Transmission of the lineage is a desire in the student as it is in the teacher. Transmission is never static, but flows, as transaction of transformation, between practitioners who are all somewhere on the path, even though there is still much travel ahead. It is not as if transition is bestowed on students from the high seat. Teacher and student need each other for transition to be complete: the moment of transmission is one in which teachers and students are fully engaged. When Longchenpa transmits the Longchen Nyingthig to Jigme Lingpa, he prays: “May the transmission of the words that express be completed. May it be completed! And Jigme Lingpa prays: “Know this, O omniscient Dharma King. Know this, O omniscient Dharma King!” This is how it is for teachers and students in the Mantra tradition: they are on the hook together and the teacher promises to stay there, with the student, until liberation is attained.