What happens after receiving vow of refuge?

It is not enough to simply have received the vow of refuge, one has to subsequently engage in its training. 

This means the elimination of adverse conditions and the cultivation of conducive conditions.

His Holiness, 17th  Gyalwang Karmapa

Ogyen Trinley Dorje

From teaching on Torch of Certainty
by Jamgon Lodro Thaye 

at 31st Kagyu Monlam

Session 3