LIKE AN ANT ON A LEAF ON WATER, CALMLY REST THE MIND WHEREVER IT GOES: Instructions on Calm-Abiding, Superior Insight and Carrying Thoughts Onto the Path, 8th Karmapa’s Instructions on Gyalwang Yangonpa’s Seven Points, and Gampopa’s nephew’s advice on Mahamudra (17th Karmapa teaching, Day Two)

"When one meditates on the ocean, the waves are also the ocean, as are the thoughts of the ocean mind. The waves are like a manifestation of the ocean like mind, they are not separate from the ocean-mind. So in the same way, thoughts are like the appearance or manifestation. They don't transcend the nature… Continue reading LIKE AN ANT ON A LEAF ON WATER, CALMLY REST THE MIND WHEREVER IT GOES: Instructions on Calm-Abiding, Superior Insight and Carrying Thoughts Onto the Path, 8th Karmapa’s Instructions on Gyalwang Yangonpa’s Seven Points, and Gampopa’s nephew’s advice on Mahamudra (17th Karmapa teaching, Day Two)

THE KAGYUPA ‘EYE OF THE TIGER’: Blazing the way of high-level studies, debate and original research, the inimitable and incomparable Karma Kagyu Winter event (Guncho) and the forthcoming Kagyu Monlam with the ‘red crown’ ceremony of 12th Tai Situpa

"Then during the time of the 10th Karmapa, there was the Mongolian invasion and when the Mongolians came, there was a lot of destruction of not just the Kagyu but also the Jonang, the Bonpos and different lineages. The 'worst hit' was the Kagyu and among them the Karma Kamtsang and the Drugpa Kagyu. Especially… Continue reading THE KAGYUPA ‘EYE OF THE TIGER’: Blazing the way of high-level studies, debate and original research, the inimitable and incomparable Karma Kagyu Winter event (Guncho) and the forthcoming Kagyu Monlam with the ‘red crown’ ceremony of 12th Tai Situpa