Jhado Rinpoche: If you are able to recall the form and nature of the deity, the virtue accumulated with these actions becomes more powerful, so it’s very beneficial.
Question and Answer Session on Kalachakra by Jhado Rinpoche, Bodhgaya, January 2002
Q: What are the most important points to focus on in one’s practice after having received the Kalachakra initiation?
A: In general there are many things to practice after having received the Kalachakra empowerments, however the main thing is to train one’s mind in the common path, so Rinpoche quotes a verse from the “Foundation of All Good Qualities”, that was composed by Lama Tsong Khapa which says:
Having trained well my mind in the common pathways,
please bless me to enter the Vajaryana,
the gateway of the fortunate ones.
So in this particular verse it shows that one must have trained well one’s mental continuum in the common pathways, the pathways that are common to the sutra path such as renunciation, bodhicitta and emptiness. Having placed such imprints on one’s mind stream, if then one trains in the generation and completion stages, one will have great success. And also if one has already established firmly these three principles of the path or the common pathways in one’s mind stream, then when one receives the Kalachakra empowerments, one receives greater blessings. The difference between having had the training of the common pathways in one’s mind stream before the Kalachakra empowerments and not having that, is like travelling to a destination in a plane or going there by bicycle – in terms of the speed there’s a huge difference. Continue reading »