"In the centre of a blossoming lotus lake of brilliant pure mind, A white swan with perfected seven-fold melodies and sweet lyrics, May the lamenting, resonant earthy drum of your deep, vast throat, Lure us to a joyous feast of a golden-age (perfect) Summer!" --Excerpt from Praise to Red Tārā by 17th Karmapa The Praise… Continue reading “Radiance of a Thousand Blazing Ruby-Red Suns”: Praise to Red Tārā (New artwork and Praise by the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, February 2025)
Tag: Je Atisha
JE ATISHA’S “KINDEST” GURU, SERLINGPA (Suvarṇadvipi Dharmakīrti): One of Atisha’s most revered teachers, Serlingpa, and the Tārā temple visited by Atisha in Java, Indonesia (17 Karmapa, Life of Atisha, 2025)
"Tibetans asked Atisha “How was Serlingpa so kind to you?” Atisha replied: “I cannot say I have many good qualities at all. But I can say I have a little bit of goodness; we might say this is my one quality. The reason I have a kind heart is due to Serlingpa’s kindness.” Je Atisha… Continue reading JE ATISHA’S “KINDEST” GURU, SERLINGPA (Suvarṇadvipi Dharmakīrti): One of Atisha’s most revered teachers, Serlingpa, and the Tārā temple visited by Atisha in Java, Indonesia (17 Karmapa, Life of Atisha, 2025)
THE FEMALE VOICE OF ‘TRUTH’: The Dakinis and Noble Tara scolding Je Atisha for his pride about his expertise in Tantra (17th Karmapa, Life of Atisha, 2023)
“Do you know these sadhanas?” Tara asked. Atisha said that he had never seen or heard the name of the texts. She then said: “If that is so, then why do you think you are so well-versed in the Dharma and secret mantra practices? The tantras that you know are like no more than a… Continue reading THE FEMALE VOICE OF ‘TRUTH’: The Dakinis and Noble Tara scolding Je Atisha for his pride about his expertise in Tantra (17th Karmapa, Life of Atisha, 2023)
WOMAN AS WISDOM: The importance of not denigrating/insulting women in Buddhist Vajrayana (root Vajrayana downfalls I)
"To disparage/insult women, whose nature is wisdom, is the fourteenth" ཤེས་རབ་རང་བཞིན་བུད་མེད་ལ། ། སྨོད་པར་བྱེད་པ་བཅུ་བཞི་པ། ། -- from Vajrayāna-mūlā-patti-saṅgrahaby Aśvaghoṣa In a new short reel I briefly speak about why, as a Vajrayana practitioner, it is essential not to denigrate or insult (mentally, verbally or physically) women, as a group or individually. However, there are various reasons… Continue reading WOMAN AS WISDOM: The importance of not denigrating/insulting women in Buddhist Vajrayana (root Vajrayana downfalls I)