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THE SMILING “GOLDEN HEART” OF A CHILD: Red crown ceremony of 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Three Roots Combined empowerment, the ongoing absence of the 17th Karmapa, and Marme (Light Offering) Monlam, with 1000-armed Avalokiteshvara vision of light

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"Be the light you wish to see in the world. Be a light unto yourself and others." --Shakyamuni Buddha “The Tibetan Mahasiddha Karma Pakshi [2nd Karmapa] said: “Whoever sees the crown and the wearer together, will not fall into the lower realms.” “The benefit of seeing the precious crown that brings liberation upon seeing, is… Continue reading THE SMILING “GOLDEN HEART” OF A CHILD: Red crown ceremony of 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Three Roots Combined empowerment, the ongoing absence of the 17th Karmapa, and Marme (Light Offering) Monlam, with 1000-armed Avalokiteshvara vision of light

SAVED BY A WOMAN’S KIND COMPASSION, SEEING THROUGH ‘DIRTY’ APPEARANCES: BODH GAYA PILGRIMAGE (I). Sujātā’s food offering to Gautama Buddha after he came down from the Dungeshwari Hill (Mahakala) Caves nearby

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For my fifth visit to Bodh Gaya this lifetime, and the first in a series of short photo articles on pilgrimage sites in, and around, the sacred Buddhist place of Bodh Gaya (where the Buddha attained full awakening), I offer this about three places I visited recently: 1) the village place, Uruvela, where Buddha moved… Continue reading SAVED BY A WOMAN’S KIND COMPASSION, SEEING THROUGH ‘DIRTY’ APPEARANCES: BODH GAYA PILGRIMAGE (I). Sujātā’s food offering to Gautama Buddha after he came down from the Dungeshwari Hill (Mahakala) Caves nearby