TTE Modules
Tara’s Triple Excellence meditation program is organized as a progression of modules covering the entire Buddhist path.
Introduction Course & First Excellence
Introduction to Tara’s Triple Excellence
All of us on the Tara’s Triple Excellence team are very happy that you’ve decided to join us on this amazing journey. To help you get started, we’ve created this 12-day introductory program of daily contemplations to give you a brief …
First Excellence ~ Module 1
Guided by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche’s profound instructions, we start the First Excellence with contemplations on the Four Mind Changings.
Also known as “the four thoughts that turn the mind toward the Dharma”, they are a part of the essential traditional teachings …
First Excellence ~ Module 2
As we continue to build a firm foundation by training in the fundamental teachings, we are taking as support the future Buddha Maitreya’s profound text The Supreme Continuity (Uttaratantraśāstra in Sanskrit), to learn about Buddha Nature, enlightenment, and the qualities of …
Second Excellence
Second Excellence ~ Module 1
Here we are entering the path of the bodhisattvas: the great vehicle or Mahayana. At the beginning of our training, we familiarize ourselves with the causal link between loving kindness and enlightenment. In this context we are asked to acknowledge …
Second Excellence ~ Module 2
Here we are reaching the stage in our training where we can begin to express the priceless attitude of bodhicitta in our actions. Bodhicitta has taken birth in us, and we must now ensure that it does not degenerate, but …
Second Excellence ~ Module 3
Through developing the insight of perfectly understanding the true nature of phenomena, samsaric existence is shattered into pieces. While loving kindness, compassion and the first five paramitas are indispensable for advancing on...
Third Excellence
Third Excellence ~ Module 1
The Vajrayana takes the result as the path; it is the vehicle where an abundance of skillful means allow us to get rid of our obscurations very quickly and gather the accumulations with little effort.
Third Excellence ~ Module 2
In this module we are guided through the practices of Yoga tantra, and in particular the Inner Tara Ritual called the Essence of the Two Benefits, also called the Inner Tara sadhana.
Third Excellence ~ Module 3
We are ascending the ladder of the tantric vehicle and have now reached the extraordinary preliminaries. In this module we will purify more of our habitual obscurations and karmic defilements while...
