"Just as the Buddha predicted, a son with very dark skin and terrifying appearance was born to Shiva and Umadevi. He possessed great power and was given the name Mahākāla, the Great Black One." “Karma Pakshi said that the Black Hat Lama (the Karmapa) and the Black-Cloaked Protector are inseparable. As a guru, he is… Continue reading ‘INCINERATING ANGER’: ŚRĪ MAHĀKĀLA AND THE GYALWANG KARMAPAS: A brief history, lineage, and short catalogue of texts by the Karmapas, activities of the 17th Karmapa and 17th Karmapa’s speech to Rumtek monastery community
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UNSURPASSED, SECRET DAGGER (PHURBA YANG SANG LAMEY) TREASURE OF RATNA LINGPA: The historical background, lineage, textual sources and its practice in the Karma Kagyu
Introduction The Bokar Monastery community, led by Khenpo Donyo Rinpoche are now currently performing the Ratna Lingpa Vajrakīlaya (Dorje Phurpa) Great Torma offering ritual (from 15th to 24th December) during the Winter Solstice (on the new moon on the 23rd December) in the run up to the Kagyu Winter (Guncho) Debate gathering and oral… Continue reading UNSURPASSED, SECRET DAGGER (PHURBA YANG SANG LAMEY) TREASURE OF RATNA LINGPA: The historical background, lineage, textual sources and its practice in the Karma Kagyu