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So now dissolve everything to emptiness. So from emptiness, then your visualization manifests. You visualize
your father on one side and your mother on another side. So all sentient beings, friends and enemies, and all
sentient being, all mother sentient beings right and left and behind you like ocean of sentient beings,
endless, countless. All facing same direction as you. So in front of all of you, beautiful meadow, green, flat,
green. In the middle of meadow, beautiful lake filled with most sacred water we call. Something likes 'Kan Lu'
(nectar). In the middle of that lake, wish fulfilling tree. And huge tree with four branches; one coming this
way, one growing that way, one growing that way, one growing behind and one trunk in the middle. You can call
it the four branches or you can call it five branches, because the middle one is trunk, you know. And the
central trunk, the central branch, is the Guru; all the gurus of the lineage. So top is Buddha Vajradhara.
Buddha manifests in the form of Buddha Vajradhara. In the middle is Guru Vajradhara. Your guru manifests in the
form of Buddha Vajradhara. In between, all the lineage masters until your guru. So in this lineage guru then
Marpa's Guru is actually Maitripa. Because Marpa had many great masters during his three trips to India and
spending twenty-one years in India , out of which sixteen years and seven months with his gurus receiving
transmissions. He has many masters. And his main masters are Naropa and Maitripa. From Naropa he received the
transmission of the Kagyu, that means the oral transmission which is known as Ka Shi Gyu Pa. The four
mainstreams of Ka oral transmission and one of them is named as Maha Mudra. And from Maitripa he received many
transmissions but he considered Maitripa particularly his Maha Mudra Ji-Kan-Sun-Shi (Vajra Guru). Okay. So now,
but Tilopa and Naropa are also part of the lineage. So they are in the space. Here and there. Tilopa here and
Naropa here; not in the Buddha Vajradhara to Guru Vajradhara kind of line, but it is in the space here and
there, Tilopa and Naropa. And out of many great masters, one of his master is known as Khadroma Miru Key Gyen
Chen that means Dakini who is adorned with ornament of human bones. And she is also his Maha Mudra master. But
not in the. Not here. Not in the, you know. Not there. Not under refuge tree. And of course, the Maha Mudra
teaching is the teaching of Buddha which is transmitted by great masters like Tilopa, Naropa, Maitripa etc. And
the Maitripa's teaching is known as golden rosary.
Now the visualization of the masters all the orders this thangka is the most updated accurate thangka and I
think it have sixteenth Gaylwa Karmapa also here. For that way it is most updated and complete thangka. And
here the front branch is for the deity. So in this thangka the Khorlo Demchog and Dorje Pagmo, the Vajravarahi
and Chakrasamvara in union, is practiced here. And surrounded by field of the our main Yidams. Actually our
main Yidam of the lineage is Vajravarahi. The reason is although the Chakrasamvara is the king and Vajravarahi
is the queen But Vajravarahi represents the wisdom and Chakrasamvara represents the method; So in our lineage
Vajravarahi is which represents the wisdom is main deity because method is for what, method is to acquire
wisdom; method is to awaken the primordial wisdom. Essence of all sentient being is primordial wisdom.
Enlightenment is the full realization of the primordial wisdom; because of that, Vajravarahi is our main Yidam.
Now the tree on the right, the branch on the right, that means the right of the refuge, not right of you. Right
of the refuge is over here. Right of you over there. So right of the refuge tree which is facing you that is
the Buddha, the Nirmanakaya Buddha. The Buddha, Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, Svabhavikakaya is right
on top on the lineage. But the Nirmanakaya Buddha, the Buddha Sakyamuni, is over there in the center. And who
is surrounded by all the Buddha which is represented by Buddha of ten directions. So the branch which is
behind, that is the Dharma, so all the teaching of Buddha the text. The Vinaya, Abhidharma Sutra and Tantra and
all of the teachings of Buddha is in form of texts on the branch which is behind; grows behind. And in thangka
you cannot draw. Therefore just symbolically, right side here and left side here few books shelves, you know,
are shown. And we call it text style are shown here and that is just to symbolize; otherwise we don't know how
to draw behind it, you know. Now the left of the refuge tree which is over there, which is your right but left
of the refuge tree. On that all the Sangha and holy Sangha on top and ordinary Sangha underneath. But of course
holy Sangha, ordinary Sangha the difference is the Bodhisattvas like Avalokitesvara and Manjushri they are
considered holy Sangha, And then all the Arhats considered second to them. They are holy Sangha too. Very very
holy. So center is Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas surrounded by other seven Bodhisattvas which are altogether
known as eight Bodhisattvas. So three main Arhants are depicted here in the middle Kungawo (Ananda). And then
Ananda's right is Sariputra. And Ananda's left is Mongalputra. So they represent the eight Bodhisattvas
represent all the Bodhisattvas. And these three Arhants represent all the Arhants. So now that is the refuge
tree. And now the underneath the branches, below the branches facing toward you are all the Protectors. And
two-arm Mahakala is in the middle, and then surrounded by all the other Protectors of the lineage. So two-arm
Mahakala is our main protector. And then in the space above, then all the masters of all the
lineages. Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana all the great masters. Like clouds. Space filled with them.
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