Self-Immolation

"It is rare to be human, it is rare to keep a human life, it is rare to find the holy Dharma teachings, and it is also rare for a Buddha to appear." ... "It is difficult to find human birth. It is hard to achieve the excellent freedom. It is also rare for a Buddha to appear on this earth. It is difficult also to find devoted interest in the Dharma. It is difficult also to have perfect aspiration." ... "It is difficult to find freedom from the eight unfavorable conditions. It is difficult to find a human birth. It is difficult to find the perfect leisure. It is difficult also to find the appearance of a Buddha. It is difficult also to find persons with all the senses. It is difficult also to hear the Dharma teaching of a Buddha. It is difficult also to attend the precious holy beings. It is difficult also to find authentic spiritual masters. It is difficult also to fully practice that which is taught in the perfect teachings. It is difficult also to have a right livelihood.' It is difficult also to find persons who make effort in the human realm according to the Dharma."

"There are some who only commit nonvirtuous actions. There are some who consistently destroy positive qualities. There are some who lack the virtue which leads to liberation. So, those who have no virtue do not possess the cause of enlightenment." Ornament of Mahayana Sutra

On Buddha-nature: "As is stated in the King of Meditative Absorption Sutra: The Essence of the Well-gone One pervades all migrators. The Small Parinirvana Sutra says: All sentient beings have the Essence of the Thus-gone One.' Also, the Sutra of the Great Parinirvana says: For example, as butter permeates milk, likewise the Essence of the Thus-gone One pervades all sentient beings. And in the Ornament of Mahayana Sutra: Even though suchness is not different for any being, One is called "Thus-gone One" when it is fully purified. Therefore, all beings are of its essence."

"The worst person, though keeping good company, does not become better than middling. The best, when keeping company with the worst, readily becomes part of the worst." Geshe Drom-don-ba

"The wise should not befriend Those who are without faith or who are stingy, Those who lie, or who speak divisively; They should not accompany sinful persons. Even those who do not sin Create the doubt that they might be doing so If they rely on those who do sin, Thereby increasing that which is unpleasant. The person who relies on the unreliable Will have faults as a result, Just as unsmeared arrows are tainted When arrows smeared with poison are placed in the same quiver."

Who is Vajrayogini? The texts refer to her reverentially as a “blessed one” (bhagavati), as a “deity” (devata) or “goddess” (devi). She is divine in the sense that she embodies enlightenment; and as she is worshiped at the center of a mandala of other enlightened beings, the supreme focus of devotion, she has the status of a buddha. In the opening verse to the Vajravarahi Sadhana., the author salutes her as a vajradevi, that is, as a Vajrayana or tantric Buddhist (vajra) goddess, and in the final verse prays that all beings may become enlightened like her, that is, that they may attain “the state of the glorious vajra goddess” (snvajradevipadavt). —Elizabeth English

"In short, attaining and bringing to completion all the bodhisattva deeds, and, likewise, attaining and bringing to completion the perfections, levels, forbearances, concentrations, superknowledges, retentions of teachings heard, dedications, aspirational prayers, confidence to speak, and all the qualities of a buddha are contingent upon the guru. The guru is the root from which they arise. The guru is the source and creator from which they are produced. The guru increases them. They depend upon the guru. The guru is their cause." Bodhisattvapiṭaka

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Who is Batuka Bhairva

"It is worth noting here that to be "sectarian" in the sense of exclusively dedicating yourself to the study and practice of one particular school is not necessarily a negative thing. Most Ti­betan lamas train in this way. This is positive sectarianism. Negative sectarianism is to follow one tradition exclusively, while looking down on other traditions." H.H Dalai Lama

“I myself have practiced without distraction You too should follow this example.” - Padampa Sangye