"To the brute weapons of demons, give soft, gentle flowers in return. ༄༅། །བདུད་ཀྱི་མཚོན་ཆ་རྩུབ་མོ་དག་ལ་འཇམ་མཉེན་མེ་ཏོག་ལན་དུ་སྦྱིན །" --Gedun Chophel (1950) Translator’s Introduction: A symbolic and politically significant text of brilliant reasoning, rebellion of a brave, maverick Tibetan: The quote above is the first opening verse to Adornment to Nagarjuna's Intent (Ludrub Gong Gyen: ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ་དགོང་རྒྱན། ) an important… Continue reading “GIVE BACK GENTLE FLOWERS FOR BRUTE DEMONIC WEAPONS”: Dordrag Tulku (Gedun Chophel)’s incendiary refutation of Gelugpa philosophical reasoning on Nāgarjuna’s “intent” and new translation of opening verses
Month: August 2026
A FRIEND’S TRIBUTE: “For Claire, and for the Buddhist voice that said sorry”
"Claire was not someone I, or those who knew her, would ever have imagined would take her own life. I saw her at Samye Ling just a few days before she went to the retreat on Holy Isle." "After everything that has happened, it has felt extraordinary to me that the Buddhist response I had… Continue reading A FRIEND’S TRIBUTE: “For Claire, and for the Buddhist voice that said sorry”
Explanations of the Four Main Groups (Tsog De Zhi) in Original Buddhism: Geography, characteristics and Tibetan translations of the source texts (17th Karmapa, Day Three, Summer 2026)
"In the past, there was only one, the Sarvāstivāda, but after the Bhagavān Buddha’s parinirvāṇa, other schools arose, and since they were based on this, it became the foundation, and it was called the Sarvastivada, the 'all-that-exists' school' is explained. This shows that there was originally only one Sarvāstivāda (All-That-Exists) school. Later, after the death… Continue reading Explanations of the Four Main Groups (Tsog De Zhi) in Original Buddhism: Geography, characteristics and Tibetan translations of the source texts (17th Karmapa, Day Three, Summer 2026)
THE IMPORTANCE OF CARE, COMMON SENSE AND COMPASSION: The tragic suicide of British “wellness” teacher due to intense pain, experienced during and after Tibetan Buddhist “purification” practice and retreat at Holy Isle, Scotland. Coroner’s report published that “not a preventable death” but lacking “common sense”
"We speak for the dead to protect the living." --Judge Peter Thornton QC on the purpose of coroner's reports (2012) "Mr Middleton [the coroner] said he did not believe the retreat had directly caused her fibromyalgia, but agreed trauma, prostrations and disturbed sleep could have contributed, adding “common sense will say it is possible those… Continue reading THE IMPORTANCE OF CARE, COMMON SENSE AND COMPASSION: The tragic suicide of British “wellness” teacher due to intense pain, experienced during and after Tibetan Buddhist “purification” practice and retreat at Holy Isle, Scotland. Coroner’s report published that “not a preventable death” but lacking “common sense”