"There are many such teachers like that who say they have high level realisations, that they are a refuge and can protect many people, but the root of what produces suffering for ourselves and others, are the minds of attachment or aversion, and whether the afflictions have been pacified or not. If we want to… Continue reading “CALLING A BEGGAR A KING, DOES NOT MAKE THEM A KING”: 8th Karmapa on the fifth pāramitā of Dhyana and why he did not teach Mahāmudrā, or secret instructions to those who have not even entered the Dhyana meditation  (17th Karmapa Spring Teachings Day 4)