Padmasambhava sits in the cremation ground, with the most difficult aspects of his experience, and delight, joy and energy - the dakini - emerges. Candradipa explores how a vivid Dharma life requires us to to sit with difficulties, to enter our 'no-go zones'. Without this, we'll settle down into complacency and dullness. Talk given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre during Padmasambhava Day Festival 2024.