Vows

Jhado Rinpoche’s advice on how to practice the “Kalachakra Six-Session”: with correct understanding of voidness and bodhichitta.

A deep understanding of the various components of an empowerment is important for gaining the most benefit from the experience.

The mechanism for how receiving an initiation prepares us for successful tantra practice.

The secondary bodhisattva vows are to refrain from 46 faulty actions.

Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche II talks about the pressures of the tulku system, the differences between Buddhists in the West and his homeland of Spiti, and the importance of compassion.

A downfall from the tantric vows requires transgressing one of the fourteen root vows with the four binding factors being complete. Several factors may cause us to transgress our vows.

Taken at the stage of developing engaged bodhichitta, if kept purely, the bodhisattva vows act as a root for attaining enlightenment.

Taking the Kalachakra empowerment also entails six uncommon practices that create close bonds with six Buddha-family traits.

An explanation of the main features of the Bon tradition by the 34th Menri Trizin, the current spiritual leader of Bon.

Ngulchu Jedrung's shortened version of the six-session yoga, omitting recitation of the vows.