NEW TRANSLATION: ‘Supplication to Dagpo Kagyu’ by 15th Karmapa and new website section on Gampopa

Introduction Recently, HH 17th Karmapa gave an eight day teaching on the Four Dharmas of Gampopa. Edited transcripts of the complete teachings are now available on this website (based on the original Tibetan and English translation). See links here: ‘Confusion dawning as primordial awareness’: the fourth Dharma, Chinese Zen and the debate on gradual vs… Continue reading NEW TRANSLATION: ‘Supplication to Dagpo Kagyu’ by 15th Karmapa and new website section on Gampopa

NEW TRANSLATION: ‘Supplication to Guru Rinpoche’ by 13th Karmapa

For the tenth lunar Guru Rinpoche day today, here is the first translation of a Supplication to Guru Rinpoche by the 13th Karmapa[i], Dudul Dorje (1733-1797). He composed two prayers to Padmasambhava the second[ii] will be translated for the next Guru Rinpoche day! The 13th Karmapa had a special connection to Guru Rinpoche and was… Continue reading NEW TRANSLATION: ‘Supplication to Guru Rinpoche’ by 13th Karmapa

NEW TRANSLATION: ‘Supplication to Padmavajra’ (Guru Rinpoche) by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Padmasambhava statue at Tsho Pema lake, India. For the tenth day of the lunar month, celebrating Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava, I offer this new Supplication to Padmavajra (Tshokye Dorje: Lake-Born (or Lotus) Vajra) by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, spontaneously translated today. The text can be found in his Collected Works. Padmavajra is one of the names of… Continue reading NEW TRANSLATION: ‘Supplication to Padmavajra’ (Guru Rinpoche) by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo