“When you look at the guru with devotion, you see both your positive and negative qualities. You see your failures, your struggles, your disturbing emotions arising, just as you see dirt on your face in an ordinary mirror. At the same time, you see beyond the surface impurities—which can simply be washed away. You see your true face, your actual reality, which is the perfectly pure nature of your mind.”
-Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
In this video, Lama Lena discusses the practice of Guru Yoga, its importance to the path of Dzogchen and realizing the nature of mind, and clarifies some common misconceptions. This teaching was given via live stream from Lama Lena’s home on May 29th, 2020.
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