"After a Tsang uprising against the foreign invaders, an incensed Mongolian leader, Gushri Khan gave orders to execute the [already imprisoned] Tibetan Tsang King, Karma Tenkyong together with his ministers Dronyer Bongong and Gangzukpa. The King was administered the capital punishment ko-thumgyab-pa, which in Tibet is "reserved for upper class offenders". He was put in… Continue reading A PALACE FIT FOR KINGS AND ARMIES: The “shady” and murderous political foundations and Ladakhi-style aspirations of the Potala Palace(s) in Tibet under Mongolian-Gelug military rule
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ON THE ROAD TO SHANGRI-LA: Following in the footsteps of the 10th Karmapa and Karma Kagyu in Lijiang, Shangri-la, Dechen Tibetan region and seeing the great Khawa Karpo Tibetan mountain (Part 1: Highlights and research review))
Introduction: the 10th Karmapa and Karma Kagyu in Lijiang (Jang), Yunnan This is the first in a new set of original research articles about my recent two-week pilgrimage to Yunnan, South China to visit Lijiang, Shangri-la (Gyalthang) and Dechen Tibetan Autonomous region, and the famed Tibetan mountain there, Kawa Karpo. For a while now, I… Continue reading ON THE ROAD TO SHANGRI-LA: Following in the footsteps of the 10th Karmapa and Karma Kagyu in Lijiang, Shangri-la, Dechen Tibetan region and seeing the great Khawa Karpo Tibetan mountain (Part 1: Highlights and research review))
CHOKHOR DUCHEN BLESSINGS FROM THE LAND OF SNOWY PEAKS
On this sacred day of Chokhor Duchen (the day the Buddha first turned the wheel of Dharma), am delighted to send greetings and blessings from the land of snow mountains, Tibet! More to come on this continuing solo Buddhist pilgrimage and research trip of a lifetime! May the Buddha's teachings and activities flourish far and… Continue reading CHOKHOR DUCHEN BLESSINGS FROM THE LAND OF SNOWY PEAKS
Sign The Petition: Support Karmapa’s Return To Sikkim
The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje is recognised by the vast majority of Karma Kagyu teachers, monastics, laypeople in Tibet and in exile. Yet, despite the 17th Karmapa taking the hazardous risk of leaving in year 2000 the Karmapa's main seat, Tsurphu Monastery, Tibet (where he was enthroned by the two main Karma Kagyu… Continue reading Sign The Petition: Support Karmapa’s Return To Sikkim
Hermit-Yogi Caves and Fortresses (Part I): Jetsun Milarepa’s Twenty-Eight Sacred Places
"Though in deepest faith and devotionWe have never been apart,Remembering the guru in my heart,Such unbearable, tormented longing,Chokes and suffocates me speechless.Please relieve this man's torment!" སྤྲང་མོས་གུས་ཀྱི་ངང་ནས་འབྲལ་མེད་ཀྱང་། །བླ་མ་སྙིང་ནས་དྲན་པ་ཡི། ། འདོད་པས་གདུངས་ནས་བཟོད་གླགས་མེད། ། དབུགས་སྟོདེ་དུ་འཚངས་ནས་སྐད་མ་ཐོན། །བུ་ཡི་གདུང་བ་སོལ་ཅིག་བཀའ་དྲིན་ཅན། ---- Jetsun Milarepa, excerpt from ‘Thoughts of My Guru’ sang at Chonglung Fort "At Mount Yolmo Gangra in Nepal; in six well-known… Continue reading Hermit-Yogi Caves and Fortresses (Part I): Jetsun Milarepa’s Twenty-Eight Sacred Places
7TH CENTURY CHINESE QUEEN’S SHOWER OF BLESSINGS ON A 21st CENTURY AMERICAN WILDFIRE: Garchen Rinpoche and the Gyanagma Wheel of Princess Wencheng: her life, influence and sacred objects in Tibet
"Thank you! Now people worldwide will hear about the Gyanagma Wheel. This is a great addition to its rich history. Thank you, now we can show Gyanagma to the world! Everyone has to know.” ---HE 8th Garchen Rinpoche “Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always… Continue reading 7TH CENTURY CHINESE QUEEN’S SHOWER OF BLESSINGS ON A 21st CENTURY AMERICAN WILDFIRE: Garchen Rinpoche and the Gyanagma Wheel of Princess Wencheng: her life, influence and sacred objects in Tibet