Source of Mahamudra 2023 (Year 6) – Study Set

In his third turning of the Wheel of Dharma, the Buddha taught that all sentient beings without exception possess enlightened nature. The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra is Arya Maitreya’s detailed commentary on the third turning. It thoroughly explains the all-pervasive luminosity, replete with enlightened qualities, that is the essence of all our minds.

In 2023, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche continued his transmission of and teachings on this text, as well as its commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye. Throughout his teaching career, Rinpoche has emphasized this book as an indispensable means of developing confidence in one’s own Buddha nature. Without such confidence, Rinpoche often says, practicing the Vajrayana becomes like “trying to polish a lump of coal.”

“If an inexhaustible treasure were buried in the ground beneath a poor man’s house, the man would not know of it, and the treasure would not speak and tell him, ‘I am here!’ Likewise, a precious treasure is contained in each being’s mind. This is its true state, which is free from defilement. Nothing is to be added and nothing to be removed” — from the Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra

The book Buddha Nature is available at Shambhala Publications.