditional Vajrayana methods to purify our karmic residue and forge a connection with all beings by developing genuine compassion for them. (All proceeds from the sale of this CD go toward the construction of the Odsal Ling temple in São Paulo. Visit www.lamatsering.org for more information.) 2 CDs
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Reflections on Impermanence
Lama Tsering Everest once asked Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, "What is the meaning of life?" His immediate response was, "To prepare to die." As she recalls these words of advice and many others from her teacher, she adds her own insight to bring us to a deeper level of understanding impermanence and its many implications. She discusses the precious nature of one's own life and the great opportunity that is available to a spiritual practitioner at the moment of death, as well as that which is beyond death and impermanence. Lama Tsering concludes her talk by responding to questions about how to best help others who are experiencing the transition of death and how to cultivate the power to truly benefit them. 2.5 hours. Now with improved sound quality on CD!
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Relationships in Spiritual Life
In the warm, direct, and humorous manner for which she is known, Lama Tsering Everest discusses how to make relationships an important element of spiritual growth. Self-centeredness never leads to real fulfillment, so out of need and with false hope we often look to others for happiness. However, from the Buddhist perspective, relationships are not about "getting"; they are about giving selflessly, without expecting anything in return. 2 CDs.
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Teaching Children a Spiritual Way of Life
In this candid and humorous teaching, Lama Tsering Everest addresses issues relevant to both parents and nonparents alike. The talk includes questions and responses, with advice on how to deal with such issues as selfishness, materialism, discipline, TV, and death. From her perspective as mother and lama, she tells her own inspiring story.
2 hours.
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Transcending the Divided Mind
Arcata, CA 2004
Lama Tsering addresses the fundamental mistake in our perception of reality: perceiving ourselves as separate from everything and everyone around us. This mistake is the source of all suffering--war, sickness, aging, and death. However, the poisions of the mind that result from our confused perception are adventitious and can be transformed. By developing love and compassion, we can overcome self-absorption and reveal the perfect, absolute truth that is beyond division. 2 CDs.
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