“The one who compiled these volumes, which are well known in the Snowland [of Tibet], [this] precious jewel of the precious Kagyu [lineage] called ‘Indian mahāmudrā works,’ was the incarnation of Lokeśvara, the seventh Karmapa Rangjung Tsokye Dorje, also known as Chodrag Gyatso."—Karma Tashi Chophel in his Introduction to the 19th Century Pelpung edition, Earrings… Continue reading “EARRINGS OF THE INDIAN MAHĀSIDDHAS”: 7th KARMAPA’S ASTONISHING LEGACY OF INDIAN MAHĀMUDRĀ TEXTS. The 7th Karmapa’s handwritten, ‘dictated from memory’ vast collection of Indian Mahāmudrā texts (Chag Chen Gya Zhung): An overview of its publication, contents, and newly translated catalogue (English, Sanskrit Tibetan)
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RIDING THE STALLION-HORSE MIND IN A CLOUD-FREE SKY: Five-fold Mahāmudrā in the Drigung Kagyu tradition: ‘Song of Realization’ by Jigten Sumgon and ‘Supplication’ by Rigdzin Chokyi Dragpa and 8th Garchen Rinpoche teachings 2022
བྱམས་དང་སྙིང་རྗེ་རྟ་ཕོ་ལ། ། གཞན་ཕན་གྱི་དཀྱུས་ཐོག་མ་བཅད་ན། །ཁྲོམ་ལྷ་མིའི་འོར་ཆེ་མི་འབྱུང་བས། ། སེམས་སྔོན་འགྲོ་འདི་ལ་ནན་གཏན་མཛོད། །On the stallion-horse of love and compassion,If stamina in the race of benefiting others is not present,The applaud of multitudes of gods and humans will not arise.Thus, earnestly strive for this preliminary mind! ---Verse from Song of Realization of Five-Fold Mahāmudrā by Jigten Sumgon Today, as an… Continue reading RIDING THE STALLION-HORSE MIND IN A CLOUD-FREE SKY: Five-fold Mahāmudrā in the Drigung Kagyu tradition: ‘Song of Realization’ by Jigten Sumgon and ‘Supplication’ by Rigdzin Chokyi Dragpa and 8th Garchen Rinpoche teachings 2022