“The aspect of the lama is Amitayus; the aspect of the yidam is the great compassionate one, Jinasagara/Gyalwa Gyatso; and the aspect of the Dharma protector is the wisdom protector Mahakala/Bernagchen. All the three roots are complete in this one form. So one could say that if we were given this empowerment, it would be… Continue reading “NOT A LIE”, THE THREE ROOTS COMBINED: Origin, history and practice of the Three Roots Combined, 3rd Karmapa to 9th Karmapas, Treasure revealer, Choje Lingpa and 17th Karmapa’s revival of the Karma Kagyu tradition
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The five-deity Red Avalokiteshvara/Jinasagara (Gyalwa Gyamtso), from the female siddha, Machig Drupe Gyalmo lineage to Rechungpa (12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche empowerment Kagyu Monlam 2025)
“In the centre, on an unchanging vajra seat is Bhagavan, Great Compassionate One Gyalwa Gyamtso, surrounded by retinue I supplicate with devotion and longing, Bestow the blessings of appearances and peace!“ དབུས་མི་འགྱུར་རྡོ་རྗེའི་གདན་སྟེང་ན། ། བཅོམ་ལྡན་ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེན་པོ་ལ། ། རྒྱལ་བ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་བསྐོར། ། བདག་མོས་གུས་གདུང་བས་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས། ། སྣང་སྲིད་བྱིན་གྱིས་བརླབ་ཏུ་གསོལ། ། —Excerpt of ‘Supplication to Gyalwa Gyamtso’ by 1st Jamgon Kongtrul "This torma empowerment of… Continue reading The five-deity Red Avalokiteshvara/Jinasagara (Gyalwa Gyamtso), from the female siddha, Machig Drupe Gyalmo lineage to Rechungpa (12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche empowerment Kagyu Monlam 2025)
Origin of the widespread practice and use of the six-syllable Mani mantra in Tibet: The ḍākinīs’ gift to 2nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi and a new musical rendition of the melody
"He asked, “How should one recite it?” whereupon four ḍākinīs sang the tune in unison. The wisdom ḍākinī then said, “If subsequently one uses this tune for the mantra, then all who hear it will be greatly blessed, and it will be of great benefit to beings.” —excerpt from ‘The Second Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahāsiddha’ (Manson,… Continue reading Origin of the widespread practice and use of the six-syllable Mani mantra in Tibet: The ḍākinīs’ gift to 2nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi and a new musical rendition of the melody
THE HAUNTING, MYSTERIOUS FEMALE TONES OF COMPASSION: THE ḌĀKINĪ’S MANI MANTRA MELODY OF SECOND KARMAPA. Review and excerpts from new book on the life, legacy and works of the 2nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi
“Although Dzogchen and Mahāmudrā are a pair of different names, they are in essence one. “---Karma Pakshi He asked, “How should one recite it?” whereupon four ḍākinīs sang the tune in unison. The wisdom ḍākinī then said, “If subsequently one uses this tune for the mantra, then all who hear it will be greatly blessed,… Continue reading THE HAUNTING, MYSTERIOUS FEMALE TONES OF COMPASSION: THE ḌĀKINĪ’S MANI MANTRA MELODY OF SECOND KARMAPA. Review and excerpts from new book on the life, legacy and works of the 2nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi
THE INSEPARABILITY OF THE DAKINI LINEAGE’S RED AVALOKITESHVARA (GYALWA GYAMTSO) AND 2ND KARMAPA, KARMA PAKSHI: Five-Deity Mandala of Red Avalokiteshvara and Karma Pakshi’s Guru Yoga mandala; female siddha lineage of Machig Drupe Gyalmo to Rechungpa; PLUS NEW TRANSLATION of Supplication and Short Daily Practice of five-deity Red Avalokiteshvara by Third Karmapa
"In the centre, on an unchanging vajra seat is Bhagavan, Great Compassionate One Gyalwa Gyamtso, surrounded by retinue I supplicate with devotion and longing, Bestow the blessings of appearances and peace!“ དབུས་མི་འགྱུར་རྡོ་རྗེའི་གདན་སྟེང་ན། ། བཅོམ་ལྡན་ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེན་པོ་ལ། ། རྒྱལ་བ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་བསྐོར། ། བདག་མོས་གུས་གདུང་བས་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས། ། སྣང་སྲིད་བྱིན་གྱིས་བརླབ་ཏུ་གསོལ། ། ---Excerpt of 'Supplication to Gyalwa Gyamtso' by Jamgon Kongtrul “One could think there is… Continue reading THE INSEPARABILITY OF THE DAKINI LINEAGE’S RED AVALOKITESHVARA (GYALWA GYAMTSO) AND 2ND KARMAPA, KARMA PAKSHI: Five-Deity Mandala of Red Avalokiteshvara and Karma Pakshi’s Guru Yoga mandala; female siddha lineage of Machig Drupe Gyalmo to Rechungpa; PLUS NEW TRANSLATION of Supplication and Short Daily Practice of five-deity Red Avalokiteshvara by Third Karmapa