[From a teaching on Essence of Wisdom: Stage of the Path, Part 6 taught by Lama Tashi Topgyal. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] There is only one reason to receive authentic vajrayana empowerment, and that is that you care so much about other beings that you are in a hurry to achieve buddhahood for their…
How Can I Recognize the Nature of Mind When I’ve Never Seen It?
[From a teaching on Songs of Barway Dorje by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche. Translator Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] Question: Concerning the recognition of the nature of mind, how can you find something when you don’t know what you’re looking for? If I’m looking for a pencil I know what it looks like, so I recognize it when…
Pure Realms Complete Within Your Own Mind
[From a Teaching on the White Khechari Sadhana, Part 3 of 3, by Lama Tashi Topgyal. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] …sometimes we talk about a pure realm, for example the celestial realm of Vajrayogini, as though it were an external place—somewhere else; but then in this context we talk about it as something that…