“Owner/Master of Secrets, how should a student view the master? Just the same as they view the Bhagavan Buddha.” --the Empowerment of Vajrapani Tantra "There was a Kadampa master in the past, whose student said to him:  “please give me blessings.” The guru said: “Well first of all you have to give me faith. If… Continue reading  “THE GURU IS THE STUDENT’S MIRROR”: Seeing a qualified Guru as a Buddha, how “blessings of the Buddhas and deities enter” a guru and then a student, past stories of the importance of faith, confidence and devotion, getting the guru “one deserves” (17th Karmapa, “Fifty Verses on the Guru” Day 8)