17th Gyalwang Karmapa on the five-deity Tārā practice of 1st Karmapa, new ritual text and closing speech for the Special Kagyu Monlam 2023(February 2022)

5th Feb 20236th Feb 2023 Dakini Translations1 Comment

"Gods and Asuras with their crownsbow down at your lotus feet.To the one who liberates the destituteMother Tārā I prostrate and praise! ལྷ་དང་ལྷ་མིན་ཅོད་པན་གྱིས།ཞབས་ཀྱི་པད་མོ་ལ་བཏུད་དེ།ཕོངས་པ་ཀུན་ལས་སྒྲོལ་མཛད་མ།སྒྲོལ་མ་ཡུམ་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་བསྟོད།" --excerpt from the new long ritual for the five-deity Tārā "The previous Bokar Rinpoche, wherever he went he always brought the statue of Tarā with him. When I met him, it seemed… Continue reading 17th Gyalwang Karmapa on the five-deity Tārā practice of 1st Karmapa, new ritual text and closing speech for the Special Kagyu Monlam 2023(February 2022)

A memoriam and tribute to Kālacakra scholar, translator and calendar expert – Edward Henning (1949-2016)

2nd Dec 20191st Sep 2022 Dakini Translations1 Comment

Here is a brief memorial tribute to the late Kālacakra scholar, translator and Tibetan astrology expert Edward Henning (1949-2016). Although it is by no means full or comprehensive, it includes an account of my own personal experience and correspondence with Edward about his work (shortly before he suddenly passed away) and a full reproduction of… Continue reading A memoriam and tribute to Kālacakra scholar, translator and calendar expert – Edward Henning (1949-2016)

Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye (1813-1899) and Kālacakra, PLUS new English language translation of Kongtrul’s ‘Innate Kālacakra’ text

16th Oct 201828th Apr 2021 Dakini TranslationsLeave a comment

I recently returned from the Innate Kālacakra ('dus khor lhan skyes) empowerment by HE Garchen Rinpoche in Portugal at which my new English language translation of Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye's (1813 - 1899) concise and profound Innate Kālacakra sadhana text was also launched and taught. For more info about that event see here. I am… Continue reading Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye (1813-1899) and Kālacakra, PLUS new English language translation of Kongtrul’s ‘Innate Kālacakra’ text

Karma Kagyu Kālacakra Masters and the Bokar Rinpoche Kālacakra Stupa

30th May 201828th Apr 2021 Dakini TranslationsLeave a comment

Having spent the last ten days in the presence of three great living masters of Kālacakra, HE 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Bokar Yangsi (whose predecessor was the great Bokar Rinpoche) and Khenpo Lodro Donyo Rinpoche at Bokar Monastery, Mirik for the several empowerments and Red Hat Ceremony of Karma Kagyu Heart Son, 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche, I… Continue reading Karma Kagyu Kālacakra Masters and the Bokar Rinpoche Kālacakra Stupa