Today (25th February) is the 8th day of the first Lunar month according to the Kalacakra calendar, traditionally celebrated as the birthday of HH 12th Khenting Tai Situpa and also Noble Tārā day. At Tai Situpa's main monastic seat in India, Palpung Sherab Ling, HE 9th Gyalton Rinpoche, tulkus, Khenpos, vajra masters, monastic community and… Continue reading 12TH KHENTING TAI SITUPA 73rd BIRTHDAY AND WHITE TARA BLESSINGS AT SHERAB LING
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SHOWER OF WHITE TARAS WITH TAI SITUPA RED ACTIVITY CROWN “INNER VISION” AT SHERAB LING: 8th Tai Situpa’s Golden Stupa and “inner vision” shower of White Taras with red activity hats, and red and white rose flower garden, during Palpung Sherab Ling’s Gutor (nine-day, 24 hour) Mahakala ritual (Part I, Losar Sherab Ling))
Introduction The first day of the Tibetan and Chinese Lunar New Year (Losar), of the male Fire-Horse was on 18th February 2026. I was very fortunate to have the merit and motivation (and be heavily magnetised/pulled) to spend the few days before and during Losar day at the stunning Palpung Sherab Ling monastery near Bir,… Continue reading SHOWER OF WHITE TARAS WITH TAI SITUPA RED ACTIVITY CROWN “INNER VISION” AT SHERAB LING: 8th Tai Situpa’s Golden Stupa and “inner vision” shower of White Taras with red activity hats, and red and white rose flower garden, during Palpung Sherab Ling’s Gutor (nine-day, 24 hour) Mahakala ritual (Part I, Losar Sherab Ling))
New E-Book: Noble Tārā available for free download
Happy to announce new e-book available for free download: Noble Tara E-book . It is a compilation of all the research and translations done on Noble Tārā (as listed in this section of the website) so far in one .pdf file. With sections on General Tārā, White Tārā, Green Tārā, Red Tārā and new translations… Continue reading New E-Book: Noble Tārā available for free download
“PROTECTION FROM FEAR OF ENEMY ARMIES” WHITE TĀRĀ AND 8TH KENTING TAI SITUPA: Historical lineage from Indian panditas Vāgīśvarakīrti and Dharmakīrtiśrī, Karma Kagyu as holders of all main transmission from Je Gampopa, Palpung/8th Tai Situpa’s iconic (and subtly “political”) artworks, and newly transcribed e-book of White Tārā sadhana commentary by 9th Gyalton Rinpoche
"The white lady who deceives death.” འཆི་བ་སླུ་བྱེད་དཀར་མོའོ། ། --from the Origin of Tārā Tantra “Puṇya is merit. Jñāna is primordial awareness. Puṣṭiṃ kuru svāhā means may those increase.” “One million recitations of the root mantra is said to be accomplishment of the mantra. With ten million it is said that all activities are accomplished. In… Continue reading “PROTECTION FROM FEAR OF ENEMY ARMIES” WHITE TĀRĀ AND 8TH KENTING TAI SITUPA: Historical lineage from Indian panditas Vāgīśvarakīrti and Dharmakīrtiśrī, Karma Kagyu as holders of all main transmission from Je Gampopa, Palpung/8th Tai Situpa’s iconic (and subtly “political”) artworks, and newly transcribed e-book of White Tārā sadhana commentary by 9th Gyalton Rinpoche
NEW TRANSLATION: “Four-fold Mandala Offering Practice to Noble Tārā of the Karma Kagyu Tradition” by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa (Sections I and II): Origins, lineage and benefits
“Avalokiteśvara, looking upon the realms of sentient beings, saw that even though he had dedicated all his merit and primordial wisdom, and so forth, for the sake of all limitless sentient beings, and liberated them, those sentient beings had not entirely transcended samsara. From the tears that arose from the force of great compassion, many… Continue reading NEW TRANSLATION: “Four-fold Mandala Offering Practice to Noble Tārā of the Karma Kagyu Tradition” by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa (Sections I and II): Origins, lineage and benefits
THE FACE AND SOUNDS OF TĀRĀ: New music composition and video
For a Losar (Tibetan New Year) offering, here is a new music and video composition of the mantra and images of Noble Tār̥ā, a goddess deity in Tibetan Buddhism, with artworks of Green, Red, White Tara and the 21 Taras. Noble Tārā Mantra: Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha. Seed syllable: TAM. The melody was composed… Continue reading THE FACE AND SOUNDS OF TĀRĀ: New music composition and video
LOSAR GREETINGS AND NEW ART REVIEW: 15th Century Tibetan Tārā with the ‘Roman nose’
ཨོཾ། འཇིགས་པ་བརྒྱད་སྐྱོབ་མ་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་ལོ། །Oṃ! To the protectoress from the eight fears. prostrate!བཀྲ་ཤིས་དཔལ་འབར་མ་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་ལོ། །To the female blazing with the auspicious splendour prostrate!ངན་སོང་སྒོ་འགེགས་མ་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་ལོ། །To the female who blocks the door to the lower realms, prostrate!མཐོ་རིས་ལམ་འདྲེན་མ་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་ལོ། །To the female who draws us onto the path of the higher realms, prostrate!རྟག་ཏུ་ཁྱེད་ཀྱིས་སྡོང་གྲོགས་མཛད། །May you always accompany us as a friendly ally!ད་དུང་ཐུགས་རྗེས་བསྐྱབ་ཏུ་གསོལ།… Continue reading LOSAR GREETINGS AND NEW ART REVIEW: 15th Century Tibetan Tārā with the ‘Roman nose’
NEW TRANSLATION: ‘WHITE TĀRĀ PRACTICE, TREASURE OF IMMORTALITY NECTAR’ BY 16TH DRIGUNG THRONE-HOLDER, GYELWANG KUNGA RINCHEN
Introduction Today for Tārā Day, I offer the first published translation of a very brief White Tārā sadhana by one of the major founders and lineage holders of the Drigung Kagyu, Gyelwang Kunga Rinchen (rgyal dbang kun dga' rin chen 1475-1527 1484-1527)[1]. Before the translation (with Tibetan and phonetics) here is a brief introduction to… Continue reading NEW TRANSLATION: ‘WHITE TĀRĀ PRACTICE, TREASURE OF IMMORTALITY NECTAR’ BY 16TH DRIGUNG THRONE-HOLDER, GYELWANG KUNGA RINCHEN
FROM SECRET CHILD TO STUDENT OF WRATHFUL FATHER, VAJRAKILAYA RETREAT AND PROFOUND PITH INSTRUCTIONS: GURU STORIES (Part 1) by 8th Garchen Rinpoche
'There are many lamas with transmissions, instructions and lineages but isn't there one who possesses compassion? There are many students with love and compassion, but isn't there one with real devotion?' – Je Milarepa Here is the write-up of the first episode of 8th Garchen Rinpoche’s teachings on ‘Guru Stories’, for video see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_lDuV47DB0… Continue reading FROM SECRET CHILD TO STUDENT OF WRATHFUL FATHER, VAJRAKILAYA RETREAT AND PROFOUND PITH INSTRUCTIONS: GURU STORIES (Part 1) by 8th Garchen Rinpoche
THE IMMEASURABLE ‘ROOT LIFE-FORCE’ OF ALL DEITIES AND SAMAYA: White Tārā teaching by 8th Garchen Rinpoche (April 2021)
"Love and compassion is the life-force of the deity. It is said that what we call the deity is actually bodhicitta. Thus, the samaya is to maintain love and compassion for all sentient beings and when others harm you, one should practice patience and hold onto that love. Samaya is love and compassion for others."HE… Continue reading THE IMMEASURABLE ‘ROOT LIFE-FORCE’ OF ALL DEITIES AND SAMAYA: White Tārā teaching by 8th Garchen Rinpoche (April 2021)