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
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‘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
"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
THE HAUNTING, MYSTERIOUS FEMALE TONES OF COMPASSION: THE ḌĀKINĪ’S MANI MANTRA MELODY OF SECOND KARMAPA. Review and excerpts from new book on the life, legacy and works of the 2nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi
“Although Dzogchen and Mahāmudrā are a pair of different names, they are in essence one. “---Karma Pakshi He asked, “How should one recite it?” whereupon four ḍākinīs sang the tune in unison. The wisdom ḍākinī then said, “If subsequently one uses this tune for the mantra, then all who hear it will be greatly blessed,… Continue reading THE HAUNTING, MYSTERIOUS FEMALE TONES OF COMPASSION: THE ḌĀKINĪ’S MANI MANTRA MELODY OF SECOND KARMAPA. Review and excerpts from new book on the life, legacy and works of the 2nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi