Sublime

have endeavored to locate the meaning of the ḍākinī specifically within the tradition of Tibetan tantra, as distinguished from the ḍākinī and other feminine forms of “great goddess” or tantric traditions in India. This is important because of the dangers of mixing Hindu and Buddhist tantric traditions when interpreting symbols,

Terma continue to be revealed by tertöns even today, and great contemporary masters such as Dudjom Rinpoche and Khyentse Rinpoche have brought forth important teachings in this way for modern-day practitioners.

Ma-tsu had another notable disciple in Po-chang (720–814), who is said to have organized the first purely Zen community of monks and to have laid down its regulations on the principle that “a day of no working is a day of no eating.” Since his time a strong emphasis on manual work and some degree of self-support has been characteristic of Zen commu