Keeping Heart Samaya

Well, we don't have our website built yet, and odds are good it will take a while to get through that. So, as folks have been asking how to access the recorded teachings, I've decided to go ahead and post them here.

Below is the teaching shown yesterday from Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo. She is our spiritual director here at KPC, and our Root Lama. For more about her and who we are please visit www.tara.org.

In fact, while we're at it, if you'd like to post a comment about the teaching it would be great to hear from you!

The teaching is titled "Keeping Heart Samaya" and is 10 years old (just so you understand why Jetsunma looks so young), but profoundly timeless. In it Jetsunma describes the path of vajrayana from the Four Noble Truths all the way through the Three Root Practices, all in the context of Guru Yoga, and all in a language we western students can hear. There is a wealth of wisdom in this teaching, please enjoy for the benefit of all:



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May we never forget those with hopes of us!