In this category we present selected fragments of transcribed teachings by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche.
The actual vajrayana approach to death and dying is something so simple that the most simple‑minded of human beings—someone who is even unable to comprehend basic meditation instruction—is still capable of implementing, because we are all capable of seeing our root guru. We know what our root guru looks like; we’ve seen his face. It does not take any special ability or technique to recollect the face of your root guru.
[From a teaching on Life of Guru Rinpoche by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche given in Seattle, WA, in April 2009. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso, transcribed by Linda Lee, copy-edited by Basia Coulter. Copyright 2009 Karma Thegsum Choling Seattle, Bardor Tulku Rinpoche, and Peter O’Hearn. All rights reserved.] In our practice, we depend upon our teachers […]
Our basic nature—our basic being—is absolutely perfect. It is identical to the basic being or basic nature of buddhas. No distinction whatsoever can be made between the Buddha nature of a sentient being and the buddha nature of a buddha. It is not the case that the buddha nature of buddhas is greater or more than the buddha nature of sentient beings, nor that the buddha nature of buddhas is somehow better or purer that the buddha nature of beings. The only distinction between buddhas and sentient beings is that in the case of a buddha this nature is unconcealed or unveiled, and in the case of sentient beings like ourselves it is temporarily veiled or obscured.
