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“LIKE GILT BRONZE”, THE FEMALE LINEAGES OF THE “NORTHERN TREASURE” TRADITION AND HOW IT WAS HIJACKED BY THE 5TH DALAI LAMA/GELUGPAS: The “Northern Treasure” tradition, its origins, the “invisible female lineage holders” and how it has was hijacked (and controlled) by the 5th Dalai Lama and Gelugpa sectarians for political purposes from the 17th Century to this day (5th Dalai Lama II)

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"It is indeed one of the great tragedies of Tibetan history that so few biographies of female adepts like Master Pema [Rigdzin Godem's wife] are extant. Much could have been learned through a full account of her role as a master at a time when her family abided at the centre of the Northern Treasure… Continue reading “LIKE GILT BRONZE”, THE FEMALE LINEAGES OF THE “NORTHERN TREASURE” TRADITION AND HOW IT WAS HIJACKED BY THE 5TH DALAI LAMA/GELUGPAS: The “Northern Treasure” tradition, its origins, the “invisible female lineage holders” and how it has was hijacked (and controlled) by the 5th Dalai Lama and Gelugpa sectarians for political purposes from the 17th Century to this day (5th Dalai Lama II)

THE NYINGMA IN LADAKH: Rock-roof (Drag-thog) Monastery, Ladakh, Guru Padmasambhava and the Guru Tsen-gye Cham Dance (July 2023)

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On the 10th and 11th days of the 6th Tibetan lunar month (28th and 29th July, and birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava). the Dragthog monastery, said to be the only Nyingma monastery in Ladakh, (generally mis-spelt online as Tagthog, which some even say Tigtog 🙂 ),  held a two-day cham dance festival which I was… Continue reading THE NYINGMA IN LADAKH: Rock-roof (Drag-thog) Monastery, Ladakh, Guru Padmasambhava and the Guru Tsen-gye Cham Dance (July 2023)