(1055-1153) — great female master and incarnation of Yeshe Tsogyal who set down the Chö practice of cutting through ego-clinging. Machik Labdrön means 'Only Mother Lamp of Dharma.' +
vehicle of tantric teachings; training in seeing phenomena as the display of primordial purity. The six classes of Vajrayana tantras teach this in an increasingly direct and profound way. The gateway to the Vajrayana is the empowerment, which is given by the spiritual master. +
monastery built by Lumey Dorje of Tsangsar, one of the early Barom Kagyu masters; the ruins are situated on a small hill a half a day's walk south from Tsechu Gompa. +
state of undistracted concentration or meditative state; in the context of Vajrayana can refer to either the development stage or the completion stage. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche often uses it to means stability in the awakened state. +