Six Session Guru Yoga

Within the Gelug tradition practicing the Six-Session Guru Yoga is a daily commitment for one who has received a highest yoga tantra empowerment.

This booklet provides text of the full Six-Session Guru Yoga, the abbreviated version, and commentary from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the benefits of the practice and the samayas of the five buddha families, as well as rich, detailed instructions on how to meditate on each verse of the sadhana.

“Pabongkha Dechen Nyingpa said the Six-Session Guru Yoga is more precious than three galaxies filled with gold, it is much more precious an extremely difficult to find. Why? Because the practise of Six-Session Guru Yoga has unbelievable benefits; it gives incredible protection. Doing this practice eliminates so much heavy negative karma and purifiers all ten non-virtuous actions, broken pratimoksha vows, bodhisttva vows, and tantric vows. It also allows us to practice the general tantric vows the samayas of the five buddha families, and the tantric root vows. Without practicing these vows, there is no basis for tantric realisation, and no way to achieve enlightenment. This practice creates the cause for a perfect human rebirth and to meet the teachings. Six-Session Guru Yoga creates the cause for one to quickly achieve enlightenment.”

–       Lama Zopa Rinpoche