This new Kālacakra mantra composition and vocals is the creation of Adele Tomlin, a Buddhist scholar-translator of Kālacakra texts and books, and of an important philosophical commentary on the Empty-of-Other Heart Sutra commentary by Tibetan Buddhist master of Kālacakra, Jonang and Shangpa Kagyu lineages, Je Tāranatha. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBcQa3sF1_8 I have received the Kālacakra empowerment a few… Continue reading TEN POWERFUL SEEDS: KALACHAKRA MANTRA
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SHINING SUN AND PASSING CLOUDS: The Empty-of-Self vs Empty-of-Other views compared and contrasted in plain English terms (and two new reels)
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough," --Albert Einstein "The nature of our mind is "great bliss" and full of awakened qualities, this is like a very "positive" view of emptiness." Two views of emptiness "in a nutshell" Recently I created two new reels (see below) on the two views… Continue reading THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SHINING SUN AND PASSING CLOUDS: The Empty-of-Self vs Empty-of-Other views compared and contrasted in plain English terms (and two new reels)
THE “STOLEN STASH” OF MASSES OF TEXTS HIDDEN AT DREPUNG MONASTERY FOR CENTURIES”:Remembering Je Tāranātha’s legacy and life on his parinirvana, and uncovering the Gelugpa “hiding” and suppression of hundreds of Je Tāranātha’s (and thousands of other lineage texts) in the Sixteen Arhats Temple (Drepung Monastery, Tibet) during Gelugpa dictatorial rule of Tibet
“One of the temples built at that time was the chapel at the rooftop of the Great Assembly Hall [in Drepung monastery] called the Temple of the Sixteen Arhats (Gnas bcu lha khang). It was named after the sandalwood statues of the 16 disciples of Buddha Śākyamuni that were initially housed in the Karma Kagyu… Continue reading THE “STOLEN STASH” OF MASSES OF TEXTS HIDDEN AT DREPUNG MONASTERY FOR CENTURIES”:Remembering Je Tāranātha’s legacy and life on his parinirvana, and uncovering the Gelugpa “hiding” and suppression of hundreds of Je Tāranātha’s (and thousands of other lineage texts) in the Sixteen Arhats Temple (Drepung Monastery, Tibet) during Gelugpa dictatorial rule of Tibet