16 Motivation for Receiving Jenang of Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga 11-Sept-2004

About this episode

Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses the importance of motivation for receiving the jenang of Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga.

This teaching was given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Lama Tsonkhapa Institute in Italy as part of the Ganden Lha Gyama retreat between September 3-30, 2004. 00:00:01 To receive the jenang (permission to practice) of a deity from the four-class Tantra, one needs to first receive the initiation of that class of Tantra. 00:06:31 Even though one has received a precious human body, it can be stained by desire, carelessness, laziness, sleep, gossiping, and seeking offerings and respect. This leads to wasting the precious human body on meaningless activities. 00:10:34 To take the essence of the perfect human body, one must train well in the gradual path of the lower, middle, and higher capable beings. 00:11:51 All sentient beings have been one's mother countless times in past lives, but due to taking rebirth, they are unable to recognize each other. Generating love and compassion for them, one should strive to achieve enlightenment for their benefit. Find out more about Lama Zopa Rinpoche, his teachings and projects at https://fpmt.org/

People in this episode

Host: Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Topics covered

• Buddhism
• Tantra
• Compassion
• Enlightenment
• Spiritual Practice

Keywords

• jenang
• Lama Tsongkhapa
• Tantra
• human body
• compassion
• enlightenment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lama Tsonkhapa Institute

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