Alan Wallace takes us through Düdjom Lingpa’s teachings on the guru, viras and dakinis, and all beings. You can follow along in the excerpt from the text below, or on page 143 of the PDF of the root text (found in lesson 1) or your copy of Heart of the Great Perfection, Vol 1.
Having established those teachings as your foundation, with constant devotion offer prayers of supplication to your guru. Outwardly, imagine your guru on the crown of your head. Inwardly, visualize your own body as the guru. Secretly, again and again transfer your own vital energies, mind, and consciousness, and nondually merge them with the non conceptual primordial consciousness of your guru’s mind. This is the first point.
With devotion and affection, visualize your companions as being of the nature of vīras and ḍākinīs, and see the fine qualities of your guru and Dharma siblings rather than looking at their faults. This is the second point. (more…)