"The First Drupon Dechen Rinpoche created a renaissance at Tsurphu [after the Chinese Cultural Revolution in Tibet], like the great Lama Gongpa Rabsel, who revived Buddhism from downfall in Tibet following its persecution by King Lang Dharma in the 8th century." For New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, I was fortunate to be able… Continue reading NEW YEAR BLISS-BLESSINGS AT 2ND KAGYU MONLAM THAILAND: Mountainous beauty of Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand and Tibetan Buddhist Karma Kagyu chanting and aspirations for New Year at Wat Ram Poeng; new translation of Praises to 17th Karmapa by Drupon Dechen Rinpoche and the magical beauty of L’Amour Cafe!
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“NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER”: Review of new published commentary “On the Heart Sutra” by the 17th Karmapa produced by an unknown translator and the Hwayue Foundation, Taiwan
"The “secret” in secret mantra entails many layers of meaning. The buddhas and bodhisattvas themselves do not have the intention of keeping something secret, so the difference between exotericism and esotericism depends on the practitioner instead of the teaching itself. The same teaching might be understood by some people but not by others. To those… Continue reading “NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER”: Review of new published commentary “On the Heart Sutra” by the 17th Karmapa produced by an unknown translator and the Hwayue Foundation, Taiwan
“Roar of the All-Conquering Divine Drum: Praise to Palden Rangjung Gyalmo” by 17th Karmapa (2004): New English Translation
ཀ་དག་རང་ཉམས་ངང་ལས་ཚམ་ངམ་ཅན། ཁ་ལ་ངན་པ་མཐའ་དག་བཏབ་ན་ཡང་། ག་དག་གཞན་ཕན་ས་ལ་རབ་གནས་པ། ང་ཅག་ཕན་མཛད་མ་ལ་དད་པ་འཆའ། "From the state of primordial purity and natural experience, even if negative/bad words are always spoken, the completely pure one abides in the realm of benefiting others. We place faith in the lady who benefits!" Today, on the 29th December 2024, the Dharma Protector Day, I offer a new (and first)… Continue reading “Roar of the All-Conquering Divine Drum: Praise to Palden Rangjung Gyalmo” by 17th Karmapa (2004): New English Translation
INSEPARABLE GURU HEART-MIND: THE 17TH GYALWANG KARMAPA ON THE 16TH KARMAPA. (Transcript of online teaching given at 16th Karmapa Guru Yoga event 2.10.24))
I am delighted to share with you a new transcript of an important, profound and blessed online teaching the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa gave yesterday, during a 3-day 16th Karmapa Guru Yoga teaching event (1st - 3rd November 2024) for the upcoming 43rd Anniversary of the parinirvana of the 16th Karmapa, Rigpe Dorje (5th November 2024).… Continue reading INSEPARABLE GURU HEART-MIND: THE 17TH GYALWANG KARMAPA ON THE 16TH KARMAPA. (Transcript of online teaching given at 16th Karmapa Guru Yoga event 2.10.24))
THE ‘SEEDS’ AND PRACTICE OF ‘SECRET MANTRA’ IN EARLY BUDDHISM: Permitted protection mantras, the Great Peacock King mantra, the different attitudes towards the use of mantras, and the ‘secret’ power of true speech/words (17th Karmapa Summer 2024, Day 5))
"Similarly, when you think about rigpa mantras, protection mantras, and true words, all of these are considered to be among the three secrets of body, speech and mind, they are considered to be secrets of speech. When talking about the secret of speech, we can say the secret of speech means like the hidden capacities… Continue reading THE ‘SEEDS’ AND PRACTICE OF ‘SECRET MANTRA’ IN EARLY BUDDHISM: Permitted protection mantras, the Great Peacock King mantra, the different attitudes towards the use of mantras, and the ‘secret’ power of true speech/words (17th Karmapa Summer 2024, Day 5))
THE ‘SECRET’ LUMINOUS-AWARENESS ‘JUICE’ AND VAST QUALITIES OF FULL AWAKENING: The connection between secret mantra and Early Buddhism, the importance of reasoning, wisdom and luminous-awareness, and the permitted and forbidden ‘rigpa’ arts/mantras and their uses (17th Karmapa Summer Teachings 2024, Day Four)
"At that time the Bhagavan spoke to the group of five monks: "when there's proper consideration of the truth of suffering, of this Dharma never heard before, vision/sight arises awareness (jñāna:yeshe) arises, Wisdom (prajñā/sherab) arises, rigpa arises, and illumination (nang-wa) arises. When there is proper consideration of the noble truths of the origin the sensation… Continue reading THE ‘SECRET’ LUMINOUS-AWARENESS ‘JUICE’ AND VAST QUALITIES OF FULL AWAKENING: The connection between secret mantra and Early Buddhism, the importance of reasoning, wisdom and luminous-awareness, and the permitted and forbidden ‘rigpa’ arts/mantras and their uses (17th Karmapa Summer Teachings 2024, Day Four)
FULL ‘STRAWBERRY’ MOON BIRTHDAY WISHES TO 12TH GYALTSAB RINPOCHE: New 71st Birthday message from the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa and offering of new website section dedicated to the Goshri Gyaltsab lineage and activities
"Life-force of the practice lineage teachings, Master of secrets, Vajra holder; representative (Gyaltsab) of the Victors.....Despite being given medical treatment for your health, the physical fatigue and weariness struck you again. For the sake of the general and glorious teachings with profound power you recovered your life-energy; like a cloud-free moon, gradually revealing its brilliant-bright… Continue reading FULL ‘STRAWBERRY’ MOON BIRTHDAY WISHES TO 12TH GYALTSAB RINPOCHE: New 71st Birthday message from the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa and offering of new website section dedicated to the Goshri Gyaltsab lineage and activities
SEEKING THE 17TH KARMAPA: 17th Karmapa’s recent ‘private’ meeting with Tsewang Rinpoche, the ‘quiet’ relics gift in Malaysia, and an exploration of reasons for the Karmapa’s ongoing public ‘disappearance’
"He walks in the streets of Kuala Lumpur and no one pays any attention to him [Tsewang Rinpoche]. Yet, he is regarded as a bodhisattva and he is forever etched into the history of Karma Kagyu as the man who engineered the escape of the 17th Karmapa from Tibet to India." –John Fam (Thrangu Monastery… Continue reading SEEKING THE 17TH KARMAPA: 17th Karmapa’s recent ‘private’ meeting with Tsewang Rinpoche, the ‘quiet’ relics gift in Malaysia, and an exploration of reasons for the Karmapa’s ongoing public ‘disappearance’
‘SOARING IN THE SKIES OF THE WORLD, THIS MAN, KARMAPA’: Translation of praise to 17th Gyalwang Karmapa composed by Karma Kagyu heart-son, 11th Pawo Rinpoche, used in a Tibetan song
"A ‘cool’ youth of TibetWith extended wings of ‘intelligence’Soaring in the skies of the world,This man, Karmapa." --verse from 11th Pawo Rinpoche's Praise 'This man, Karmapa' A few days ago I noticed that a Tibetan song for the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, using words of praise composed by the 11th Nenang Pawo Rinpoche himself, was posted… Continue reading ‘SOARING IN THE SKIES OF THE WORLD, THIS MAN, KARMAPA’: Translation of praise to 17th Gyalwang Karmapa composed by Karma Kagyu heart-son, 11th Pawo Rinpoche, used in a Tibetan song
‘COURAGEOUS HEROIC’ EXAMINATION OF A QUALIFIED VAJRAYĀNA STUDENT AND GURU: The issue of samaya-breaking gurus and students, the necessary qualities of a qualified student and guru, who to avoid and follow after examination (Fifty Verses, 17th Karmapa, Day 6)
"The courageous/heroic teacher and student, since they would stray from the same samaya, first should examine the connection between the master and disciple." "Wise students do not take as a guru, Someone who is lacking compassion, angry, cruel, arrogant, unrestrained desires, greedy and full of themselves ."--Verses 6 and 7 Fifty Verses "Individuals should not… Continue reading ‘COURAGEOUS HEROIC’ EXAMINATION OF A QUALIFIED VAJRAYĀNA STUDENT AND GURU: The issue of samaya-breaking gurus and students, the necessary qualities of a qualified student and guru, who to avoid and follow after examination (Fifty Verses, 17th Karmapa, Day 6)