[From a teaching on White Khechari Practice Instructions, Part 2 of 3 by Lama Tashi Topgyal. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] We do need to recognize that our root guru and Guru Rinpoche are not two different individuals or two different things. We need to meditate on their inseparability or their unity. And if we…
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Hearing, Thinking, and Meditating
[From the Seven-Line Supplication to Guru Rinpoche, Instructions, Part 2 of 2 by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] Training in dharma consists of hearing, thinking, and meditating. We start with hearing, and sometimes unfortunately we stop there. When we hear teachings from a lama, we may be very inspired. We may think,…
Eight-Inch Nails
[From a teaching on the Mahamudra of Terchen Barway Dorje, Part 2 by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] Jetsun Milarepa, in one of his songs, sang: “There are three nails to meditation. If I explain them: the first is that thoughts are the dharmakaya. The second is that awareness is lucidity. The…