The World of Mind & Mandalas and the Great Perfection
Mind & Mandalas - Part Three
Lama Alan · Eva Natanya · Ian Baker · 62 minutes
Questions from those listening. Eva Natanya gives Tsongkhapa's answer to why realising emptiness alone is not enough: living beings need form, and a Buddha must be able to manifest in form. Ian Baker takes the objection that visualisation is a flight simulator rather than a flight, and agrees it can become a trap. Lama Alan Wallace sets out what Atisha and Tsongkhapa said about consort practice, who it is not for, and how badly it has been abused. He closes on Dudjom Lingpa's Buddhahood Without Meditation, and how much effort it takes to reach the effortless.
Emptiness Karma Tantra and Vajrayana The nature of mind Dzogchen Visualisation The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers