Vajrapañjara Tantra

Vajrapañjara Tantra (Wyl. rdo rje gur) or Indestructible Tent Tantra is a Yogini or Dakini Tantra, and is said to be an explanatory tantra of the Hevajra Tantra. It includes several instructions on how to follow a guru, including many oft-cited passages, such as the following:

All the buddhas have praised

The master who is the teacher.

Recognize him, therefore, as

Like a father and mother to us all.

Further Reading

• Tsongkhapa, The Fulfillment of All Hopes, translated & edited by Gareth Sparham, Boston: Wisdom, 1999 (includes several quotations from the tantra)