PRACTICES

BOOKS E-BOOKS ESSAYS POEMS PRACTICES MISCELLANY GLOSSARY

Over the years Tarchin has presented a great number of meditation practices and themes for contemplation. Many of them can be found in his books and e-books but quite a number are yet unpublished. In time, this section of Green Dharma Treasury will undoubtedly grow. The contemplations are not in any particular order. Please enjoy browsing and hopefully some of these offerings will speak to you directly and inspire some very direct exploration and experience.

Touching the Earth in Six Prostrations

A wonderful practice using body, speech and mind to deepen our sense of connectedness with all life. Read the full practice

Touching the Earth (continued)

This is a continuation of Touching the Earth in Six Prostrations. It adds six more contemplations emphasizing the open, clear, unimpeded, nature of mind and knowing.
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Lovingkindness Toolbox

19 different methods for cultivating loving kindness. They were extracted from the longer e-book called Lovingkindness, compiled and edited by Tarchin and available from www.wangapeka.org Read the full practice

Loving Kindness at Wangapeka (an ecological approach)

A way of cultivating loving kindness by means of appreciating the different types and categories of living beings that inhabit your daily world. Read the full practice

Integrating Family and Dharma Practice

A project for parents with young children who are grappling with the deep personal questions of how to integrate dharma practice with raising a family. Read the full practice

A Sadhana for Recognising the Natural Way of Abiding
Through the Grace of Chenrezi

This is a practice for people who are familiar with and feel at home with the meditations of Tibetan Buddhism and who also gain inspiration from the knowledges and possibilities of western science. Many people have received teaching on this text from Tarchin. As this is still a work in progress, check here for the latest version. Tarchin is working on a commentary which will eventually be posted on this site. Read the full practice in downloadable pdf

Touching the Mandala of Now – A Daily Yoga

This is a practice of deep healing and profound presence that couples breathing and sensing with a deepening appreciation for what is going on within us and around us. It was originally written in for a student who wanted a simple practice to help them stay grounded in the ordinary of everyday life. Read the full practice

Working With Difficult States
In Meditation, And In Daily Life

A few basic approaches for working with difficult states, both in meditation and in daily life. Read the full practice

The Heart Breath of Timeless Living

Pith Instruction: A bare-bones path of awakening for mature practitioners.
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The Yoga of Eight Offerings

A profound daily practice of offering the best in ourselves to support all that we that value in the world. Read the full practice

Ceremony for Beginning Anew

“Beginning Anew” is based on a Buddhist ceremony to help us let go of past difficulties and to move forward in a wholesome way. True beginning anew is both liberating and healing. It rests on a willingness to recognize shortcomings, to apologize, to understand and forgive, to let go and to walk on in love and clear seeing. Every moment is potentially a new beginning. Ultimately, non-clinging awareness is the experience of continually beginning anew. Read the full practice

Deep Healing

A guided contemplation, to be read out loud for a community of friends who wish to support the healing of one of their members. It begins, “Sometimes the most wonderful things to do are the simplest. Sitting together with friends. Breathing with the world and feeling our deep connection with all of nature.”Read the full practice

A Four-fold Practice for Living Well
– Stopping, Calming, Resting, Healing –

In Buddhist teaching, it is said that truth, or dharma, is good in the beginning, good in the middle and good at the end.  Here is a fundamental dharma practice that I initially learned from Thich Nhat Hanh.  I find it inspiring at many levels, from pragmatically useful to profoundly encouraging and affirming.  It is definitely good in the beginning, in that it can help us deal with difficulties that crop up in our day to day lives.  It is good in the middle in that it can remind us of the central work of awakening even as we engage in an expanding array of dharma practices.  It is good right through to the end as it brings us back to the simplicity and straight forwardness of the path, and a life well lived.  The practice can be summarized in four words: stopping, calming, resting and healing.  Read the full practice
BOOKS E-BOOKS ESSAYS POEMS PRACTICES MISCELLANY GLOSSARY