"Only with the supramundane empowerments from the Kālacakra will one attain the ultimate goal: the “pervasive Vajrasattva”. In this system there is the third empowerment—which brings forth the ultimate wisdom of the Great Seal [Mahāmudrā], and the fourth empowerment—is not mixed with the worldly siddhis." --8th Karmapa "Auspicious – that which has abandoned all habitual… Continue reading Kālacakra Tantra Commemoration Day Offering: 8th Karmapa on Kālacakra as the “ultimate vehicle”, the fourth empowerment, and Mahāmudrā and “Auspicious Buddha Essence” by Kunkhyen Dolpopa
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A SHINING MASS OF DHARMA: Je Tāranātha’s Collected Works (Sung-bum) website and his works/instructions within Jonang, Shangpa Kagyu, Kālacakra, Cākrasamvara, Tārā lineages and more
Introduction The Collected Works of the Jonang and Shangpa Kagyu lineage holder and master, Je Tāranātha is one of the biggest and influential in the Tibetan Buddhist canon from a single author, with 23 Volumes of around 370 texts (in the Dzamthang edition). A couple of years ago, in May 2023, I created and launched… Continue reading A SHINING MASS OF DHARMA: Je Tāranātha’s Collected Works (Sung-bum) website and his works/instructions within Jonang, Shangpa Kagyu, Kālacakra, Cākrasamvara, Tārā lineages and more
SEEING VAJRAVĀRĀHI IN KĀLACAKRA (BHUTAN KĀLACAKRA 2025: PART I): The first mass Kālacakra empowerment in Bhutan by HH Je Khenpo, the Vajravārāhi/Abhayākaragupta tradition of the Vajrāvalī (Dorje Threngwa, Vajra Garland) Kālacakra, and spontaneous meeting, blessings and “priceless” auspicious gifts from Dorje Phagmo Khandro tulku in Bhutan 2025
"Mother of all the Victors, endowed with all supreme aspects,The 'face' of Vajravārāhi, symbolising the signs and meaningWith the certain knowing from seeing self-awareness itselfMay the primordial wisdom vajra descend here now!" (Tr. Adele Tomlin (2020)) རྒྱལ་ཀུན་སྐྱེད་ཡུམ་རྣམ་ཀུན་མཆོག་ལྡན་པའི། བརྡ་དོན་རྟགས་ཀྱི་རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕག་མོའི་ཞལ།རང་རིག་ཉིད་དུ་མཐོང་བའི་ངེས་ཤེས་ཀྱིས། རྡོ་རྗེའི་ཡེ་ཤེས་རྟེན་འདིར་དབབ་དུ་གསོལ། "Because he had recited the mantra of Vajrayogini in his former life, in this life Vajrayogini… Continue reading SEEING VAJRAVĀRĀHI IN KĀLACAKRA (BHUTAN KĀLACAKRA 2025: PART I): The first mass Kālacakra empowerment in Bhutan by HH Je Khenpo, the Vajravārāhi/Abhayākaragupta tradition of the Vajrāvalī (Dorje Threngwa, Vajra Garland) Kālacakra, and spontaneous meeting, blessings and “priceless” auspicious gifts from Dorje Phagmo Khandro tulku in Bhutan 2025
TODAY: BOOK LAUNCH AND DISCUSSION OF KĀLACAKRA TANTRA (VOL II): 7th edition of Bodh Gaya Dialogues, New Delhi, India.
“Nāropa is the master from whom all the lineages of Kālacakra originate. So it is without doubt that the root tantra Kālacakra was first written down by Indian Mahasidda Nāropa.” —Niraj Kumar in Kālacakra Tantra: Volume I (2022) “Dakini Translations is the finest online platform for understanding authentic Buddhist Tantra in the world.” –Niraj Kumar… Continue reading TODAY: BOOK LAUNCH AND DISCUSSION OF KĀLACAKRA TANTRA (VOL II): 7th edition of Bodh Gaya Dialogues, New Delhi, India.
A RED-ROSE EMBRACE FROM AVALOKITESHVARA: Brief Instructions on “Benefiting Beings that Pervade Space” by Thantong Gyalpo, based on “Continual Rainfall for Beings” commentary by 15th Karmapa (3rd Bokar Rinpoche, February 2025)
"Even if the whole world is full of thorns, a lover's heart will still be a bed of roses."--Rumi "In this way, the six-syllable mantra, king of all secret mantras, is the quintessence of the force and might of the immeasurable enlightened activity that extricates the beings of the six families from the very depths… Continue reading A RED-ROSE EMBRACE FROM AVALOKITESHVARA: Brief Instructions on “Benefiting Beings that Pervade Space” by Thantong Gyalpo, based on “Continual Rainfall for Beings” commentary by 15th Karmapa (3rd Bokar Rinpoche, February 2025)
New E-Book: “Kālacakra Lineages, History and Philosophy: Contemporary Research and Translations”
"This is a bombshell book. Intense, covering esoteric aspects, philosophy, politics and with seamless flow. Many congratulations. This is going to be a must-read book in the Buddhist world and among strategists." --Niraj Kumar For the full moon today, I am happy to offer a new e-book Kālacakra Lineages, History and Philosophy: Contemporary Research and… Continue reading New E-Book: “Kālacakra Lineages, History and Philosophy: Contemporary Research and Translations”
LOCATING SHAMBHALA AND TĪLOPA AS KĀLACAKRA KING: Ascertaining the ‘physical’ location of Shambhala and origin of Kālacakra as Bay of Bengal/Arakan coastline, Tīlopa as a former Candra King who received the Kālacakra teaching there, and the ‘bitter sectarian Gelugpa ‘attack’ on Tāranātha’s guide to Shambhala by the 3rd Panchen Lama
"Sucandra is the King of Shambhala region, in the north of river Sīta, where 96 crores villages are distributed."--Nāropa in Sekoddeśa Tikā (commentary on fifth paṭala of root Kālacakra tantra) "While the Tantras aim to spread clarity of mind, these contemporary lamas have spread smoke [in relation to the location and origin of Kālacakra Tantra]."--Niraj… Continue reading LOCATING SHAMBHALA AND TĪLOPA AS KĀLACAKRA KING: Ascertaining the ‘physical’ location of Shambhala and origin of Kālacakra as Bay of Bengal/Arakan coastline, Tīlopa as a former Candra King who received the Kālacakra teaching there, and the ‘bitter sectarian Gelugpa ‘attack’ on Tāranātha’s guide to Shambhala by the 3rd Panchen Lama
TURNING THE WHEEL OF TIME: Kālacakra Duchen and Amitabha Day (Full moon day)
According to the Tibetan Tsurphu calendar, today's full moon (15th day of 3rd lunar month) is a very auspicious day, as Buddha Amithāba Day, on which the effects of all actions are multiplied 100 times and practice is emphasized. It is also the day on which Buddha Shakyamuni was said to have given the teaching… Continue reading TURNING THE WHEEL OF TIME: Kālacakra Duchen and Amitabha Day (Full moon day)
THE AUTHENTIC ROOTS AND FRUITS OF THE KĀLACAKRA TANTRA AND ITS AUTHOR MAHASIDDHA NĀROPA: Interview with Niraj Kumar (Dakini Conversations, Ep.7)
"Kālacakra is infatuated with machines [and numbers]....the goal of Kālacakra is to have a machine-like personality, where there is a cessation of the flow of karma, machines do not expect fruits from their work...We can thus see that before the likes of Da Vinci and Descartes in Europe, a mechanistic view of the human… Continue reading THE AUTHENTIC ROOTS AND FRUITS OF THE KĀLACAKRA TANTRA AND ITS AUTHOR MAHASIDDHA NĀROPA: Interview with Niraj Kumar (Dakini Conversations, Ep.7)
‘ALL BUDDHAS ARE BORN FROM WOMEN’: Remembering Abhidhamma teachings and Buddha’s mother at a contemporary Buddhist Nālanda in the sacred heart of India
"I tell you, monks, there are two people who are not easy to repay. Which two? Your mother and father. Even if you were to carry your mother on one shoulder and your father on the other shoulder for 100 years, and were to look after them by anointing, massaging, bathing, and rubbing their limbs,… Continue reading ‘ALL BUDDHAS ARE BORN FROM WOMEN’: Remembering Abhidhamma teachings and Buddha’s mother at a contemporary Buddhist Nālanda in the sacred heart of India