"In India and Tibet, wherever the Karmapas were born, the incarnations of his heart-disciples also appeared and served the Karmapas through the three ways of pleasing the guru until their minds became inseparable from the guru's enlightened mind. To symbolise this inseparability, various Karmapas bestowed red crowns that liberate on seeing, upon past incarnations of… Continue reading THE KAGYU ‘RED CROWN THAT LIBERATES ON SEEING’: The black and red crowns of Karma Kagyu by 1st Jamgon Kongtrul and 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche’s historic ‘red crown’ ceremony in Bodh Gaya, January 2024 (with transcript of teaching by Mingyur and Gyalton Rinpoches)
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THE KAGYUPA ‘EYE OF THE TIGER’: Blazing the way of high-level studies, debate and original research, the inimitable and incomparable Karma Kagyu Winter event (Guncho) and the forthcoming Kagyu Monlam with the ‘red crown’ ceremony of 12th Tai Situpa
"Then during the time of the 10th Karmapa, there was the Mongolian invasion and when the Mongolians came, there was a lot of destruction of not just the Kagyu but also the Jonang, the Bonpos and different lineages. The 'worst hit' was the Kagyu and among them the Karma Kamtsang and the Drugpa Kagyu. Especially… Continue reading THE KAGYUPA ‘EYE OF THE TIGER’: Blazing the way of high-level studies, debate and original research, the inimitable and incomparable Karma Kagyu Winter event (Guncho) and the forthcoming Kagyu Monlam with the ‘red crown’ ceremony of 12th Tai Situpa