By examining spiritual masters from vantage points both close by and distant, rely on them having set aside our negative thoughts or attitudes. In the end, having offered service by pleasing the lamas in three ways, & having kept tantric bonds without allowing them to be violated, we train so that our lamas’ wisdom mind and conduct are impressed upon us: our mind and conduct become like a clay image emerging from a mold. This is very important.

Painting by Igor Zabotkin