Offering Tsok to Heruka Vajrasattva - Lama Yeshe, Part 4 Chapter 07

Practitioners of the mother class of Highest Yoga Tantra must offer tsok to the guru-deity twice a month. Most perform the Guru Puja in fulfillment of this requirement, but in 1982 Lama Yeshe wrote the Heruka Vajrasattva tsok offering "in case students were getting bored with the older pujas. It's shorter, too, and therefore suits our busy Western lifestyles!"

Lama also said, "Highest Yoga Tantra contains methods by which you can attain enlightenment in a single lifetime, but before you can actualize these you must purify yourself. Practicing Heruka Vajrasattva is one of the most powerful ways of doing so."

In the three teachings presented here, recorded at Vajrapani Institute, Boulder Creek, California, in July and August, 1983--a mere eight months before he passed away--Lama Yeshe explains what the Heruka Vajrasattva tsok offering is and how to do it.

Talk One: 105 min.
Talk Two: 116 min.
Talk Three: 110 min.

Following the teachings there is audio of Lama leading the puja he composed accompanied by a slide show of photos of Lama Yeshe (70 min). Originally released on VHS, this new and much improved release features enhanced picture and sound quality, extra footage at the end (15 min.), and subtitles in English.

These teachings have been published as Becoming Vajrasattva: The Tantric Path of Purification (Wisdom Publications, 1994).

You can also listen online to the audio of Lama Yeshe chanting the Tsog Offering.

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