Summary of Previous Sessions We have been going through this letter that Tsongkhapa wrote to his disciple and friend Konchog-tsultrim. In this letter Tsongkhapa has spoken about how it’s necessary to become fully involved with the Dharma in order to be able to practice it; and...

We’re going through this letter that Tsongkhapa wrote to his friend and teacher and student about how to practice sutra and tantra in a very down-to-earth way, dealing with the actual problems that come up in working on this and giving very, very helpful guidelines. Reliance...

After a three-week pause we’re back to our study of this letter that Tsongkhapa wrote to his friend, a great meditator with whom Tsongkhapa exchanged many teachings.  Reliance on a Qualified Spiritual Mentor In response to the request to write some practical advice on...

We’re studying this letter that Tsongkhapa wrote (and I’m happy to tell everybody that the translation of it is now finally online on my website; so, if you’d like to read the whole text, it’s there). Tsongkhapa is writing this letter in answer to a request by a great...

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...