Sublime

Shakyamuni Buddha explains that Prabhutaratna is a Buddha who realized full enlightenment a very long time ago and made a vow to come and utter, “Wonderful! Wonderful!” every time a Buddha appears in the world and teaches the Lotus Sutra.

through training in our practice now, we will have the opportunity to attain liberation at the moment of death, when our innate nature is nakedly revealed (12.30).

According to the Mahayana, you should treat whoever introduces you to the sutra of Prajnaparamita like the Buddha because the truth of nonduality is so priceless.

“A roshi is a person who has actualized that perfect freedom which is the potentiality for all human beings. He exists freely in the fullness of his whole being. The flow of his consciousness is not the fixed repetitive patterns of our usual self-centered consciousness, but rather arises spontaneously and naturally from the actual circumstances of

In Tibetan we call it Rigpa, a primordial, pure, pristine awareness that is at once intelligent, cognizant, radiant, and always awake. It could be said to be the knowledge of knowledge itself.3

When we encounter success, we should not take credit for it, but give it away, thanking the three jewels; when we are unsuccessful, we should think that we are burning up negative karma and be grateful (12.21).

We ask that our hands be open and our hearts be pure so that our lives can be of service and, together with all beings, we will bring forth blessing.

After meeting many of Trungpa Rinpoche’s students over the years—witnessing their seriousness, their veneration to the Buddhadharma, their dedication to the guru—I cannot dismiss them as crazy and ignorant; I cannot say they are a disgrace to the Buddhadharma.