Tag: 17th Karmapa Day 5 Fifty Verses on the Guru

‘DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER’, ‘UNCONVENTIONAL CONDUCT’ OF A FULLY ORDAINED MONASTIC: Inner qualities more important than outer appearances/clothes, how to ask a qualified guru to be your vajrayāna teacher, and what to do when student is a monastic and the guru is a householder (Fifty Verses on The Guru, 17th Karmapa, Day 5)

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"At the three times with supreme faith,  with mandala and flowers between your palms, revere the Guru and teacher, and bow your head down to their feet." "If they are a householder or 'new', In order to avoid worldly censure, Those who have vows arrange sacred Dharma and such in front, and mentally holding 'unconventional… Continue reading ‘DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER’, ‘UNCONVENTIONAL CONDUCT’ OF A FULLY ORDAINED MONASTIC: Inner qualities more important than outer appearances/clothes, how to ask a qualified guru to be your vajrayāna teacher, and what to do when student is a monastic and the guru is a householder (Fifty Verses on The Guru, 17th Karmapa, Day 5)