Offering to the Spiritual Guide
| Day & time: Every 10th & 25th of the month, 7:00pm How long: Roughly 2.5 hours Course fees: FREE |
"Now, when the sun of Buddha has set,
For the countless migrators without protection or refuge,
You perform exactly the same deeds as the Conqueror;
O Compassionate Refuge and Protector, to you I make requests."
- Excerpt from the sadhana
Offering to the Spiritual Guide, or Lama Chopa in Tibetan, is a special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa in conjunction with Highest Yoga Tantra. It was compiled by the first Panchen Lama, Losang Chokyi Gyaltsan, as a preliminary practice for Vajrayana Mahamudra. The main practice is relying upon the Spiritual Guide, but it also includes all the essential practices of the stages of the path (Lamrim) and training the mind (Lojong), as well as both the generation stage and completion stages of Highest Yoga Tantra.