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Podcast: Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox
Episode: Episode 44: Introduction to Tantra
Description: Buddhist tantric practice is a method for quickly gaining realizations like great compassion and wisdom. In this episode, we explore the stage of tantra in which imagine our self as an awakened being. Called generation stage tantra, this is a technique for becoming more and more familiar with the thoughts and actions of an enlightened being until awakening is actualized through much-repeated practice. Ultimately tantra is a quick method to realize emptiness and compassion for all living beings. In the meditation, we imagine our body and mind becoming a wishfulling jewel filled with light and as vast a...