Question asked by Ganesh
Dear Rinpoche,
Last week I came to know about the Life of Milarepa and watched 3 of your videos on youtube. Other than that I do not know much about Tibetan Buddhism. Yesterday, I had a dream in which I saw H.H Dalai Lama (the current one), sitting on a throne and giving a lecture to a group of people sitting on the floor (I was one among them). There is a girl sitting near me and she is interested in me. Dalai Lama notices this and asks the girl to sit very far away from me. (In real life, I am a spiritual person but also self indulgent and promiscuous.) Then, Dalai Lama asks me to stand up with my legs wide and take the pose of some female deity, one of my hand is up and other hand faces down. Now, everyone in the room begins to pray for me and on seeing this I feel the compassion generated by others towards me and realize that I have been selfish till now.
Then, I change into a red coloured fierce female diety. Then, Dalai Lama points out to a guy in the group and tells that my life is in his hands from now on. Then, I look at that guy and literally at his palms. There ends the dream.
Now, my questions are: does the dream indicate that I will meet a guru soon? And what about the red diety? (Today, I searched on google and found about vajrayogini ). So, should I pray to her ? If yes, how to pray? What spiritual practices should I regularly follow to be steady on the path of dharma ? (Recently, I have realized that desires are endless and it is impossible to satisfy all of them, and walking on the path of dharma is the only way out. So kindly help this newbie. Please excuse me for the length of this query. Thank You !!
Dear Ganesh,
Your dream is very interesting. If you feel a close connection to Vajrayogini, you can read more about her on the category here: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/category/vajra-yogini. Vajrayogini’s practice is one of the Highest Yoga Tantra practices, therefore requires initiation and training from a guru who holds the appropriate lineage, before you yourself can engage in the practice. That being said, His Eminence 25th Tsem Rinpoche has given some prayers that can be recited by those who have not received the initiation in order to create a strong connection with her. This connection creates the causes to receive her initiation and achieve the results of her practice in the future. One such prayer is the Tea Offering to Vajrayogini: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/tea-offering-to-vajrayogini-for-the-1st-time.html. As for meeting a qualified guru, you should make the effort yourself to look. After finding a guru, you need to examine his/her works, lineage and ability to teach clearly. Arriving at a decision, you should request to become a student and then go all the way with your teacher’s advice.
To create a strong and firm daily dharma practice, I would suggest engaging in the daily practices of Lama Tsongkhapa’s Guru yoga and Dorje Shugden’s daily practice. This is available to order at Vajrasecrets: http://www.vajrasecrets.com/diamond-path. Alternatively if you are in Malaysia, you can purchase them at any of our Kechara Paradise outlets. You should also try and get a copy of the Lam Rim text ‘Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand.’ This text is fundamental in understanding how and what to practice to progress on your spiritual path to enlightenment. I hope this help, please feel free to ask more questions.