The Great Master of Oddiyana [Guru Padmasambhava] warns: "Not to examine the teacher, Is like drinking poison; Not to examine the disciple, Is like leaping from a precipice." "If one does not practice secretly and hidden, then no matter who you are if you publicise it to everyone, in particular, if you reveal secrets to… Continue reading “LEAPING FROM THE PRECIPICE” WITH THE UNEXAMINED: Vajrayāna empowerments for the ‘unexamined masses’ and the question of their accordance with the Buddhist Tantras and samayas