Introduction As I wrote about here (a couple of days ago) in relation to the 8th Tai Situpa Golden relic Stupa at Sherab Ling monastery, and the pure meditative vision of White Tara with Tai Situpa red activity hat, I was fortunate and blessed to be magnetically pulled to Sherab Ling, India with pure devotion… Continue reading COMPASSIONATE INCINERATING RAGE AND PERFECT LOSAR DIVINE UNION IN THE LAND OF WISDOM (SHERAB LING): Palpung protector rituals and Losar (New Year) celebration at Sherab Ling Monastery with 12th Khenting Tai Situpa and 9th Gyalton Rinpoche
Tag: Mahakala
REVERENCE OR IRREVERENT? “Reverence: Important Himalayan Art from the Collection of Ulrich von Schroeder”: Priceless and sacred Tibetan Buddhist artworks and statues being sold for financial profit at Bonhams Hong Kong auction to highest bidders on 30th October 2025
Similar to the Christies' Hong Kong auction, another auction, Reverence: Important Himalayan Art from the Collection of Ulrich von Schroeder, of priceless Tibetan Buddhist treasures and artworks is being sold off to the highest bidder, for millions of USD/HKD. This time the works come from a specific living individual the art historian and collector, Ulrich… Continue reading REVERENCE OR IRREVERENT? “Reverence: Important Himalayan Art from the Collection of Ulrich von Schroeder”: Priceless and sacred Tibetan Buddhist artworks and statues being sold for financial profit at Bonhams Hong Kong auction to highest bidders on 30th October 2025
“NOT A LIE”, THE THREE ROOTS COMBINED: Origin, history and practice of the Three Roots Combined, 3rd Karmapa to 9th Karmapas, Treasure revealer, Choje Lingpa and 17th Karmapa’s revival of the Karma Kagyu tradition
“The aspect of the lama is Amitayus; the aspect of the yidam is the great compassionate one, Jinasagara/Gyalwa Gyatso; and the aspect of the Dharma protector is the wisdom protector Mahakala/Bernagchen. All the three roots are complete in this one form. So one could say that if we were given this empowerment, it would be… Continue reading “NOT A LIE”, THE THREE ROOTS COMBINED: Origin, history and practice of the Three Roots Combined, 3rd Karmapa to 9th Karmapas, Treasure revealer, Choje Lingpa and 17th Karmapa’s revival of the Karma Kagyu tradition
“Roar of the All-Conquering Divine Drum: Praise to Palden Rangjung Gyalmo” by 17th Karmapa (2004): New English Translation
ཀ་དག་རང་ཉམས་ངང་ལས་ཚམ་ངམ་ཅན། ཁ་ལ་ངན་པ་མཐའ་དག་བཏབ་ན་ཡང་། ག་དག་གཞན་ཕན་ས་ལ་རབ་གནས་པ། ང་ཅག་ཕན་མཛད་མ་ལ་དད་པ་འཆའ། "From the state of primordial purity and natural experience, even if negative/bad words are always spoken, the completely pure one abides in the realm of benefiting others. We place faith in the lady who benefits!" Today, on the 29th December 2024, the Dharma Protector Day, I offer a new (and first)… Continue reading “Roar of the All-Conquering Divine Drum: Praise to Palden Rangjung Gyalmo” by 17th Karmapa (2004): New English Translation
‘INCINERATING ANGER’: ŚRĪ MAHĀKĀLA AND THE GYALWANG KARMAPAS: A brief history, lineage, and short catalogue of texts by the Karmapas, activities of the 17th Karmapa and 17th Karmapa’s speech to Rumtek monastery community
"Just as the Buddha predicted, a son with very dark skin and terrifying appearance was born to Shiva and Umadevi. He possessed great power and was given the name Mahākāla, the Great Black One." “Karma Pakshi said that the Black Hat Lama (the Karmapa) and the Black-Cloaked Protector are inseparable. As a guru, he is… Continue reading ‘INCINERATING ANGER’: ŚRĪ MAHĀKĀLA AND THE GYALWANG KARMAPAS: A brief history, lineage, and short catalogue of texts by the Karmapas, activities of the 17th Karmapa and 17th Karmapa’s speech to Rumtek monastery community
MARVELLOUS MURALS AND MAHAKALA MELODIES: EARLY AND LATER KARMA ‘GAR-DRI’ STYLE TIBETAN ART (as presented by 17th Karmapa)
For World Art Day today, here is a write-up and summary of a teaching the 17th Karmapa gave in March 2021 about the Karma Gar-ri (Karma Encampment Painting) style (video here). This followed on from a prior teaching he gave on Pre-Karma Kagyu Encampment Art in Tibet. For a write-up of that teaching, see here.… Continue reading MARVELLOUS MURALS AND MAHAKALA MELODIES: EARLY AND LATER KARMA ‘GAR-DRI’ STYLE TIBETAN ART (as presented by 17th Karmapa)