Fall Festival 2024 ~ Day 7
Today we take some time to appreciate what a rich tradition we have, the incredible lineage we hold, and the unsurpassed presentation we enjoy where all Buddha's teachings fit with our modern life.
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It is so wonderful to begin each day with meditation. Gen Sangden summarizes the main points from the teachings at the beginning of the session with great clarity and then guides everyone to a deep experience of compassion. During the meditations we deepen our familiarity with the three bringings through the blessed practice of The Blissful Path.
Then we have the final two commentaries with Gen-la Dekyong, today emphasizing The Yoga of Buddha Heruka and how to practice the union of Sutra and Tantra with the blessed prayer Request to the Lord of all Lineages. She helps us to appreciate just how extraordinary it is to have the karma to recognize our Guru-Founder, Je Tsongkhapa, Buddha Shakyamuni and Heruka as four aspects of one being, Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka.
Sharing yet more jewel-like teachings directly from Venerable Geshe-la we understand how we can meditate on Heruka Body Mandala at deeper and deeper levels until we accomplish the union of great bliss and emptiness, realizing both conventional and ultimate truths with our very subtle mind and purifying even the subtlest mistaken appearances.
