Vows

There are many misunderstandings about ngondro practices, such as that they are a miracle cure for all our problems.

What you need to know for taking a Kalachakra initiation.

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.

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.

This is a special Kalachakra version of the six-session practice written by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama that includes various expanded vows to include the further aspects of Kalachakra commitments. ​​

A summary report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages, University of Hamburg, 18-20 July 2007.

Practices that bond us closely to mother tantra helps us to remain on course for achieving blissful awareness of voidness with clear light mental activity.

A look at common misunderstandings people have about tantra.

In addition to taking bodhisattva and tantric vows, we also pledge at an anuttarayoga empowerment to maintain nine auxiliary bonding practices that bond us closely to tantra.

Examine the various aspects of the five Buddha-family traits (factors of Buddha-nature) in anuttarayoga tantra and their representations in terms of the five aggregates.