Extensive Life Practices for a New Student

Extensive Life Practices for a New Student

Date Posted:
November 2011

A new student requested life practice advice. Rinpoche advised the following. 

  • 12,000 refuge
  • 300,000 tong-len practice/bodhicitta
  • 200,000 Dorje Khadro fire pujas
  • 700,000 tsa-tsas (Tara, Gyalwa Gyatso)
  • 30,000 mandala offerings to collect extensive merits
  • 400,000 guru yoga (recitation of migtsemas with Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga)
  • 50,000 Vajrasattva to purify obstacles

Your deity is Vajrayogini. A three-year retreat in the future is good for you. Also, complete one nyung-nä.

  • Two months on the lower path
  • Four months on the middle path
  • Bodhicitta: two months
  • Emptiness: three months