"A true hero is not measured by the size of his strength, but by the size of his heart" --Hercules "The bodhisattva who is malicious, violent, unhappy, and addicted to malice and lust, undergoes many kinds of faults. These faults destroy (the bodhisattva) oneself, destroys [the happiness of] other beings, and destroy ethical discipline and… Continue reading The ‘hidden’ sacking of Kalu Rinpoche by his monastery for alleged misuse of funds and misconduct, degeneration and commercial use of Niguma Yoga, monastic dress, and the growing issue of spiritual materialism in Buddhist teachers and monastics
Tag: 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche
“A SPONTANEOUS RAINFALL OF DEEP-RED ROSES IN THE OUTER, INNER AND SECRET “VAJRA SEAT”/BODH GAYA: Actual explanation of the three kāyas, their connection to the three kham (realms), visualisation and practice (12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Day Two)
“In the lower house of Pullahari, nirmanakāyas fell in an unimpeded rain.”—Marpa the Translator “As for pointing out the three kāyas, when we practice the Dharma, it is not like we are creating the three kāyas anew, it is called ‘pointing out’ (ngo-tro) or introducing the three kāyas, that are always present and inseparable from… Continue reading “A SPONTANEOUS RAINFALL OF DEEP-RED ROSES IN THE OUTER, INNER AND SECRET “VAJRA SEAT”/BODH GAYA: Actual explanation of the three kāyas, their connection to the three kham (realms), visualisation and practice (12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Day Two)
PURIFYING THE WINDS WITH THE “FIERY, FURIOUS AND FAST PASSIONATE WOMAN” (TUM-MO): The origin, lineage and instructions on “Pointing Out the Three Kāyas” by 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (teaching by 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Day 1, Kagyu Monlam 2025)
"All these mahasiddhas who appeared in India are also not separate from the primordial Buddha. The teacher and retinue are inseparable. This is actually taught in the Tantras which says: “I am the teacher, I am the Dharma, I am the students/ listeners.” Here, where it says ‘I” it means the ultimate Dharmakāya. It is… Continue reading PURIFYING THE WINDS WITH THE “FIERY, FURIOUS AND FAST PASSIONATE WOMAN” (TUM-MO): The origin, lineage and instructions on “Pointing Out the Three Kāyas” by 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (teaching by 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Day 1, Kagyu Monlam 2025)
The five-deity Red Avalokiteshvara/Jinasagara (Gyalwa Gyamtso), from the female siddha, Machig Drupe Gyalmo lineage to Rechungpa (12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche empowerment Kagyu Monlam 2025)
“In the centre, on an unchanging vajra seat is Bhagavan, Great Compassionate One Gyalwa Gyamtso, surrounded by retinue I supplicate with devotion and longing, Bestow the blessings of appearances and peace!“ དབུས་མི་འགྱུར་རྡོ་རྗེའི་གདན་སྟེང་ན། ། བཅོམ་ལྡན་ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེན་པོ་ལ། ། རྒྱལ་བ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་བསྐོར། ། བདག་མོས་གུས་གདུང་བས་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས། ། སྣང་སྲིད་བྱིན་གྱིས་བརླབ་ཏུ་གསོལ། ། —Excerpt of ‘Supplication to Gyalwa Gyamtso’ by 1st Jamgon Kongtrul "This torma empowerment of… Continue reading The five-deity Red Avalokiteshvara/Jinasagara (Gyalwa Gyamtso), from the female siddha, Machig Drupe Gyalmo lineage to Rechungpa (12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche empowerment Kagyu Monlam 2025)
NEW MOON VAJRAKĪLAYA BLESSINGS: Goshri 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche performs the Red Vajra Crown ceremony, and Chogyur Lingpa’s Vajrakīlaya empowerment in Sikkim
"It is said that there is no more effective practice than Vajrakilaya for overcoming obstacles and protecting ourselves from hindrances to practice." Over the last couple of days, including yesterday, the Dharma Protector day, the monastic sangha at Palchen Chosling monastery have been performing the Mahakala Cham (Dance) at HE 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche's Palchen Choling… Continue reading NEW MOON VAJRAKĪLAYA BLESSINGS: Goshri 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche performs the Red Vajra Crown ceremony, and Chogyur Lingpa’s Vajrakīlaya empowerment in Sikkim
“TULKU TEACHERS SHOULD NOT BE CHOSEN FOR POLITICAL OR WORLDLY REASONS”: The 17th Karmapa’s short speech for the 2nd Bokar Rinpoche, “Illuminator of the teachings of Dagpo and Shangpa Kagyu” enthronement ceremony in Mirik, Sikkim
"Recognising tulku incarnations merely for the sake of quickly attaining high positions is not suitable. Nor is recognizing tulkus for political gain. Similarly, it is not appropriate to recognize tulkus for personal reasons, such as for wealth and riches. What is the unmistaken main aim of identifying tulkus? It is to benefit and be helpful… Continue reading “TULKU TEACHERS SHOULD NOT BE CHOSEN FOR POLITICAL OR WORLDLY REASONS”: The 17th Karmapa’s short speech for the 2nd Bokar Rinpoche, “Illuminator of the teachings of Dagpo and Shangpa Kagyu” enthronement ceremony in Mirik, Sikkim
VISITING A “WONDER OF THE WORLD”: BOROBUDUR BLESSINGS. The Ancient Borobodur temple, Kagyu Monlam, the 16 Arhats empowerment by 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche and the ‘brilliant white’ temple for the Marme Monlam (Indonesian Pilgrimage III)
'Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly.' --Ladies of the Borobudur After attending HE 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche's empowerment and activities in Batam Island and visiting some other Buddhist temples there, I traveled to the sacred land of Java, Indonesia, first to the city of Yogyakarta. This whole region is… Continue reading VISITING A “WONDER OF THE WORLD”: BOROBUDUR BLESSINGS. The Ancient Borobodur temple, Kagyu Monlam, the 16 Arhats empowerment by 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche and the ‘brilliant white’ temple for the Marme Monlam (Indonesian Pilgrimage III)
NEW ‘MELTING’ MOON LONG-LIFE ASPIRATION FOR ‘ACCOMPLISHING WORDS OF TRUTH’: New Translation of long-life aspiration for 12th Goshri Gyaltsab Rinpoche composed by 17th Karmapa (February 2024)
འཇའ་ཟེར་འོད་ལྔའི་དྲ་བ་འཁྲིགས་པའི་དབུས། །ཟླ་བ་ཞུན་མའི་གཟུགས་ཀྱིས་རོལ་པ་ཡི། །རྒྱལ་ཀུན་རྡོ་རྗེའི་བཙུན་མོར་མཉམ་སྦྱོར་བས། །ཚེ་དཔལ་ཉི་ཟླའི་སྙིང་པོར་གྲུབ་གྱུར་ཅིག ། At the centre of a vast net of five rainbow lights,Displaying the form of a refined 'melting' moon,In union with the all-victorious Vajra Queen,May the sun-moon heart of flourishing life be accomplished! --Excerpt from Long-Life Aspiration for the 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche composed by 17th Karmapa (February 2024) For the new… Continue reading NEW ‘MELTING’ MOON LONG-LIFE ASPIRATION FOR ‘ACCOMPLISHING WORDS OF TRUTH’: New Translation of long-life aspiration for 12th Goshri Gyaltsab Rinpoche composed by 17th Karmapa (February 2024)
THE ‘DELICATE’ METHOD OF GOSHRI GYALTSAB, ‘BODY, SPEECH AND MIND’ OF THE KARMAPA: New Dharma centre opening, Chosgar Ling, Batam Island (Indonesia pilgrimage I)
"The name of Gyaltsab (Regent) is not only a mere name. It is necessary that the name matches its meaning. So one does not need to introduce the meaning of the name with long, wordy explanations, but that it is clear by itself inherently...Nowadays, I deeply feel that it is so rare to have a… Continue reading THE ‘DELICATE’ METHOD OF GOSHRI GYALTSAB, ‘BODY, SPEECH AND MIND’ OF THE KARMAPA: New Dharma centre opening, Chosgar Ling, Batam Island (Indonesia pilgrimage I)
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
May the cooling camphor droplets of benefit and well-being drip down, and སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཚ་གདུང་མ་ལུས་རབ་འཇིལ་བའི། ། Eliminate completely without exception heated suffering, སྔོན་མེད་དམ་པའི་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བསིལ་ངད་ཀྱིས། ། May the cooling of the unprecedented sacred Dharma, ལན་གཅིག་མིན་པར་འགྲོ་རྣམས་བརླན་པར་མཛོད། ། making all beings moist, not only once! --Lines from the 17th Karmapa's new praise to 12th Tai Situpa (February 2024) On the 17th… Continue reading 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