After our White Tara practice
tonight, Acho Rinpoche did the following sharing.
There are two methods for
attaining the practice of Dzogchen (The Great Perfection).
The first method requires a
practitioner to learn widely and practise renunciation, bodhicitta and the Six
Perfections (offering, discipline, tolerance, diligence, meditation and wisdom),
who eventually needs to attain the state of emptiness in order to accomplish the practice.
The second method requires a
practitioner to trust his root guru fully, with utmost reverence and confidence
in his teacher and believing in his teacher as a Buddha. The greater his
confidence is in his teacher as the Buddha, the greater is the power of blessing
he would receive in return. In short, a practitioner must find a qualified spiritual
guide and trust his spiritual guide completely as a Buddha; however, it is actually very
difficult for one to fulfil the second conditions due to his personal ego.
Reported by Sun-Moon KFS on 14-11-2016
