Khenting Tai Situpa

This section is for original research, translations and transcripts about the extremely valuable and important Karma Kagyu and Shangpa Kagyu lineage holder, the Khenting Tai Situpas. They are also considered to be one of the four main heart-sons of the Karmapas.

MOUNTAIN WALLS, RIVER ROADS AND CAVE PALACES: VISITING BAI DINH PAGODA AND TRANG AN: 500 Arhats corridor, Thousand-armed and eyed Mother of Compassion, Largest Shakyamuni Buddha statue, and the stunning craggy mountains, caves and riverways of Trang An and Mua Mountain (Vietnam pilgrimage V)

ON THE ROAD TO SHANGRI-LA: Following in the footsteps of the 10th Karmapa and Karma Kagyu in Lijiang, Shangri-la, Dechen Tibetan region and seeing the great Khawa Karpo Tibetan mountain (Part 1: Highlights and research review))

The role of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, Ogyen Tobgyel, and Sakya teachers in the “situation” of the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje (Part 1)

A BIRTHDAY PRAISE AND A BLESSED REUNION OF TWO RED-HAT “HEART SONS”. 71st Birthday poem to Kenting Tai Situpa by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, and historic meeting after many years of Tai Situpa and Gyeltsab Rinpoche and visit to Sikkim

THE KAGYU “RED CROWN THAT LIBERATES ON SEEING”: The black and red crowns of Karma Kagyu by 1st Jamgon Kongtrul and 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche’s historic “red crown” ceremony in Bodh Gaya, January 2024 (with transcript of teaching by Mingyur and Gyalton Rinpoches)

VAJRA CROWN JEWELS OF THE KARMA KAGYU: The black and red crowns of the Gyalwang Karmapa and the Karma Kagyu