Extensive Life Practices for a New Student
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A new student requested life practice advice. Rinpoche advised the following.
- 12,000 refuge
- 300,000 tong-len practice/bodhicitta
- 200,000 Dorje Khadro fire pujas
- 700,000 tsa-tsas (Tara, Gyalwa Gyatso)
- 30,000 mandala offerings to collect extensive merits
- 400,000 guru yoga (recitation of migtsemas with Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga)
- 50,000 Vajrasattva to purify obstacles
Your deity is Vajrayogini. A three-year retreat in the future is good for you. Also, complete one nyung nä.
- Two months on the lower path
- Four months on the middle path
- Bodhicitta: two months
- Emptiness: three months