Speaking in Tongues

Speaking in Tongues

Date of Advice:
February 2015
Date Posted:
November 2015

A student had started saying different words in another language. She didn’t know if it was an actual language or what the words meant.

 

My most dear one,
Thank you very much for your kind letter. You often think of me and pray to me, whether I can help or not, so you are keeping good samaya and that is good, keeping the mind in the correct path to enlightenment, lam-rim. That is the most important because it is the root of the path to enlightenment and without that it’s not possible [to achieve enlightenment.] Even if you have a good connection with other gurus, if one guru is left out and you have negative samaya with one guru, then it affects the others.

During a great initiation, when the transcendental wisdom of the deity is invoked, at that time amongst the disciples who receive the wisdom, one of the signs is speaking languages, Sanskrit or something like that. That’s a sign of receiving the speech, then receiving the holy body is suddenly jumping and maybe the holy mind is seeing past, present and future. It’s supposed to happen during initiation. It could happen at other times, so maybe it could be like that.

What you are reciting is Palden Lhamo mantra, you recite that a few times, then the five deities mantra, then maybe some other mantras, perhaps Sanskrit, but I don’t understand it all. So generally like that. It can be a good sign, but just leave it. Don’t bother; don’t take it as something very important or as something very bad. Keep it like wind passing through the hair. As long as it’s not harmful to you.

Continue your great devotion to the Guru, Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Live your life with bodhicitta on the basis of compassion to all sentient beings.

Thank you very much.