Host Michael Taft speaks with Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton about her recent work with the 21 manifestations of the Goddess Tara, some features of Green Tara, and particularly the role of vision and visualization in Vajrayana, and Buddhism more generally. Starting with the somewhat negative role of the eyes in early Buddhist practice, moving through the Mahayana sutras talking about “enlightened eyes,” and the “Eye of the Buddha,” and culminating with the rainbow light practices of Vajrayana and Dzogchen. Topics include: Nagarjuna’s vision metaphor of emptiness, the esoteric subtle channel from the center to the eyes, meditation on kasinas, and rather more.
Chandra Easton has taught meditation and yoga since 2001. She has had the great fortune to check with many Tibetan and Western Buddhist teachers akin to H.H. Dalai Lama, H.H. Karmapa, Lama Tsultrim Allione, B. Alan Wallace,Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, and Jennifer Welwood. She is currently the Assistant Spiritual Director & Head Teacher on the Tara Mandala Retreat Center. You’ll be able to learn more about Chandra’s work at:
http://www.chandraeaston.com/ and
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