Sublime

It’s almost impossible to find a guru in this world at this time who has all the noble qualities of a Vajrayana master described in the ancient tantric texts. But in the Mahayana sutras the Buddha offered advice about what to do if we can’t find an authentic master. He said if you encounter a person who talks about buddha nature, such a person shou

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

One can speak of Sutra in the language of Tantra, or in the language of Dzogchen. That is very much the approach within our tradition, but it is less common.

meditation techniques, ethics, and alignment principles that help guide us, depending on where we are within the features of the landscape, so that we can wake up to the landscape itself, only to see that landscape and practitioner are nothing other than relative categories and that the path of yoga moves beyond such categories as it ripens.

Ven. Tsoknyi Rinpoche: “You are not male, you are not female; both female and male are visualized together. If you think you’re male or if you think you’re female, you’ve completely missed the point because you have lost half of the visualization already.”

There is a biologist named Lewis Thomas, whose work I appreciate very much.

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

Tara Brach, in her book Radical Acceptance,

Hādividya was precepted by Lopāmudrā, Agastya’s illustrious wife. The Yoginīhṛdaya and the Khadgamāla Stotra are examples of Hādividya texts.