The Tsadra Foundation Series

Guru Yoga

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

According to the Vajrayana view, guru yoga is the quintessential practice for attaining liberation. All Buddhas became enlightened by following their teacher’s precious instructions. So the guru is considered even more important than the Buddha because without out the guru there is no way to achieve Buddhahood. When the guru’s instructions have penetrated the student’s heart, this is the same as finding a precious wish-fulfilling jewel in your hand. Someone who has received the guru’s mind transmission has no choice but to attain enlightenment, just as someone falling down a steep mountain totally out of control has no choice but to fall all the way to the bottom. ” ~ Lama Tharchin Rinpoche

Wisdom Nectar: Dudjom Rinpoche’s Heart Advice
© Tsadra Foundation, 2005
Thangka: Dudjom Linpa ~ Guru Rinpoche ~ Dudjom Rinpoche

Who gathers these three is the best Buddhist practitioner

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

Faith opens the door to the Dharma. Diligence forms their central pillar.
Practice is their final conclusion. Who gathers these three is the best Buddhist practitioner. This is old man Dudjom’s foolish advice.

Wisdom Nectar: Dudjom Rinpoche’s Heart Advice
© Tsadra Foundation, 2005
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When you have a human body so difficult to achieve

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

Alas!  Listen, intelligent woman!

When you have a human body so difficult to achieve,
Do not get involved in many distractions and busy-ness:
Achieve your lasting goals.

In whatever virtue you accomplish, great or small, Three stages-preparation, main practice, and conclusion-must must be complete.
At all times, compassionately accomplish whatever you can to help others.

To recognize samsara and enlightenment as great emptiness
And one’s own unformulated awareness as primordial wisdom:
These are the sovereign view.

To settle in this view evenly within the natural state is meditation.

Not to allow your actions and behavior to slip into carelessness
And to align them with the Dharma is the supreme form of conduct.
Place these instructions in the center of your heart.

I, Vajra Jnana, wrote this in response to Vakapasham’s request.

Wisdom Nectar: Dudjom Rinpoche’s Heart Advice
translated by Ron Garry
© Tsadra Foundation, 2005
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