Some people who think highly of themselves believe: I have listened to The Innermost Heart Drop of the Guru ( Lama Yangtik) and other Dzogchen teachings, received many empowerments, appeared in the company of so many living buddhas, I will definitely attain buddhahood even without practice! They then wait for liberation to drop into their lap. This is just absurd!

To be conferred the Dzogchen empowerment and lineage is indeed sacred; it is the result of infinite blessings accumulated over countless kalpas. If we do not break the tantric vows, we will attain liberation within seven lifetimes. However, let us calm down and examine whether our habitual tendencies still exist after listening to the Dzogchen teachings. Have we purified our conduct? Have we experienced a change in our mind? Actually, it is easy to tell if we have changed. After listening to The Innermost Heart Drop of the Guru and the Dzogchen teachings, do we still delight in and never tire of the things we used to be interested in; are we still unconcerned with the things we did not want to do before; do we still refrain from practice? If we follow this process of examination, we may find we have not changed at all.

A person may encounter the rare opportunity to listen to the Dzogchen teachings, but if he or she becomes very proud and complacent, and fails to observe the samaya commitments, this kind of person whom we have mentioned in previous teachings is headed towards darkness from light. We must not take this casually!

- Quote from The Logic of Emptiness,"The Madhyamaka View of Emptiness"