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Mind Retreat
By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India 1982

An address to students doing a Vajrasattva group retreat

Topics: Buddhist Practices > Tantra and Deity Practice
Tags: vajrasattva, emptiness (shunyata), single-pointed concentration (samadhi), spiritual teacher (guru / lama), compassion, purification, visualization, initiation, perfect human rebirth, eight freedoms, ten richnesses, eight worldly dharmas, heruka, impermanence, bliss
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