"This image of Palden Lhamo, Rangjung Gyalmo, which punishes enemies of the Dharma and severs/subdues evil ones, was offered by Jetsun Choying Dorje [10th Karmapa] at the end of the Dog Year in the place of Jang [Lijiang] at the essential drop/mandala ground of Gyal-thang for consecration, as requested by heart son, Kuntu Zangpo."--inscription on… Continue reading THE ARTWORK “NATURALLY-ARISING QUEEN” (RANGJUNG GYALMO) BY TIBET’S GREATEST ARTIST, 10TH KARMAPA: presentation at international conference in Chengdu, China, brief conversation on Gelugpa sectarianism with Jeff Watt (HAR), and observations on the absence of factual commentary on the origin and ownership of the Karmapas’ and Karma Kagyu artworks and objects after the Gelugpa sectarian takeover of Tibet
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“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