Sublime

no longer to categorise him as a “person,” because from this point on the guru is the dharma.

Then there is Chagdud Khandro, who is not a Tibetan, but after spending a long time with Chagdud Rinpoche, one of the most authentic Vajrayana masters, as a disciple and wife, she has demonstrated that she is a great practitioner able to inspire many disciples.

The Buddha suggested that our deepest desire for genuine happiness is based not on successfully adjusting outer circumstances, but on something that arises from within, free of the effects of good fortune and adversity. Therefore in Buddhist practice, in our quest for genuine happiness, we cultivate what is sometimes called renunciation, though the

But the most direct experience of deity yoga is that of subjectless subjectivity, a purified subjectivity that ritually builds an alternative to the mind’s dualistic tendencies.

For example, Rinpoche often said that the dharma, the teachings of the Buddha, are like a recipe for fresh-baked bread.