Nurture greater compassion in your mind, life, and the world with this classic meditation, visualization, and mantra. This powerfully transformative Himalayan Buddhist practice is beloved as the central practice for millions of people in the Himalayan region. It is also safe, useful, and easy to do in any context. As part of growing compassion, this meditation targets transforming universal toxic mental patterns into virtues, as follows:

• Transforming pride into mental stability;
• Transforming jealousy into patience;
• Transforming ignorance, doubt, and desire into ethics and morality;
• Transforming dullness into diligence;</>
• Transforming clinging into generosity;
• Transforming anger into wisdom.

Notably, Chenrezig, the bodhisattva (Buddhist deity) that the practice reveres, transcends gender. S/he appears in male forms, such as Avalokiteshvara in India and Chenrezig in Tibet, as well as female forms like Kwan Yin in China and Kannon in Japan.

Join this classic Green Tara meditation to connect more deeply with wisdom and enlightened activity. Green Tara is beloved as the mother of all the Buddhas, specializing in nurturing and protecting all sentient beings. “Tara” means both “star” and “savior:” her practice liberates us from suffering, in particular from fear, danger, and obstacles. Green Tara helps us interconnect with the natural world and its profound innate intelligence. Legends about Green Tara share that she made the commitment to attain full enlightenment and liberate all beings while in a female body. This meditation on the divine feminine (representing wisdom) helps us helps us learn to train our mind to focus on more wholesome mindstates, and find inner and outer balance and union with the divine masculine (representing compassion). This practice is accessible and safe for anyone to do, in any context.

This poster is for our spiritual community’s online platform, Planet Dharma. Since 2012 my partner, team, and I have pioneered virtual community with our spiritual teachings. These are grounded in Theravadin, Zen, and Himalayan Buddhism plus the Western Mysteries, combined with applied spiritual practices that are essential for stage development, such as Integral Theory, Fifth Discipline, Emotional Intelligence, Relationships and Sex, etc. Our online platform complements Clear Sky, our residential retreat center in British Columbia, Canada. Since its beginning, Planet Dharma has been innovative in both its offerings and its structure. Team members contribute to the running of the organization as part of our spiritual practice, as an act of service and generosity to benefit all beings. Several members of our community will be at IEC this year. Our community members come from more than a dozen countries.

Discover how our Integral experiences in conscious community can empower your own Integral development, personally and in community. Two decades ago, I co-founded Clear Sky, a transformative meditation-based retreat center in British Columbia, Canada. Alongside our predominantly Buddhist spiritual practices, our dozen residents plus our larger visiting and virtual communities have embraced Integral Spirituality and Theory to redefine “spiritual awakening” or Waking Up in the 21st century. I invite you to explore how we’ve leveraged Integral resources to foster individual and community Growing Up. We’ve focused on cultivating a balanced approach through all four quadrants, and supporting one another to progress through stages of development. Our tradition excels in integrating the shadow (Cleaning Up). Join us for engaging small-group exercises to spark your own insights and strengthen our IEC community. To learn more, visit clearskycenter.org and planetdharma.com.