NOBLE MAITREYA’S “HEAVY BLESSINGS” AND HIS KING OF ASPIRATIONS: 12th Khenting Tai Situpa’s empowerment in Borobudur, Indonesia, new translation of “Maitreya’s Aspiration” and full oral commentary transcript of 12th Tai Situpa’s commentary on the Aspiration Prayer at the Kagyu Monlam, Bodh Gaya (2024)

“ཕྱོགས་བཅུ་དག་གི་ཞིང་ཁམས་སུ། ། Throughout the pure realms of the ten directions, སངས་རྒྱས་མཆོད་པ་གང་བྱུང་བ། ། Whatever offerings are made to the awakened ones/Buddhas, སངས་རྒྱས་མཁྱེན་པས་ཡི་རང་བ། ། The buddhas know and rejoice. དེ་ལ་བདག་ནི་ཡི་རང་ངོ༌། ། In that, I also rejoice.”  --Verse from Noble Maitreya’s Aspiration “Buddhas do not vilify sentient beings who are suffering, who have afflictions. They do not despise… Continue reading NOBLE MAITREYA’S “HEAVY BLESSINGS” AND HIS KING OF ASPIRATIONS: 12th Khenting Tai Situpa’s empowerment in Borobudur, Indonesia, new translation of “Maitreya’s Aspiration” and full oral commentary transcript of 12th Tai Situpa’s commentary on the Aspiration Prayer at the Kagyu Monlam, Bodh Gaya (2024)

KNOWING WHAT IS MEANINGFUL AND BEING ABLE TO “DIE SMILING”: The four “destitutions”, the four misconceptions, “dancing shrimps” and enjoying others’ suffering, and full transcript of “Wisdom for a Meaningful Life” Day TWO by 12th Khenting Tai Situpa (Indonesia 2026: Part IV)

“The present is always an interdependent manifestation of everything else. The future cannot manifest the present. It is not so easy unless you are enlightened. But the past always manifests in the present. “ “So when you get bored, you just do meditation okay? Just sit. Boredom is very good. Get boredom, loneliness, it is… Continue reading KNOWING WHAT IS MEANINGFUL AND BEING ABLE TO “DIE SMILING”: The four “destitutions”, the four misconceptions, “dancing shrimps” and enjoying others’ suffering, and full transcript of “Wisdom for a Meaningful Life” Day TWO by 12th Khenting Tai Situpa (Indonesia 2026: Part IV)

THE PRIMORDIAL WISDOM THAT NATURALLY (RE)SOLVES ALL “PROBLEMS”: Report summary and full transcript of 12th Khentin Tai Situpa’s “Wisdom for a Meaningful Life” Day ONE (Indonesia 2026 Part III)

"If you are happy. I am happy. Right? I make you unhappy because I am not happy with you.  Then you have your relatives, friends everywhere and they are all unhappy with me. So, that is a very ignorant way of doing things, because they do not know and recognize and believe in the ultimate… Continue reading THE PRIMORDIAL WISDOM THAT NATURALLY (RE)SOLVES ALL “PROBLEMS”: Report summary and full transcript of 12th Khentin Tai Situpa’s “Wisdom for a Meaningful Life” Day ONE (Indonesia 2026 Part III)

VISITING THE ANCIENT ‘INDRA JEWEL’ JAVANESE MENDUT AND PAWON TEMPLES. The Śailēndra dynasty in Java, three original 9th Century Buddhist statues⁸ representing awakening, compassion and power, ,the stellar constellation straight line and new photos and visit to Pawon temple (Indonesia 2026: Part II)

"Candi Mendut is a reflection of the sublime and stupendous “Indrajal” of the Javanese people when they attained unprecedented heights of power, when literary genius blossomed in their language of Javanese, when they enriched their lovely island with monumental structures that evoke wonder after twelve centuries, even in their ruined state."   "Even now it… Continue reading VISITING THE ANCIENT ‘INDRA JEWEL’ JAVANESE MENDUT AND PAWON TEMPLES. The Śailēndra dynasty in Java, three original 9th Century Buddhist statues⁸ representing awakening, compassion and power, ,the stellar constellation straight line and new photos and visit to Pawon temple (Indonesia 2026: Part II)

BOROBUDUR AND GURU PADMASAMBHAVA WISDOM BLESSINGS: Report of Khenting 12th Tai Situpa’s opening ceremony of Palpung Graha Maha Padmasambhava centre, Borobudur pilgrimage visit and full transcript of Tai Situpa’s talk (Indonesia 2026: Part I)

"Indonesia is like a treasure, and like a garden in which all the great faiths and great religions of human being flourish and shine. Today is so special for all of us I think because of that great treasure of all the precious gems of knowledge, wisdom and faith, one more jewel is added today… Continue reading BOROBUDUR AND GURU PADMASAMBHAVA WISDOM BLESSINGS: Report of Khenting 12th Tai Situpa’s opening ceremony of Palpung Graha Maha Padmasambhava centre, Borobudur pilgrimage visit and full transcript of Tai Situpa’s talk (Indonesia 2026: Part I)

VISITING THE ANCIENT ‘INDRA JEWEL’ JAVANESE MENDUT TEMPLE. Vesak/Saga Dawa Day procession, the Śailēndra dynasty in Java, three original 9th Century Buddhist statues representing awakening, compassion and power, the stellar constellation straight line and stunning gardens and buildings of Mendut Buddhist monastery(Indonesia pilgrimage VII)

"Candi Mendut is a reflection of the sublime and stupendous “Indrajal” of the Javanese people when they attained unprecedented heights of power, when literary genius blossomed in their language of Javanese, when they enriched their lovely island with monumental structures that evoke wonder after twelve centuries, even in their ruined state." "Even now it is… Continue reading VISITING THE ANCIENT ‘INDRA JEWEL’ JAVANESE MENDUT TEMPLE. Vesak/Saga Dawa Day procession, the Śailēndra dynasty in Java, three original 9th Century Buddhist statues representing awakening, compassion and power, the stellar constellation straight line and stunning gardens and buildings of Mendut Buddhist monastery(Indonesia pilgrimage VII)

REVEALING AND VISITING GURU PADMASAMBHAVA’S OḌḌIYĀNĀ IN JAVA: The actual location of the renowned Oḍḍiyāna ‘land of dakinis’, Ogyenpa, Fa-Xian and other evidential sources, the Guru Padmasambhava birthplace at Lake Rawa Pening, and new Padmasambhava Oḍḍiyāna Lake statue project launched (Indonesia Pilgrimage V)

"Pakistan’s much touted claim of Swat being the  birthplace of Padmasambhava is based on few western sources of the late-nineteenth and early twentieth century who erroneously identified Padmasambhava’s birth in Swat. Few western scholars claimed Swat to be the mythical Oḍḍiyāna, without much deliberation. Such mistaken views need proper correction." " In the Yoga Tantra,… Continue reading REVEALING AND VISITING GURU PADMASAMBHAVA’S OḌḌIYĀNĀ IN JAVA: The actual location of the renowned Oḍḍiyāna ‘land of dakinis’, Ogyenpa, Fa-Xian and other evidential sources, the Guru Padmasambhava birthplace at Lake Rawa Pening, and new Padmasambhava Oḍḍiyāna Lake statue project launched (Indonesia Pilgrimage V)