Over the weekend of the 11th and 12th February, Lama Jampa Thaye gave two days of extraordinary dharma teachings from the Karma Kagyu tradition. All day on Saturday and on Sunday morning he taught the first part of Situ Dharmakara's detailed commentary on the the Third Karmapa's Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra.
This section of the text covered many key topics, from the nature of virtue itself, to the necessity of developing the three types of wisdom, the nature of the three kayas and the particular role of the vajrayana in the achievement of realisation. Lama Jampa's relaxed mastery of both the root text and the commentary shone through every word of the teaching.
On Sunday afternoon Lama Jampa Thaye bestowed the very special initiation of Milarepa from the lineage of Jamgon Kongtrul.
Lama Jampa completed the weekend by dedicating the merit that the lords of war and those who support them develop loving kindness and compassion in their hearts.