We’re studying this text which I’ve given the name A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra to. The actual Tibetan name for it means “A Brief Indication of the Graded Pathway Minds” (Lam-gyi rim-pa mdo-tsam-du bstan-pa). It is written by the great master Tsongkhapa,...

We’ve been going through this letter that Tsongkhapa wrote to his friend. And today let’s just do a very brief summary: Reliance on a Qualified Spiritual Mentor Tsongkhapa says that we all have the qualifications to follow the path — we have precious human rebirth, met with...

We are studying a text which was written by the great Tibetan master Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug tradition, who lived in the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th centuries. In his collected works, we find this letter that he wrote to a friend of his who was a...

We are going through this letter that Tsongkhapa wrote in answer to a request that one of his students (and also a teacher and friend and a great meditator) has asked him to write. In response to this, Tsongkhapa gives a very wonderful description of many of the points in the...

The Correct View of Voidness Today we will skip the summary of what Tsongkhapa has written up until the point that we are at in his Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra and go directly to the section that we are on, which is Tsongkhapa’s discussion of voidness. In...

We’re going through this letter that Tsongkhapa wrote, and in it he explains how to practice sutra and, within tantra, specifically the anuttarayoga class of tantra, the highest class. Reliance on a Qualified Spiritual Mentor He says that we have the basis for being able to do...

We’ve been going through this text by Tsongkhapa. Almost every week we have gone through an extensive review of it before starting class. Since we’re a bit late today, we will skip the review and just come to the topic, which is voidness.  Cause and Effect Last time, we...

We have been looking at this text by Tsongkhapa, which he has written to his friend, a great meditator, explaining some of the most important points concerning sutra and tantra and how to practice them. In this he mentioned how it’s important to know for ourselves the various...

We’ve been going through this text of Tsongkhapa in which he gives many wonderful points concerning how to actually put into practice the complete path of sutra and the anuttarayoga class of tantra. Without going through a review of the entire text, we are on the discussion of...

The Correct View of Voidness We have been studying in great detail this letter by Tsongkhapa. Before we continue with our discussion of it, there’s one question that was hanging over us for the last two weeks, which was why Tsongkhapa refuted the previous theories about...