In Day Three of the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje's teachings on Fifty Verses on the Guru (March 2025), the 17th Karmapa first emphasises again the importance of the Guru being qualified and having the essential characteristics and qualifications. The advice given in the Fifty Verses on the Guru only applies once one has carefully… Continue reading AN INSTANTANEOUS PILE-ON OF BLESSINGS FROM A QUALIFIED GURU AS PRECIOUS AS ONE’S “OWN EYEBALLS”: The three or five main characteristics a qualified Vajrayana guru must have and the instant downpour of blessings when a qualified guru meets a qualified receptive vessel student (17th Karmapa, Fifty Verses on the Guru, Day 3 2025)
Tag: Je Tsongkhapa
THE GELUGPA ‘ONE-WAY STREET’ SECTARIANISM: The misuse of ‘non-sectarian’ (Ri-mey) terminology to stifle dissent and critique, and defend Gelugpa Sectarianism and political and religious domination in Tibet, pre- and post-1959, in the name of ‘unity’
"Even though most followers of Genden [Gelug] by shunning alcohol, drugs and so on, makes them role models of the teachings. Yet, as most also see no faults in killing and maiming. Such hateful hostility is a huge enemy, so please be careful!" དགེ་ལྡན་པ་ཕལ་ཆེར་ཆང་ནག་སོགས་འཛེམ་པས་བསྟན་པའི་མིག་ལྟོས་ལེགས་ཀྱང༌། ཕལ་ཆེར་གསོད་གཅོད་ལྷུར་ལེན་པ་ལ་སྐྱོན་དུ་མི་ལྟ་བས། ཞེ་སྡང་འདི་དགྲ་ཆེ་བས་གཟབ་འཚལ། --Jigme Lingpa "A person who doesn’t know their lineage… Continue reading THE GELUGPA ‘ONE-WAY STREET’ SECTARIANISM: The misuse of ‘non-sectarian’ (Ri-mey) terminology to stifle dissent and critique, and defend Gelugpa Sectarianism and political and religious domination in Tibet, pre- and post-1959, in the name of ‘unity’
JE TSONGKHAPA AND THE KAGYU LINEAGE: Marpa’s Guhyasamāja and Nāropa’s Cakrasaṃvara and Six Yogas. ‘Good Deeds’ teaching by 17th Karmapa (Day 12)
Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) “If there is Guhyasamāja there are teachings of Tsongkhapa, and if there is no Guhyasamāja, then there are no Tsongkhapa teachings.” The Gelugpa founder and master, Je Tsongkhapa, Lobzang Dragpa (1357-1419) has been mentioned several times during the 17th Karmapa’s current teachings on the 8th Karmapa’s ‘Good Deeds’. Previously, the 17th Karmapa… Continue reading JE TSONGKHAPA AND THE KAGYU LINEAGE: Marpa’s Guhyasamāja and Nāropa’s Cakrasaṃvara and Six Yogas. ‘Good Deeds’ teaching by 17th Karmapa (Day 12)
THE 5TH KARMAPA WHO SAID ‘NO’ TO WORLDLY POWER: 5th Karmapa’s refusal to take control of Tibet; Je Tsongkhapa; famous Chinese translators, Zhiguang and Palden Tashi; the Chinese ‘Marco Polo’ explorer, Zhenghe; and a $45 million thangka. Good Deeds teaching by 17th Karmapa (Day 10: Part I).
“For the teachings of the Buddha to flourish, there is no one greater than Dezhin Shekpa, Karmapa”. Je Tsongkhapa In Day 10 of the Good Deeds teaching, (see video here), the 17th Karmapa continued to explain the remarkable connection between the 5th Karmapa, Dezhin Shegpa and the Yongle Emperor(永樂, r.1402-1424), including his refusal to take… Continue reading THE 5TH KARMAPA WHO SAID ‘NO’ TO WORLDLY POWER: 5th Karmapa’s refusal to take control of Tibet; Je Tsongkhapa; famous Chinese translators, Zhiguang and Palden Tashi; the Chinese ‘Marco Polo’ explorer, Zhenghe; and a $45 million thangka. Good Deeds teaching by 17th Karmapa (Day 10: Part I).
NON-SECTARIAN SONG OF FAITH AND DEVOTION: 8th Karmapa’s ‘Song to Lineage Masters, Je Tsongkhapa, Bodong Panchen, Je Ngorchen and Rongton Chenpo’. ‘Good Deeds’ teaching by 17th Karmapa (Day 5: Part II)
"So if you wish to follow me,Do not make Dharma lineages into ‘mine’ and ‘yours’,Spreading Buddha’s teachings is enough.Having warm affection for one’s ‘own side’Do not think of flourishing for that one alone.May the mind of non-sectarian bias for all the teachingsBe like an unbearable, blazing gust in the heart!"--Excerpt from Song to Great Lineage… Continue reading NON-SECTARIAN SONG OF FAITH AND DEVOTION: 8th Karmapa’s ‘Song to Lineage Masters, Je Tsongkhapa, Bodong Panchen, Je Ngorchen and Rongton Chenpo’. ‘Good Deeds’ teaching by 17th Karmapa (Day 5: Part II)