Over the last ten days I have I been practicing a sadhana with the Bodhisattva Cintamani Cakra Avalokiteshvara, the second deity in my 40-day practice vow, today being the last day with Avalokiteshavara before moving to a practice with Mahavairocana for ten days. Avalokiteshvara gave me my first taste of progression, moving from one deity [...]
Continue Reading...The first 10 days of my 40 day vow (today is day 3) I’ll be practicing as Vajrasattva and so I’d thought I’d give a very brief introduction to him as taught to me by my teacher, Hokai Sobol. In describing the qualities that Vajrasattva embodies and represents, what is important to me is not [...]
Continue Reading...Because I’m lazy. And all-or-nothing. I like vows because they force me to be disciplined and structured, so I’m doing it again, and started day one yesterday, November 17, 2010. This time for 40 days, 30 minutes each day of practice. During this time I will be working with four different deities as understood and [...]
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