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THE IMPORTANCE OF CONFESSING DOWNFALLS AND PURIFICATION: 17th Karmapa’s recent advice to recite the Sutra in Three Sections and Vajrasattva and 17th Karmapa’s call to practice
“Whatever karmic veils I may have developed that would lead to the hells, or to the animal realm, or to the land of the pretas, or to birth in border regions, or amongst barbarians, or amongst the long-lived gods, or that would lead to incomplete sense faculties, or holding wrong views, or to not rejoicing…
Origin of the widespread practice and use of the six-syllable Mani mantra in Tibet: The ḍākinīs’ gift to 2nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi and a new musical rendition of the melody
“He asked, “How should one recite it?” whereupon four ḍākinīs sang the tune in unison. The wisdom ḍākinī then said, “If subsequently one uses this tune for the mantra, then all who hear it will be greatly blessed, and it will be of great benefit to beings.” —excerpt from ‘The Second Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahāsiddha’ (Manson,…
PEACE AND UNITY WITHOUT TRUTH AND ACCOUNTABILITY? On the Joint Announcement from the 17th Karmapa on the Future Recognition of the Shamarpa Incarnation.
“Real friendship is based on two things: respect and trust.” ‘Unity is good but not if it rides roughshod over truth and general ethics.” Today, on 4 December 2023, the official 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, together with (the unofficial contender for the Karmapa title) Thaye Dorje, released a joint written statement (in Tibetan and…
‘Deep in my heart’: 17th Karmapa’s moving tribute to a beloved Dharma friend and general secretary of Tergar Osel Ling Monastery
Yesterday, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje published a moving and poetic tribute to a relatively ‘unknown/unnamed’ monk, Lama Lekshey, who was the Treasurer/General Secretary of Tergar Osel Ling monastery. Here is my attempt at a translation of the tribute for those interested in what the Karmapa wrote (the original Tibetan is below) Apologies…
‘MIND UNION WITH TAI SITUPA’ : Guru Padmasambhava’s Prophecy about the 15th-21st Karmapas, as revealed by famed treasure-revealer, Chogyur Lingpa
”During a visit to Karma Monastery, Guru Rinpoche appeared to Chogyur Lingpa in a vision. In the vision, Guru Rinpoche was surrounded by twenty-one manifestations of the Karmapa. In addition to the traditional appearance of each of the fourteen incarnations who had taken birth through the period up to the time of Chogyur Lingpa, seven…
‘From Little to Big’: 17th Gyalwang Karmapa on the importance of individual efforts on the environment and excessive packaging (2023)
“These days, whatever you get comes with a great deal of packaging and that is a problem. Therefore, whenever you give gifts to others, try to use the minimum possible packaging.” “If we think from little to big, that will be easier to work with in our minds, and more convenient to practice in our…
KĀLACAKRA AND THE DALAI LAMAS/GELUGPA. The 20th Century/Chinese communist roots of mass Kālacakra empowerments; tthe 9th Panchen Lama and Chinese support for the first public empowerments , the 14th Dalai Lama’s takeover of Kālacakra in Tibet and exile, inappropriate timing of the empowerments and the Gelugpa’s mass suppression of other lineages and texts
“The first Kālacakra initiation that was given to large diverse public audiences outside of Tibet was conducted not by the 14th Dalai Lama, but by the 9th Panchen Lama at the turn of the twentieth century. Nine such Kālacakra initiations were given by the Ninth Panchen Lama from 1928 to 1936.” –Daigengna Duoer (2018) “The purpose of…
KEEPING THE FLOW GOING: Fundraiser for the Dakini Translations research and translations website and work
I hope you all are well and enjoying the continual flow of research and translations on the Dakini Translations website! As you can read from the latest article, during my work has been described as ‘genius’ publicly by a leading Indian scholar on Kālacakra at an international conference in India. I was also recently featured…
‘ALL BUDDHAS ARE BORN FROM WOMEN’: Remembering Abhidhamma teachings and Buddha’s mother at a contemporary Buddhist Nālanda in the sacred heart of India
“I tell you, monks, there are two people who are not easy to repay. Which two? Your mother and father. Even if you were to carry your mother on one shoulder and your father on the other shoulder for 100 years, and were to look after them by anointing, massaging, bathing, and rubbing their limbs,…
Noble Tārā and the 16th Karmapa: Tārā Day and Commemoration of 16th Karmapa’s parinirvana
“Like a bee’s heart at the peak of a smiling garland of lotuses,May permanent and impermanent beings,Be completely satisfied, and power and joy increase!”—16th Karmapa, Rigpe Dorje Today, for Noble Tārā day, and the commemoration of the 16th Karmapa’s parinirvana (the 8th day of the 9th Tibetan month, which some celebrate on November 5th annually…
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