After a two-week break, we resume our study of this letter of practical advice on sutra and tantra written by Tsongkhapa to one of his disciples, the meditator Konchog-tsultrim.  Review of Previous Sessions In answer to the request to write some practical advice on how to...

After a week of a break, we’re continuing with our study of this Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra written by Tsongkhapa (the actual title in Tibetan is A Brief Indication of the Graded Pathway Minds). This is a letter that Tsongkhapa wrote to his friend and both...

We are going through this text by Tsongkhapa. It’s a letter that he wrote to his friend, disciple, teacher, meditator — he had a very full relationship on many levels with Konchog-tsultrim. This meditator had asked Tsongkhapa for some practical advice on how to put the...

Review of Previous Sessions We have been going through this letter that Tsongkhapa wrote. And as we have done at the beginning of each of our classes, we have gone through a little bit of a summary of what Tsongkhapa has written so far, just so that we remember the...

We are going through this letter by Tsongkhapa in which he gives very practical advice on how to actually practice the sutra and tantra path in a letter form. Since it’s always helpful to review (although perhaps a little bit boring that we review every single class, but I...

We’re going through this letter that Tsongkhapa wrote to his friend who was also a teacher of his and a meditator, and in it Tsongkhapa answers the request that was given to write some practical advice on how to follow the path of sutra and tantra, specifically anuttarayoga...

We are continuing our discussion and explanation of A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra that Tsongkhapa wrote. The literal title of the text is A Brief Indication of the Graded Pathway Minds.  Review of Previous Sessions Reliance on a Qualified Spiritual...

Review of Previous Sessions We have been going through this text. We’ve had a little bit of a pause and so, as always, it’s good to review a little bit what we have covered.  Reliance on a Qualified Spiritual Mentor Tsongkhapa was requested by a friend (who was also a...

We are studying A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra, which was written by the great Tibetan master Tsongkhapa in the beginning of the 15th century, something like that. Tsongkhapa was asked by one of his disciples (he also had a teacher-student relation with him,...

We have started to go through this letter that Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug tradition, wrote to his friend the meditator Konchog-tsultrim in which he explains to him some practical advice on how to practice sutra and tantra. In this letter — after the beginning verses...