“This concise prayer for the holders of the Kamtsang lineage has three verses. Of the three, regarding the first verse, one day in 2020, I had a dream and I saw something written on a text. So, when I woke up, I remembered it clearly. I then wrote it down and kept it. At that… Continue reading Concise Long-Life Aspiration for Master-Disciples Upholders of the Karma Kagyu teachings, by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje: An oral transmission and commentary, with English translation
Tag: Tai Situpa
BOROBUDUR AND GURU PADMASAMBHAVA WISDOM BLESSINGS: Report of Khenting 12th Tai Situpa’s opening ceremony of Palpung Graha Maha Padmasambhava centre, Borobudur pilgrimage visit and full transcript of Tai Situpa’s talk (Indonesia 2026: Part I)
"Indonesia is like a treasure, and like a garden in which all the great faiths and great religions of human being flourish and shine. Today is so special for all of us I think because of that great treasure of all the precious gems of knowledge, wisdom and faith, one more jewel is added today… Continue reading BOROBUDUR AND GURU PADMASAMBHAVA WISDOM BLESSINGS: Report of Khenting 12th Tai Situpa’s opening ceremony of Palpung Graha Maha Padmasambhava centre, Borobudur pilgrimage visit and full transcript of Tai Situpa’s talk (Indonesia 2026: Part I)
Remembering Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892)
Today, is the anniversary of the great scholar, practitioner and thinker, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892). From 2018-2020, I enthusiastically and voluntarily wrote various research articles, translations on or about the first Jamyang Khyentse, and a pilgrimage visit to Sikkim to see the former residence of Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro. This culminated in my attending the… Continue reading Remembering Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892)
Murder plots, omens, black magic and Kālacakra: Tantric hero Jamgon Kongtrul’s dangerous first trip to Jonang monastery
I have been dipping into Dr. Alexander Gardner’s wonderful new book The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul The Great, recently published by Shambhala, and came across the section (pp.124-128) about about Kongtrul's first visit to the Jonang monastery in Dzamthang in 1848, where he got the full Jonang transmission of Kālacakra and the six Vajra yogas… Continue reading Murder plots, omens, black magic and Kālacakra: Tantric hero Jamgon Kongtrul’s dangerous first trip to Jonang monastery