[From a teaching on the Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra by the Third Karmapa given by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche at Kunzang Palchen Ling in May 2012. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso. Transcribed by Linda Lee. Edited by Matt Willis. All rights reserved. Please do not reprint without permission.] The most important thing in considering this [the [...]
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa, and many other great masters of the four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism have come to this country repeatedly. You have had the opportunity to meet these great masters, to listen to their teachings, and to do so in a state of freedom and convenience, all-around affluence, and even luxury that is almost unique to this country. Since you have all of this, all of these resources at your beck and call, it is necessary that you make some genuine use of it; it is necessary that your contact with these holy beings actually do you some real good. And the real good that such contact is supposed to do is to help us actually tame our minds and overcome our kleshas. I have said what I have said up to now this evening in order to remind you of this spectacularly extraordinary opportunity that you all enjoy and to urge you to make the best possible use of it.
