གླུ་ཨ་ལ་ཐ་ལ་རེད༎ lu ala thala ré ཨ་ལ་གླུ་ཡི་ལེན་ལུགས་རེད༎ ala lu yi len luk ré ཐ་ལ་ཚིག་གི་བརྗོད་ལུགས་རེད༎ thala tsik gi jö luk ré As my fourth and final offering for the 43rd Parinirvana of the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa, Rigpe Dorje (1924-1981), I saw that Nalandabodhi shared a song by the 16th Karmapa, called A-la-tha-la (originally translated over twenty years… Continue reading THE “A-LA-THA-LA” SONG BY 16TH KARMAPA: New translation of Song with prediction about Tibet, Praise to Palpung Monastery and Tai Situ Rinpoche in the A-La tradition of the Gesar Epic Song
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Noble Tārā and the 16th Karmapa: Tārā Day and Commemoration of 16th Karmapa’s parinirvana
"Like a bee's heart at the peak of a smiling garland of lotuses,May permanent and impermanent beings,Be completely satisfied, and power and joy increase!"---16th Karmapa, Rigpe Dorje Today, for Noble Tārā day, and the commemoration of the 16th Karmapa's parinirvana (the 8th day of the 9th Tibetan month, which some celebrate on November 5th annually… Continue reading Noble Tārā and the 16th Karmapa: Tārā Day and Commemoration of 16th Karmapa’s parinirvana
ENTERING THE 16TH KARMAPA’S MANDALA: AS TOLD BY HIS TRANSLATOR, ACHI TSEPEL: The 16th Karmapa’s magnetic qualities, Hugh Richardson’s weeping, meeting foreign leaders, gifts of Bumthang valley land and diplomatic passport by the Bhutanese and severe sickness before Rumtek monastery founding ceremony. (41st Parinirvana Anniversary of 16th Karmapa)
“When I first met him, HH reached out to me when I went to get the blessings, he touched me and when he made eye contact, I felt like I just melted and there was like a very sublime experience of light. Just something very wonderful where I felt an intense kind of a sense… Continue reading ENTERING THE 16TH KARMAPA’S MANDALA: AS TOLD BY HIS TRANSLATOR, ACHI TSEPEL: The 16th Karmapa’s magnetic qualities, Hugh Richardson’s weeping, meeting foreign leaders, gifts of Bumthang valley land and diplomatic passport by the Bhutanese and severe sickness before Rumtek monastery founding ceremony. (41st Parinirvana Anniversary of 16th Karmapa)
RUNNING INTO THE VAST SPACE OF MIRACULOUS LOVE, WHERE THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE: Account of 16th Karmapa’s extraordinary conduct and powers during ‘sickness’ and paranirvana (1981), and first edition of ‘Shower of Siddhis’ 16th Karmapa daily Guru Yoga (40th Paranirvana, Part 3)
“We were always running into this kind of vastness of his state of mind. He was never willing to narrow things down and focus on himself. It is sort of like when you have questions about your meditation experience and you have the same feeling of just spinning your wheels. And he smiles at you. Well, the same thing… Continue reading RUNNING INTO THE VAST SPACE OF MIRACULOUS LOVE, WHERE THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE: Account of 16th Karmapa’s extraordinary conduct and powers during ‘sickness’ and paranirvana (1981), and first edition of ‘Shower of Siddhis’ 16th Karmapa daily Guru Yoga (40th Paranirvana, Part 3)
FIRST EDITION CATALOGUE OF 16TH GYALWANG KARMAPA’S COLLECTED WORKS, TEACHINGS, INTERVIEWS, SONGS, VIDEOS (in Tibetan, English and other languages)
"It has been especially difficult for me to propagate the Noble Teachings as fully as my great predecessors, but I have most earnestly endeavoured to be truly beneficial and helpful to all beings, without distinction. If henceforth the true and pure Buddhist Teachings can penetrate throughout the world in every language then I believe that… Continue reading FIRST EDITION CATALOGUE OF 16TH GYALWANG KARMAPA’S COLLECTED WORKS, TEACHINGS, INTERVIEWS, SONGS, VIDEOS (in Tibetan, English and other languages)