# 03 Why Tantra is a Quick Path to Enlightenment 5-Sept-2004

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Published: 2026-03-13T15:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This teaching was given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Lama Tsonkhapa Institute in Italy as part of the Ganden Lha Gyama retreat between September 3-30, 2004. 00:01:57 It is extremely important to practice Guru Yoga, which involves developing compassion, power, and wisdom. This enables one to do perfect work for all sentient beings. 00:27:23 By doing Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga practice, one establishes the root of all goodness and collections of merit in this and future lives up to enlightenment. It makes one's listening, reflecting and meditation practice very effective. 00:48:45 The Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga practice helps one retreat from negative actions of body, speech, and mind. Keeping the mind in renunciation, bodhicitta, and right view also helps retreat from negativities. 01:05:05 In Tantra, one practices the path that harmonizes with the four purified results - purified place, body, enjoyments, and deeds. By visualizing these now, one collects unimaginable merit and quickly progresses on the path. 01:28:28 In Tantra, one's mind simultaneously focuses on the deity's holy body (method) while understanding its emptiness (wisdom). This unified practice of method and wisdom is extremely powerful for quickly achieving enlightenment. 01:42:33 The four classes of Tantra - Kriya, Charya, Yoga and Anuttarayoga, were taught by the Buddha to utilize attachment in the path to enlightenment according to the practitioner's capacity. The highest class, Anuttarayoga, enables achieving enlightenment most quickly. Find out more about Lama Zopa Rinpoche, his teachings and projects at https://fpmt.org/

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