num_pages: 202
description: According to the precious teachings of the Buddha all suffering and problems have their origin in the three afflictions desire hatred and ignorance. It is also taught that Buddhadharma is an effective medicine or cure that can provide liberation from this suffering. In essence with self-discipline meditation and wisdom the three afflictions can be overcome and true happiness realised. It is said that the Buddha spent three countless aeons accumulating merit and purifying defilements to find this ultimate realisation. However with Buddhist Tantric meditation practices whereby you recreate yourself as an enlightened deity with perfect qualities this future result can be brought into the present. This book is a teaching on the White Tara Sadhana a Buddhist Tantric or Vajrayana practice concerned with long life good health and ultimate realisation or enlightenment. The White Tara Sadhana is a meditation practice which offers students the opportunity to expand and clarify the understanding of their own minds and the nature of life itself. Good health depends on a lack of fear on clarity vitality and purity of thoughts. Good health impacts everything that we do. Health is ultimately the result of good practices conduct and non-violence. What you eat and how you exercise can definitely help but the best aid to health is the good practice of compassion. To reach the highest state of health you need to develop your true inner potential and this Sadhana takes you strongly in that direction. White Tara is not about the immortality of our mortal body and escaping death. It is concerned with the immortality of our Buddha nature our inherent goodness and about embracing positive change. Through this deity yoga meditation one can overcome ego grasping and gain higher and higher realizations. The extent to which one loves or hates something usually dictates whether one cannot get enough of it or wants nothing to do with it. It is obvious that the mind cannot be at peace when it swings back and forth with such dualistic thought. In Vajrayana we move away from such impure dualistic perception and develop loving kindness and compassion towards those who do not understand the true nature of things. Good White Tara practice is based in part on an understanding of fundamental Buddhist doctrines and principles including refuge the Four Common Foundations and the Four Seals of Dharma. So this book will provide a summary of and introduction to this material. But primarily this text provides an extensive commentary on the Sadhana to help practitioners towards better practice and realisation.
language: English
title: Meditation on White Tara: The Goddess of Vitality and Longevity
publisher: Gorum Publications