“Omniscient Jigme Lingpa said that when one’s mind is in the right frame, the guru is not outside. For someone whose mind is in the right frame and has merged with the dharma, the master is not outside.

However, the gurus who grant abhishekas, transmissions, and key instructions to people like us, whose faces we see and whose voices we hear, these masters that liberate us, are all outer masters, who serve as a means to communicate with the inner guru.


These gurus confer abhishekas, transmissions, and key instructions, pointing out the liberating path of omniscience, so we should listen to what they say.

If we hear, reflect on, and meditate on the teachings, there will be a time when we actually realize our intrinsic nature, the sugatagarbha.”

~ Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Oral Instructions on ‘Three Words That Strike The Vital Point’ – on View – Collected Works Vol III pg 605, Shambhala

(Posted by Dharma Samye, Facebook, April 6 2026)