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Introduction to Medicine Buddha practice

Introduction to Medicine Buddha practice

Part of a series of talks given during the Medicine Buddha Retreat at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center, Washington, USA, in October 2000.

  • Explaining the Medicine Buddha image
  • Benefits of the meditation and the specialties of the Medicine Buddha
  • Mind and body
  • Check motivation for practice

2000 Medicine Buddha Retreat 01: Introduction (download)

Click here for the guided meditation on the sadhana.

Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.