Hi Karma Yeshe, when I was quite young I received various teachings and empowerments from the late Kalu Rinpoche (who gave the talk in your quote) not so long before he died. He took a very traditional/superstitious stance on most aspects of Tibetan Buddhism - for example some things he said about karma and rebirth in other realms a younger tulku told me could be interpreted as mental states, rather than taken literally.