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020			_a978-1-55939-287-7
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100			_aSherab,Palden.
245			_aTara's enlightened activity : _ban oral commentary on the twenty-one praises to Tara / _cPalden Sherab & Tsewang Dongyal
260			_aNew York : _bSnow Lion Publications, _c2007.
300			_a242 p. :
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aThe female Buddhist deity Tara is an object of devotional worship and meditative practice for Tibetan Buddhists everywhere, both male and female. She clears away fears, overpowers negative emotions, and enables all beings to reach enlightenment. She has special resonance as a source of female spiritual wisdom. Tibetans of all schools and traditions recite the verses on which this commentary is based. Focused contemplative meditation in relation to the myriad aspects of Tara works to transform the practitioner's mind into those enlightened qualities and mind states that Tara represents. Sought-after teachers throughout the West for over twenty-five years, Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and his brother Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche illuminate the practice of the Praises to the Twenty-one Taras with humor and wisdom. The explanations cover progressively more subtle levels from basic Buddhism through the Inner Tantras and culminate with Dzogchen. Interspersed with lively stories about Tara, the authors explain the physical conditions for practice, the outer and inner meanings of the text itself, and give solutions for problems that may emerge as practice progresse
650			_a Tārā _v(Buddhist deity) _xPrayers and devotions _xHistory and criticism.
700			_a Dongyal, Tsewang.
856			_3Tara's enlightened activity : _uhttp://10.10.80.15/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=7f419893ae35f2af6fd9eebd51dfe526
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