A couple of days ago I read on a Facebook friend, Niraj Kumar's post that Captain Sonam Yongda. who had been Captain of the ADC of the 12th King of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal had passed away on 4th April 2026. He was also a witness to Sikkim’s transition in 1975, passed away on April… Continue reading Captain from the Golden Sikkim Era: the passing of Captain Sonam Yongda (age 90) and a personal meeting in Bhutan 2022
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“UNCHANGING BLISS-EMPTINESS”: New website section on H.E. 9th Gyalton Rinpoche
Happy to announce another new website section (created a few weeks ago) for articles and translations connected to HE 9th Khyungpo Gyalton Rinpoche (whom I first personally met in May 2025 in Hanoi, Vietnam) and whose teachings I then also attended in Taiwan and Europe: https://dakinitranslations.com/khyungpo-gyalton-rinpoche/ According to the Palpung Sherab Ling biography: "The previous… Continue reading “UNCHANGING BLISS-EMPTINESS”: New website section on H.E. 9th Gyalton Rinpoche
THE ART OF WARRIORS: REMEMBERING MIPHAM GYATSO AND KING GESAR ‘THE GREAT LION JEWEL WHO SUBDUES FOES’: The Epic of King Gesar, Mipham Gyatso ‘s ‘pure vision’ Lingdro dance and texts, and the Karmapa connection
"Embodiment of the three buddha families,Through the compassionate light rays of Pema Totreng, you arose as the splendour of the world—Supreme being, Great Lion, Norbu Dradul, to you we pray!Grant us supreme and ordinary siddhis!" --Mipham Gyatso Rinpoche “In short, there is no doubt that Gesar is a wisdom emanation of the venerable hero Mañjuśrī—of… Continue reading THE ART OF WARRIORS: REMEMBERING MIPHAM GYATSO AND KING GESAR ‘THE GREAT LION JEWEL WHO SUBDUES FOES’: The Epic of King Gesar, Mipham Gyatso ‘s ‘pure vision’ Lingdro dance and texts, and the Karmapa connection
NEW TRANSLATION: Guru Yoga on Second Karmapa: ‘Naturally-Present Heart Drop’, by Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
For the full moon today, and the birthday of one of the Karmapa's main heart-sons, HE 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche, I offer this first translation of Naturally-Present Heart Drop[1] a guru yoga on the 2nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi (1204-1286) by the 2nd Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro (1893-1959). He also composed one for the 3rd Karmapa, Rangjung… Continue reading NEW TRANSLATION: Guru Yoga on Second Karmapa: ‘Naturally-Present Heart Drop’, by Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
NEW TRANSLATION: ‘Supplication to the Garland of Karmapas’ by Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
8th Karmapa with previous Karmapas As an offering for Guru Rinpoche day, and the recent 35th birthday of HH 17th Karmapa and 61st paranirvana of Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro, here is a new translation of Supplication to the Garland of Karmapas (dpal ldan karma pa'i skyes rabs phreng ba'i gsol 'debs). It is not only… Continue reading NEW TRANSLATION: ‘Supplication to the Garland of Karmapas’ by Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
NEW TRANSLATION: ‘Guru Yoga on Third Karmapa: Heart Essence of the Profound Meaning’ by Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
For HH 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje’s 35th birthday, officially celebrated on 26th June, I offer a new (and first time) translated text (as part of a set of new translations about the Karmapas). This text is called The Heart Essence of the Profound Meaning: A Guru Yoga on the Third Karmapa[1], composed by the… Continue reading NEW TRANSLATION: ‘Guru Yoga on Third Karmapa: Heart Essence of the Profound Meaning’ by Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
Part II: On the Sikkimese trail of Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro, the Golden Stupa of Tashi Ding and the doorway to Shambhala
On this Guru Rinpoche day today, for my pilgrimage travelogue on the trail of some of the places that Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro stayed and visited in Sikkim, India, here is the second part about my visit (a few days prior) to Drakkar Tashi Ding monastery and the golden relic stupa, in West Sikkim on… Continue reading Part II: On the Sikkimese trail of Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro, the Golden Stupa of Tashi Ding and the doorway to Shambhala
Part I: Images on the Sikkimese trail of Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
As part of my own personal pilgrimage and research interest in the great Tibetan Buddhist master, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and his later incarnation, Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro (1893-1959), am writing a short series of posts of the places he stayed at in Sikkim during my visit on the Sikkimese New Year Day (Losum) 27th December… Continue reading Part I: Images on the Sikkimese trail of Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro