Introduction As I wrote about here (a couple of days ago) in relation to the 8th Tai Situpa Golden relic Stupa at Sherab Ling monastery, and the pure meditative vision of White Tara with Tai Situpa red activity hat, I was fortunate and blessed to be magnetically pulled to Sherab Ling, India with pure devotion… Continue reading COMPASSIONATE INCINERATING RAGE AND PERFECT LOSAR DIVINE UNION IN THE LAND OF WISDOM (SHERAB LING): Palpung protector rituals and Losar (New Year) celebration at Sherab Ling Monastery with 12th Khenting Tai Situpa and 9th Gyalton Rinpoche
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SHOWER OF WHITE TARAS WITH TAI SITUPA RED ACTIVITY CROWN “INNER VISION” AT SHERAB LING: 8th Tai Situpa’s Golden Stupa and “inner vision” shower of White Taras with red activity hats, and red and white rose flower garden, during Palpung Sherab Ling’s Gutor (nine-day, 24 hour) Mahakala ritual (Part I, Losar Sherab Ling))
Introduction The first day of the Tibetan and Chinese Lunar New Year (Losar), of the male Fire-Horse was on 18th February 2026. I was very fortunate to have the merit and motivation (and be heavily magnetised/pulled) to spend the few days before and during Losar day at the stunning Palpung Sherab Ling monastery near Bir,… Continue reading SHOWER OF WHITE TARAS WITH TAI SITUPA RED ACTIVITY CROWN “INNER VISION” AT SHERAB LING: 8th Tai Situpa’s Golden Stupa and “inner vision” shower of White Taras with red activity hats, and red and white rose flower garden, during Palpung Sherab Ling’s Gutor (nine-day, 24 hour) Mahakala ritual (Part I, Losar Sherab Ling))
NOBLE MAITREYA’S “HEAVY BLESSINGS” AND HIS KING OF ASPIRATIONS: 12th Khenting Tai Situpa’s empowerment in Borobudur, Indonesia, new translation of “Maitreya’s Aspiration” and full oral commentary transcript of 12th Tai Situpa’s commentary on the Aspiration Prayer at the Kagyu Monlam, Bodh Gaya (2024)
“ཕྱོགས་བཅུ་དག་གི་ཞིང་ཁམས་སུ། ། Throughout the pure realms of the ten directions, སངས་རྒྱས་མཆོད་པ་གང་བྱུང་བ། ། Whatever offerings are made to the awakened ones/Buddhas, སངས་རྒྱས་མཁྱེན་པས་ཡི་རང་བ། ། The buddhas know and rejoice. དེ་ལ་བདག་ནི་ཡི་རང་ངོ༌། ། In that, I also rejoice.” --Verse from Noble Maitreya’s Aspiration “Buddhas do not vilify sentient beings who are suffering, who have afflictions. They do not despise… Continue reading NOBLE MAITREYA’S “HEAVY BLESSINGS” AND HIS KING OF ASPIRATIONS: 12th Khenting Tai Situpa’s empowerment in Borobudur, Indonesia, new translation of “Maitreya’s Aspiration” and full oral commentary transcript of 12th Tai Situpa’s commentary on the Aspiration Prayer at the Kagyu Monlam, Bodh Gaya (2024)
KNOWING WHAT IS MEANINGFUL AND BEING ABLE TO “DIE SMILING”: The four “destitutions”, the four misconceptions, “dancing shrimps” and enjoying others’ suffering, and full transcript of “Wisdom for a Meaningful Life” Day TWO by 12th Khenting Tai Situpa (Indonesia 2026: Part IV)
“The present is always an interdependent manifestation of everything else. The future cannot manifest the present. It is not so easy unless you are enlightened. But the past always manifests in the present. “ “So when you get bored, you just do meditation okay? Just sit. Boredom is very good. Get boredom, loneliness, it is… Continue reading KNOWING WHAT IS MEANINGFUL AND BEING ABLE TO “DIE SMILING”: The four “destitutions”, the four misconceptions, “dancing shrimps” and enjoying others’ suffering, and full transcript of “Wisdom for a Meaningful Life” Day TWO by 12th Khenting Tai Situpa (Indonesia 2026: Part IV)
THE PRIMORDIAL WISDOM THAT NATURALLY (RE)SOLVES ALL “PROBLEMS”: Report summary and full transcript of 12th Khentin Tai Situpa’s “Wisdom for a Meaningful Life” Day ONE (Indonesia 2026 Part III)
"If you are happy. I am happy. Right? I make you unhappy because I am not happy with you. Then you have your relatives, friends everywhere and they are all unhappy with me. So, that is a very ignorant way of doing things, because they do not know and recognize and believe in the ultimate… Continue reading THE PRIMORDIAL WISDOM THAT NATURALLY (RE)SOLVES ALL “PROBLEMS”: Report summary and full transcript of 12th Khentin Tai Situpa’s “Wisdom for a Meaningful Life” Day ONE (Indonesia 2026 Part III)
BOROBUDUR AND GURU PADMASAMBHAVA WISDOM BLESSINGS: Report of Khenting 12th Tai Situpa’s opening ceremony of Palpung Graha Maha Padmasambhava centre, Borobudur pilgrimage visit and full transcript of Tai Situpa’s talk (Indonesia 2026: Part I)
"Indonesia is like a treasure, and like a garden in which all the great faiths and great religions of human being flourish and shine. Today is so special for all of us I think because of that great treasure of all the precious gems of knowledge, wisdom and faith, one more jewel is added today… Continue reading BOROBUDUR AND GURU PADMASAMBHAVA WISDOM BLESSINGS: Report of Khenting 12th Tai Situpa’s opening ceremony of Palpung Graha Maha Padmasambhava centre, Borobudur pilgrimage visit and full transcript of Tai Situpa’s talk (Indonesia 2026: Part I)
“UNCHANGING BLISS-EMPTINESS”: New website section on H.E. 9th Gyalton Rinpoche
Happy to announce another new website section (created a few weeks ago) for articles and translations connected to HE 9th Khyungpo Gyalton Rinpoche (whom I first personally met in May 2025 in Hanoi, Vietnam) and whose teachings I then also attended in Taiwan and Europe: https://dakinitranslations.com/khyungpo-gyalton-rinpoche/ According to the Palpung Sherab Ling biography: "The previous… Continue reading “UNCHANGING BLISS-EMPTINESS”: New website section on H.E. 9th Gyalton Rinpoche
“PROTECTION FROM FEAR OF ENEMY ARMIES” WHITE TĀRĀ AND 8TH KENTING TAI SITUPA: Historical lineage from Indian panditas Vāgīśvarakīrti and Dharmakīrtiśrī, Karma Kagyu as holders of all main transmission from Je Gampopa, Palpung/8th Tai Situpa’s iconic (and subtly “political”) artworks, and newly transcribed e-book of White Tārā sadhana commentary by 9th Gyalton Rinpoche
"The white lady who deceives death.” འཆི་བ་སླུ་བྱེད་དཀར་མོའོ། ། --from the Origin of Tārā Tantra “Puṇya is merit. Jñāna is primordial awareness. Puṣṭiṃ kuru svāhā means may those increase.” “One million recitations of the root mantra is said to be accomplishment of the mantra. With ten million it is said that all activities are accomplished. In… Continue reading “PROTECTION FROM FEAR OF ENEMY ARMIES” WHITE TĀRĀ AND 8TH KENTING TAI SITUPA: Historical lineage from Indian panditas Vāgīśvarakīrti and Dharmakīrtiśrī, Karma Kagyu as holders of all main transmission from Je Gampopa, Palpung/8th Tai Situpa’s iconic (and subtly “political”) artworks, and newly transcribed e-book of White Tārā sadhana commentary by 9th Gyalton Rinpoche
WHERE ARE THE WOMEN AND NO MUTUAL NON-SECTARIAN RESPECT: Noble Tārā statues but no actual “wisdom” women and no prostrations offered to 12th Tai Situpa by Gelugpa monks
It was saddening (but not surprising) to see video and photos released yesterday, spread widely among the Tibetan media outlets, of the great 12th Khentin Tai Situpa (who is also elderly and suffering from various physical ailments) offering three "unnaturally" long prostrations on his knees for an all-male long-life offering ceremony to the 14th Dalai… Continue reading WHERE ARE THE WOMEN AND NO MUTUAL NON-SECTARIAN RESPECT: Noble Tārā statues but no actual “wisdom” women and no prostrations offered to 12th Tai Situpa by Gelugpa monks
HEARING THE “INNER VOICE” OF WISDOM WITH 9TH GYALTON RINPOCHE: Report on four day course with HE 9th Gyalton Rinpoche in Prague and some sights, sounds and observations
After attending the Discovering the Buddha Within I: Inner Peace course with HE 9th Chungpo Gyalton Rinpoche in Hanoi, Vietnam (see report here), as well as other teachings and empowerments Rinpoche then gave in Taiwan and Berlin this year, I decided to attend the second Buddha Within (a course devised by the 12th Tai Situpa)… Continue reading HEARING THE “INNER VOICE” OF WISDOM WITH 9TH GYALTON RINPOCHE: Report on four day course with HE 9th Gyalton Rinpoche in Prague and some sights, sounds and observations