"Relying on/serving a guru has been described in many stainless tantras, I shall explain it in brief. Listen respectfully to this." --lines from opening verse of Fifty Verses on the Guru "In particular, Dromptonpa said there is this tradition of saying "I prostrate to the Lord of Secrets" at the beginning of Vajrayana texts. In… Continue reading THE TRANSLATOR’S HOMAGE TO VAJRASATTVA AND ‘SECRET MUDRAS UNDER THE ROBES’: opening stanza, homage to and meaning of the word ‘Vajrasattva’, reason for composing the texts, and the importance of secrecy in secret mantra practice and the meaning of ‘bowing down to the lotus feet of the guru’ (Fifty Verses on the Guru, Day 3, 17th Karmapa)
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THE IMPORTANCE OF CONFESSING DOWNFALLS AND PURIFICATION: 17th Karmapa’s recent advice to recite the Sutra in Three Sections and Vajrasattva and 17th Karmapa’s call to practice
"Whatever karmic veils I may have developed that would lead to the hells, or to the animal realm, or to the land of the pretas, or to birth in border regions, or amongst barbarians, or amongst the long-lived gods, or that would lead to incomplete sense faculties, or holding wrong views, or to not rejoicing… Continue reading THE IMPORTANCE OF CONFESSING DOWNFALLS AND PURIFICATION: 17th Karmapa’s recent advice to recite the Sutra in Three Sections and Vajrasattva and 17th Karmapa’s call to practice
Tāranātha on Vajrasattva in ‘A Hundred Blazing Lights’: the nature of karma, the four ‘opponent powers’ and the necessity of purification
As part of the launch of the first publication of 'Meaningful to See: Guidance on the Profound Path of the Vajra-Yogas' by Jetsun Tāranātha, and the launch of a new 'Vajrasttava' section on this website, I am sharing some of Tāranātha's instructions on Vajrasattva: Hundred Syllable Mantra practice of the Kālacakra preliminaries from his longer… Continue reading Tāranātha on Vajrasattva in ‘A Hundred Blazing Lights’: the nature of karma, the four ‘opponent powers’ and the necessity of purification
NEW TRANSLATION: Short Purification Confession Prayer by Karma Lingpa and Life Force Chakra diagram
In April 2019, I was fortunate to be able to attend the Longchen Nyingtig empowerments given by HE Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, at Shechen Monastery, Boudha Nepal. I thought in these current times it would be of benefit to publish my translation of a short purification/Vajrasattva text that was handed out during the empowerments, for those… Continue reading NEW TRANSLATION: Short Purification Confession Prayer by Karma Lingpa and Life Force Chakra diagram
NEW TRANSLATION: The categories and meaning of the hundred syllable Heruka Vajrasattava mantra in the Dro Kālacakra tradition
In two of the main texts on the Kālacakra practices within the Jonang Dro Kālacakra tradition ('A Hundred Blazing Lights' by Tāranātha and 'The Chariot that Transports to the Four Kāyas' by Bamda Gelek Gyatso) the categories and meaning of the hundred syllable (yig brgya) mantra are explained in detail. Translated and published in English… Continue reading NEW TRANSLATION: The categories and meaning of the hundred syllable Heruka Vajrasattava mantra in the Dro Kālacakra tradition
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