Four Kayas Guru Yoga

Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche

Saturday/Sunday, November 7/8

Drupon Rinchen Dorjee oers teachings on The Four Kayas Guru Yoga, his next installment of his series of practice instructions from the four thoughts on through to the instruction on Mahamudra and pointing out instructions. Here is a description of The Four Kayas from H.E. Garchen Rinpoche:

“In your personal practice, you see your own body as the yidam.  You see your mind as the guru. The mind of the guru is the union of emptiness and compassion; we are connected to the guru like the beads of a mala string.

From the perspective of our own practice: the mind is guru, the body is yidam, and speech is the dakini. The Guru is the embodiment of 3 kayas: Body = Nirmanakaya, Speech = Sambhogakaya and Mind = Dharmakaya. Lastly, the fourth kaya, Svabhavikakaya signies the inseparablity of the other three kayas.

At first, the guru is the embodiment of outer refuge, The Three Jewels. Later, the guru is the embodiment of inner refuge, The Three Roots. Finally, the ultimate result is the attainment of The Three Kayas.”

Drupon Rinchen Dorjee is currently the resident Lama for Chicago Ratna Shri and is the 3 year retreat master for Garchen Institute in Chino Valley. He is known for his wisdom, patience, and stable kindness.