On the second day of the Taiwan Kagyu Monlam (the weekend prior to the 12th Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche birthday events), the young 3rd Bokar Rinpoche tulku, gave a short teaching and stunning empowerment on the deity of compassion Chenrezig, at another venue in Taipei that was organised for the Monlam there. As I wrote in… Continue reading BLISSFUL “INNOCENT” LOVING SOUNDS OF THE MANI MANTRA CIRCLING HEART CHAKRA: A report of the 3rd Bokar Rinpoche’s teaching and empowerment in Taipei, Taiwan at the Kagyu Monlam and NEW musical composition and song of the Mani Mantra (June 2025)
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SOUNDS OF “ANCIENT, INNER TIBET” AND AWAKENING THE LIGHT, WEALTH AND WISDOM OF THE “BUDDHA HEART”: The 17th Karmapa’s live online speech at the final day of the Kagyu Monlam Taiwan 2025 (English translation and summary), sounds of “inner Tibet” and the “speaking, living” Buddha Shakyamuni image
"One who makes the lamp offering accumulates immeasurable and boundless blessings."--Pradīpadānīya Sūtra (Sutra of the Merit of Offering Light) "So what is the key to lighting a lamp? It is a pure mind, which is very important. The depth of the merit of lighting a lamp depends on our mental attitude when lighting the lamp,… Continue reading SOUNDS OF “ANCIENT, INNER TIBET” AND AWAKENING THE LIGHT, WEALTH AND WISDOM OF THE “BUDDHA HEART”: The 17th Karmapa’s live online speech at the final day of the Kagyu Monlam Taiwan 2025 (English translation and summary), sounds of “inner Tibet” and the “speaking, living” Buddha Shakyamuni image
A KAGYU FEAST OF DEBATE, WHITE COTTON-CLAD YOGIS AND WAVING WHITE SCARVES: The white-cotton clad ‘tummo’ practitioners and 17th Karmapa’s speech: final day of the Kagyu Monlam 2025
Introduction "During the time of the 10th Karmapa, Choying Dorje, the Mongolians invaded and took over Tibet, and destroyed the Great Encampment and so after that there was no Kagyu Monlam." --17th Karmapa (2025) Today, the last day of the 39th Kagyu Monlam, there was a procession of white cotton-clad yogi practitioners, demonstrating their proficiency… Continue reading A KAGYU FEAST OF DEBATE, WHITE COTTON-CLAD YOGIS AND WAVING WHITE SCARVES: The white-cotton clad ‘tummo’ practitioners and 17th Karmapa’s speech: final day of the Kagyu Monlam 2025
“TULKU TEACHERS SHOULD NOT BE CHOSEN FOR POLITICAL OR WORLDLY REASONS”: The 17th Karmapa’s short speech for the 2nd Bokar Rinpoche, “Illuminator of the teachings of Dagpo and Shangpa Kagyu” enthronement ceremony in Mirik, Sikkim
"Recognising tulku incarnations merely for the sake of quickly attaining high positions is not suitable. Nor is recognizing tulkus for political gain. Similarly, it is not appropriate to recognize tulkus for personal reasons, such as for wealth and riches. What is the unmistaken main aim of identifying tulkus? It is to benefit and be helpful… Continue reading “TULKU TEACHERS SHOULD NOT BE CHOSEN FOR POLITICAL OR WORLDLY REASONS”: The 17th Karmapa’s short speech for the 2nd Bokar Rinpoche, “Illuminator of the teachings of Dagpo and Shangpa Kagyu” enthronement ceremony in Mirik, Sikkim
The importance of gathering and practising as a unified and harmonious Karma Kagyu sangha: 17th Karmapa’s speech for Kagyu Monlam Nepal
"It is very important for the Kagyu monasteries to come together and practice whenever they get the opportunity to do so." For those who follow the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, here is a short summary translation of a short speech the Karmapa gave online on 8th November for the Kagyu Monlam Nepal, which took place… Continue reading The importance of gathering and practising as a unified and harmonious Karma Kagyu sangha: 17th Karmapa’s speech for Kagyu Monlam Nepal
KARMA KAGYU KĀLACAKRA LINEAGE AND BOKAR RINPOCHE: 17th birthday offering for the yangsi Bokar Rinpoche
Today, on the occasion of the Bokar Rinpoche yangsi's 17th birthday, and for the forthcoming grand ritual of Kalacakra at Bokar Monastery from 27th April to May 5th, I offer this short article of an overview as well as links to research and translations I have written about the former 2nd Bokar Rinpoche and his… Continue reading KARMA KAGYU KĀLACAKRA LINEAGE AND BOKAR RINPOCHE: 17th birthday offering for the yangsi Bokar Rinpoche
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)
"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)
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
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
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