Secret of the Vajra World

some publications have spoken much more openly about the practice, including many details that were previously kept secret.

Atisha’s approach, derived from his training in India, is important because it established another of the major ways in which the Vajrayana was understood and practiced in Tibet.

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Trungpa Rinpoche: “So Mahamudra has to do with learning to work with the cosmic message, the basic message in our life situation, which is also teaching.”

you act in a kind and helpful way to others, because it enables you to mature spiritually and because it is beneficial to them.

identify with this enlightened image.

The symbol of the enlightened padma family is the lotus, which grows and blooms in the mud, yet still comes out pure and clean, virginal and clear. Padma neurosis is connected with passion, a grasping quality and a desire to possess.

The fruition of Vajrayana is an extraordinary perception of the world

the spiritual life, if lived fully and without reservation, is demanding and unavoidably dangerous.