Introduction "It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance." - Marcus Aurelius For the third episode of Dakini Conversations, I speak with British journalist and writer, Mick Brown about his life and writings, mainly about his important investigative report/book The Dance of… Continue reading ‘DANCE OF 17 LIVES: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF TIBET’S 17TH KARMAPA’. New Video/podcast interview with writer/journalist, Mick Brown (Dakini Conversations: Ep.3) and accompanying book review
Tag: 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul
‘MEETING THE ULTIMATE GURU’S FACE’: 30TH PARANIRVANA ANNIVERSARY 3RD JAMGON KONGTRUL RINPOCHE
The guru is the luminosity of one's mind.In knowing this to be so,The guru's mind and mineAre undivided and never separate, This is meeting the ultimate guru's face. --excerpt from the Billowing Clouds of Blessings: Guru Yoga (tr. Adele Tomlin) For the 30th Paranirvana Anniversary of the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul today, am re-posting an article I… Continue reading ‘MEETING THE ULTIMATE GURU’S FACE’: 30TH PARANIRVANA ANNIVERSARY 3RD JAMGON KONGTRUL RINPOCHE
NEW WEBSITE SECTION: JAMGON KONGTRUL
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye "By the great lion's roar of the glorious voice of the supreme victorious Adityabandhu, the fourth guide in this good kalpa, Lodro Thaye was proclaimed with praise not merely once in the sutra passages, and was prophesied as a great warrior. In the three times, one better than he has not… Continue reading NEW WEBSITE SECTION: JAMGON KONGTRUL
3rd Jamgon Kongtrul, Rumtek Monastery Parinirvāṇa ritual and Kālacakra
For Dakini Day today, I offer a short post on the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul, one of the main lineage holders of Karma Kagyu and the Non-Sectarian movement in Tibet (Rimey), heart-son of 16th Karmapa and Kālacakra master (who passed away suddenly in a car crash in 1992). Rumtek Monastery Parinirvana anniversary puja Yesterday, Rumtek monastery… Continue reading 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul, Rumtek Monastery Parinirvāṇa ritual and Kālacakra
Kālacakra and the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul: a stunning record of empowerment and teaching
As I have written about several times here and here, the Jamgon Kongtrul lineage of Kālacakra is very important not only for the Kagyu but also in continuing the Jonang and Shangpa lineage teachings. Jamgon Kongtrul the Great received the entire empowerment of Kālacakra from Karma Kagyu masters, such as Tai Situ Rinpoche and also… Continue reading Kālacakra and the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul: a stunning record of empowerment and teaching
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