CALLING TO THE LAMA FROM AFAR, by Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche

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CALLING TO THE LAMA FROM AFAR

by Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche

Especially in the Kagyu tradition of Mahamudra, devotion is the key to success on the path of higher teachings. One's lama is venerated as the holder of these teachings and, because of his or her accomplishments in meditation practice, is recognized as the embodiment of their truth. The lama's affection and skill in guiding students then joins with the student's own growing admiration and trust so that the student begins to turn toward the lama again and again in the same way that a flower opens naturally to the sun. This response can be cultivated through recollection, but it can never be contrived. Genuineness provides the atmosphere in which the lama's and the student's minds can truly meet.

Four of these prayers were composed by Chen-nga Sherab Jungne, one of the two principal disciples of Lord Jigten Sumg�n (1143-1217), the founder of the Drigung Kagyu lineage. Another is by Lord Jigten Sumgon's close student Ngorje Repa.One is by Lingje Repa, the teacher of Tsangpa Gyare, who founded the lineage of the Drukpa Kagyu. One is by the nineteenth-century treasure-revealer Nuden Dorje. Two are by the great Mipham Namgyal (1846-1912), and three are by Lord Jigten Sumgon himself. In every case, the theme of these prayers is devotion.