Vows

What you need to know for taking a Kalachakra initiation.

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.

The six-session yoga practice keeps us mindful of the vows and commitments we have taken from receiving an initiation or empowerment in an anuttarayoga tantra system from the Gelugpa tradition.

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

These root tantric vows give the necessary supporting context to our practice. Without them, we cannot gain attainments or realizations from tantric practice in the yogaand anuttarayoga classes.

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

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

Atisha’s “Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment” is the forerunner of the Tibetan lam-rim tradition. It places special emphasis on the bodhisattva vows and their necessity for successful tantra practice.

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

Atisha introduces the three graded scopes of motivation leading to enlightenment.