Sublime

For both male and female practitioners, a recurring theme in the appearance of the ḍākinī is the ambiguity of her identity.

The Vajrayana also includes “formless practices” known among the Nyingmapas as dzokchen, the “great perfection,” and among the New Translation schools as mahamudra, the “great seal” or “symbol.”

For the student who needs a safety net, it’s not as if the Vajrayana way is the only way;

Khandro Rinpoche was trained in both Kagyü and Nyingma traditions, often the only girl among many monks and tülkus.

Milarepa suggested a deeper realization of the nature of our bodies as transformed into a visualized meditational deity, the yidam. In this view, we begin to see our physical bodies in a more vital and dynamic way.

gender.

Gurus who have knowledge of and respect for all the different lineages and schools of Buddhism can be especially effective.

Zen priest in both the Soto and Rinzai schools of Zen Buddhism. He has distilled what he’s learned over the course of decades of study into a series of teachings that he calls Big Mind and has been a game changer for thousands of people.

Another one of my daily practices is to repeat the “Divine Light Invocation,” as taught by Swami Radha,9 a disciple of Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh.