Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje

The Essence of the Path

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

To my Lord of Dharma, peerless, kind
My glorious Lama, homage!
His lotus feet I place
Upon my chakra of great bliss.

Here is my advice,
Some counsel useful for your mind.

Not to keep yourself from evil actions
Is to have no pratimoksha,

Not to work for others’ welfare
Is to have no bodhicitta.

Not to master pure perception
Is to have no Secret Mantra.

If illusions don’t collapse,
There is no realization.

If you opt for one side or the other,
That is not the View.

If you have a goal in mind,
That is not the Meditation.

If your conduct is a contrivance,
That is not the Action.

If you hope and wish,
You’ll have no Fruit.

Those with faith will go for refuge;
Those who have compassion will have bodhicitta;
Those with wisdom will gain realization;
Those who have devotion harvest blessings.

Those who have a sense of shame are careful how they act;
Careful in their actions, they are self-possessed;
Self-possessed, they keep their vows and pledges;
Keeping vows and pledges, they will have accomplishment.

Peaceful self-control: the sign of one who’s heard the teachings!
Few defiled emotions are the mark of one who meditates.
Harmony with others is the sign of one who practices.
A blissful heart is witness to accomplishment.

The root of Dharma is your very mind.
Tame it and you’re practicing the Dharma.
To practice Dharma is to tame your mind –
And when you tame it, then you will be free!

Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje

 

Know the one thing

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

Without my Lama’s blessings ~ like earth, water, and warmth [necessary for seeds to grow] ~ having entered me,

Recognition of my true nature is impossible.

Now that I’ve come to the direct path, not taking the long

way around,

May I persevere in my practice of the sublime Dharma!

Although hundreds or thousands of explanations are given,

There is only one thing to be understood ~

Know the one thing that liberates everything ~

Awareness itself, your true nature.

Wisdom Nectar
Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje
The Tsadra Foundation Series

Receiving the Blessings of Guru Yoga

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

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Dudjom Rinpoche and Dodrubchen Rinpoche
Sikkim’s Sacred Place Pema Yangtse
ca 1965.

… If there is no devotion for the Lama, even if one completes the requirements of sadhana practice according to the six tantric teachings  of meditation deities, supreme spiritual attainment will never be obtained. Even many of the common spiritual attainments such as long life, prosperity, magnetizing, and so on, will not be accomplished. If by chance there is some minor accomplishment, it requires great hardship and the path will not be profound. If unerring devotion develops in the mind, obstacles on the path will be cleared, advancement will be made, and all common and supreme spiritual attainments will be accomplished without relying on anything else. These are the reasons this practice is called the profound path of Lama’i Naljor. …

A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar
Thinley Norbu
Shambhala Publications
Copyrite 2006

Photo:
This rare photo captures the great Master Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje and Dodrubchen Rinpoche at the occasion is the consecration of the famous Zangdopalri carving on the top floor of Pema Jamngtse Gompa in Western Sikkim in the 1960th.

At the side of Dudjom Rinpoche is the young Dzongsar Khyentse Tulku (l) and Gonjung Tulku (r) and in front are Khachö Rinpoche, the chief lama of Sikkim and head lama of Pema Yangtse Monastery (l) and his brother known as Serdup Rinpoche who actually had completed the carving and constructing of the Copper Colored Mountain at the top floor of the Pema Yangtse temple.

 

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