Personal Deity and Morning Motivation for a Meaningful Life
A student wrote to ask Rinpoche for advice about their main deity and to request daily practices.
My most dear, most precious, most kind, wish-fulfilling one,
Thank you very much for your kind letter.
I checked by praying and it came out that your deity is Vajrayogini. This is for you to quickly achieve enlightenment and to quickly enlighten all sentient beings. You need to take the Vajrayogini initiation, but first you need to receive a great initiation of Highest Yoga Tantra. Chakrasamvara is very good, otherwise Yamantaka or Guhyasamaja initiation.
The other deity that came out for you to practice is Kalachakra. If it’s possible, you can receive Kalachakra initiation and if that happens, then you can do the Kalachakra guru yoga retreat. This is not the same as the main Kalachakra retreat; this is Kalachakra guru yoga retreat.
If you can, come to Bodhgaya, where His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give Kalachakra initiation. This is so auspicious, so good if you are able to come. This is my suggestion. You have to know that death is uncertain, death can happen anytime, so you shouldn’t think you will live for a long time, for so many years. If you think that, then maybe you wouldn’t take the initiation until later. So don’t think like that, but if you can’t come because of other reasons, that is different.
Please do my morning motivation, Method to Transform [How to Make My Lives Wish-Fulfilling: The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness]. This is my most important advice. I often say this is what transforms our kaka life into gold, like transforming iron into gold or even transforming into a wish-granting jewel, a wish-granting life.
Do this every morning when you open your eyes, to start the day. I mean, you can wash first but do it after that. Or if you like, you can offer one incense to Buddha, Dharma and Sangha and then start. That is if you have good incense, not Japanese or Indian incense (I’m joking).
Thank you very much. You are developing the essence of compassion and wisdom in order to achieve enlightenment for sentient beings. That makes your perfect human life so beneficial, meaningful and happy.
So thank you very much. Sometimes if you have questions, you can send them to me and when I have time I will try to answer.
With much love and prayers ...