SHOWER OF SPONTANEOUS SONG BLESSINGS: English translation of new four-verse (11 syllable per line) poetic, ‘vajra words’ supplication composed by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje for the swift return of Khenchen Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche (28 June 2024)

As was announced on 27th June 2024, the great Dzogchen yogi-scholar, and devoted student and teacher of the 16th and 17th Karmapas, Khenchen Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche passed into a four-day 'tug-dam' meditative state on 22nd June. The following day, 28th June 2024, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa published a new four-verse (11-syllable per line) supplication for… Continue reading SHOWER OF SPONTANEOUS SONG BLESSINGS: English translation of new four-verse (11 syllable per line) poetic, ‘vajra words’ supplication composed by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje for the swift return of Khenchen Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche (28 June 2024)

TIBETAN YOGI, KHENPO TSULTRIM GYAMTSO RINPOCHE PASSES INTO FOUR-DAY ‘TUG-DAM’: Announcement of passing of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche into ‘Tug-dam’ four days ago, with special instructions by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa not to announce it until dissolution of the sacred, meditative state

"When I was born, I was born alone.When I die, I will leave alone for certain.Knowing this, I take delight, between these two stages,In places of solitude, where I wander, alone.Seeking out the path of liberation." "Look at appearance-emptiness forms,Listen to sound and emptiness sounds,Rest in mind's nature, clarity-emptiness,And when your thoughts free themselves,Laugh, oh… Continue reading TIBETAN YOGI, KHENPO TSULTRIM GYAMTSO RINPOCHE PASSES INTO FOUR-DAY ‘TUG-DAM’: Announcement of passing of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche into ‘Tug-dam’ four days ago, with special instructions by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa not to announce it until dissolution of the sacred, meditative state

New Translations in Remembrance of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche – Shentong yogi-scholar

This month is the 84th birthday of the great yogi-scholar practitioner, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. For more details on his remarkable life please visit his official website here. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche I first met and came across the view of Shentong and the name of Rinpoche when I studied the Uttaratantrashastra by Maitreya at… Continue reading New Translations in Remembrance of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche – Shentong yogi-scholar