‘OH SO BEAUTIFUL!’ TĀRĀ’S CAVE (Drolmai Phug): Meditation Cave where First Karmapa saw Tārā’s face and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche’s song and connection to the place/nunnery

"On Lhasa’s west-side, at the supreme place Nyemo,There is a nunnery known as Tārā’s Cave,Beautiful, isolated, delightful and excellent,Here is a short history about it."--Nyeche Tsendrug  Introduction For Tārā day today, the nuns at the Arya Kshema event will perform the five-deity Tārā ritual of 1st Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa. For more on the Green Tārā lineage,… Continue reading ‘OH SO BEAUTIFUL!’ TĀRĀ’S CAVE (Drolmai Phug): Meditation Cave where First Karmapa saw Tārā’s face and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche’s song and connection to the place/nunnery

GREEN TĀRĀ OF THE ACACIA FOREST (Sengdeng Nagki) AND THE FIVE-DEITY TĀRĀ PRACTICE OF FIRST KARMAPA : Overview of the Green Tārā origin and lineage and new translation of Five-Deity Tārā short practice from 1st Karmapa’s ‘Five sets of Five’, and transcribed teachings on Green Tārā by 17th Karmapa

"Many desire enlightenment in a man’s body, while not even a single [person] strives for the benefit of sentient beings in a woman’s body. Therefore, I shall work for the benefit of sentient beings in a woman’s form as long as saṃsāra has not been emptied." --Noble Tārā's statement (as Princess Jñānacandrā) to sexist monks… Continue reading GREEN TĀRĀ OF THE ACACIA FOREST (Sengdeng Nagki) AND THE FIVE-DEITY TĀRĀ PRACTICE OF FIRST KARMAPA : Overview of the Green Tārā origin and lineage and new translation of Five-Deity Tārā short practice from 1st Karmapa’s ‘Five sets of Five’, and transcribed teachings on Green Tārā by 17th Karmapa

GREEN TĀRĀ OF THE ACACIA FOREST (Sengdeng Nagki) AND THE FIVE-DEITY TĀRĀ MANDALA OF FIRST KARMAPA: Overview of Green Tārā origin and lineage and new translation of Five Deity Green Tārā short daily practice from 1st Karmapa’s ‘Five sets of Five’

"Many desire enlightenment in a man’s body, while not even a single [person] strives for the benefit of sentient beings in a woman’s body. Therefore, I shall work for the benefit of sentient beings in a woman’s form as long as saṃsāra has not been emptied." --Noble Tārā's statement (as Princess Jñānacandrā) to sexist monks… Continue reading GREEN TĀRĀ OF THE ACACIA FOREST (Sengdeng Nagki) AND THE FIVE-DEITY TĀRĀ MANDALA OF FIRST KARMAPA: Overview of Green Tārā origin and lineage and new translation of Five Deity Green Tārā short daily practice from 1st Karmapa’s ‘Five sets of Five’