Tantra

Vajrabhairava (Yamantaka), the forceful form of Manjushri, is a father anuttarayoga tantra practice emphasizing methods for overcoming obstacles. In the Gelug tradition, it is the container within which all protector deity practices, as well as the combined practice of...

The Prasangika-Madhyamaka presentation of how to achieve a union of method and voidness both in sutra and tantra.

Buddha-family traits refer to aspects of Buddha-nature that all of us have that enable us to become Buddhas.

The assertions of the four Tibetan Buddhist traditions concerning self-voidness and other-voidness and the methods for meditating on them in the context of the clear light subtlest level of mind.

Learn how masters from the various Tibetan Buddhist traditions assert relative and deepest bodhichittas and how to gain simultaneous cognition of the two truths in anuttarayoga tantra.

Learn about the fundamental features of tantra and why it is a more efficient method for reaching enlightenment than the sutra path alone.

An elaboration of the four reasons for the efficiency of tantra over sutra in general tantra common to all four classes of tantra.

The six yogas or practices of Naropa are a set of extremely advanced anuttarayoga complete stage practices that have led various great masters to attain enlightenment in their very lifetime.

Presentation of bonding practices that create close bonds with the five “Buddha-families” – aspects of clear light mental activity that allow us to attain enlightenment.

With the secondary tantric vows, we promise to refrain from “eight thick actions.” Committing them would hamper meditation practice and progress along the yoga tantra and anuttarayoga tantra paths.