"In any case, we have our own special instructions of our own particular lineage. We have a treasure that we need to cherish and preserve it. If we can do so, then only then can we dare show our faces to the lineage masters of the past and dare say that we are upholding the… Continue reading AN EMANATION OF VAJRAVĀRĀHĪ MAKING NĀRO, MARPA AND MILA PROUD! The unparalleled and amazing Dharma Activities and Teachings of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa (and Kagyupas): An annual 2023 review
Tag: 12th Gyeltsab Rinpoche
The Karmapas, Vajrakīlaya and Chogyur Lingpa’s ‘Dagger of the Seven Profound Cycle’ (Zabdun Phurba)
Introduction Today, on Guru Padmasambhava day, the Palchen Choling Monastery in Ralang, Sikkim, the monks are performing the Vajrakīlaya cham(dance) The Seven Profound Daggers (Zab bdun phur ba) in the tradition of treasure-revealer, Chogyur Lingpa. See live video here and photos on their Facebook page, here. For this reason, I am republishing a research article, first… Continue reading The Karmapas, Vajrakīlaya and Chogyur Lingpa’s ‘Dagger of the Seven Profound Cycle’ (Zabdun Phurba)
THE INDIAN BELL-HOLDER’S “GREAT BLISS CHAKRA” (DEMCHOK KHORLO): Indian Mahāsiddha, Ghantapa’s Five-Deity Cakrasaṁvara as held by First Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa, and empowerment teaching by 12th Goshri Gyeltsab Rinpoche
"It [Chakrasamvara] was then given to Marpa Lotsawa from Tibet, and he gave it to Milarepa, who then gave it to Je Gampopa, who gave it to 1st Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa, who holds the five sets of five deity practices. Among those sets of five, this is the five-deity Chakrasamvara and so became a special… Continue reading THE INDIAN BELL-HOLDER’S “GREAT BLISS CHAKRA” (DEMCHOK KHORLO): Indian Mahāsiddha, Ghantapa’s Five-Deity Cakrasaṁvara as held by First Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa, and empowerment teaching by 12th Goshri Gyeltsab Rinpoche
“EARRINGS OF THE INDIAN MAHĀSIDDHAS”: 7th KARMAPA’S ASTONISHING LEGACY OF INDIAN MAHĀMUDRĀ TEXTS. The 7th Karmapa’s handwritten, ‘dictated from memory’ vast collection of Indian Mahāmudrā texts (Chag Chen Gya Zhung): An overview of its publication, contents, and newly translated catalogue (English, Sanskrit Tibetan).
“The one who compiled these volumes, which are well known in the Snowland [of Tibet], [this] precious jewel of the precious Kagyu [lineage] called ‘Indian mahāmudrā works,’ was the incarnation of Lokeśvara, the seventh Karmapa Rangjung Tsokye Dorje, also known as Chodrag Gyatso."—Karma Tashi Chophel in his Introduction to the 19th Century Pelpung edition, Earrings… Continue reading “EARRINGS OF THE INDIAN MAHĀSIDDHAS”: 7th KARMAPA’S ASTONISHING LEGACY OF INDIAN MAHĀMUDRĀ TEXTS. The 7th Karmapa’s handwritten, ‘dictated from memory’ vast collection of Indian Mahāmudrā texts (Chag Chen Gya Zhung): An overview of its publication, contents, and newly translated catalogue (English, Sanskrit Tibetan).
A KAGYU NEW YEAR FESTIVE FEAST OF DHARMA DELIGHTS! Full transmission of Gampopa’s Collected works by 12th Gyeltsab Rinpoche and 17th Karmapa’s teaching on the Thirty Verses by Vasubandhu
“Read well the ‘Collected Works of Gampopa‘, the crown jewel of all the Kagyu. These teachings on the union of Kadampa and Māhamudrā are more wondrous and greater in blessings than other works and termas. The Kagyu masters of the past all received siddhi through these profound teachings. Meeting the Buddha’s teachings through the compassion… Continue reading A KAGYU NEW YEAR FESTIVE FEAST OF DHARMA DELIGHTS! Full transmission of Gampopa’s Collected works by 12th Gyeltsab Rinpoche and 17th Karmapa’s teaching on the Thirty Verses by Vasubandhu
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF JE GAMPOPA: ‘RAW’ INSTRUCTIONS (MAR TRI)’, DHARMA GATHERINGS (TSHOG CHO), MAHAMHUDRA, VAJRAYOGINI, JEWEL ORNAMENTS AND PEARL GARLANDS. Compilation of extant editions and translated English outline of Gampopa’s Collected Works
“Read well the ‘Collected Works of Gampopa‘, the crown jewel of all the Kagyu. These teachings on the union of Kadampa and Mahamudra are more wondrous and greater in blessings than other works and termas. The Kagyu masters of the past all received siddhi through these profound teachings. Meeting the Buddha’s teachings through the compassion… Continue reading THE COLLECTED WORKS OF JE GAMPOPA: ‘RAW’ INSTRUCTIONS (MAR TRI)’, DHARMA GATHERINGS (TSHOG CHO), MAHAMHUDRA, VAJRAYOGINI, JEWEL ORNAMENTS AND PEARL GARLANDS. Compilation of extant editions and translated English outline of Gampopa’s Collected Works
THE INSEPARABILITY OF THE DAKINI LINEAGE’S RED AVALOKITESHVARA (GYALWA GYAMTSO) AND 2ND KARMAPA, KARMA PAKSHI: Five-Deity Mandala of Red Avalokiteshvara and Karma Pakshi’s Guru Yoga mandala; female siddha lineage of Machig Drupe Gyalmo to Rechungpa; PLUS NEW TRANSLATION of Supplication and Short Daily Practice of five-deity Red Avalokiteshvara by Third Karmapa
"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 Jamgon Kongtrul “One could think there is… Continue reading THE INSEPARABILITY OF THE DAKINI LINEAGE’S RED AVALOKITESHVARA (GYALWA GYAMTSO) AND 2ND KARMAPA, KARMA PAKSHI: Five-Deity Mandala of Red Avalokiteshvara and Karma Pakshi’s Guru Yoga mandala; female siddha lineage of Machig Drupe Gyalmo to Rechungpa; PLUS NEW TRANSLATION of Supplication and Short Daily Practice of five-deity Red Avalokiteshvara by Third Karmapa
BIRTHDAY PRAISE AND OFFERINGS TO THE GOSHRI GYELTSAB: Translation of ‘Praises to 12th Gyeltsab Rinpoche’ by 17th Karmapa and new biography of 2nd Gyeltsab Rinpoche, Tashi Namgyel
Stony-faced one without a fake smiling mask, Straight-talker, not spouting phony praise Master of Tantric discipline, who rarely talks Victorious Gyeltsab, I praise you! ---excerpt from 'Praises to 12th Gyeltsab Rinpoche' by 17th Karmapa New Translation: Praises to Goshri Gyeltsab by 17th Karmapa Today, for the full moon, and the 12th Gyeltsab Rinpoche’s 68th birthday,… Continue reading BIRTHDAY PRAISE AND OFFERINGS TO THE GOSHRI GYELTSAB: Translation of ‘Praises to 12th Gyeltsab Rinpoche’ by 17th Karmapa and new biography of 2nd Gyeltsab Rinpoche, Tashi Namgyel