As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje again was unable (or chose not) to attend the two biggest events in the Karma Kagyu calendar at which hundreds of monks and nuns from India, Nepal and Bhutan attend, at the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage site of Bodh Gaya,… Continue reading Seeking the 17th Karmapa (II): The unexplained “heart-breaking” absence and “anchoring” of the 17th Karmapa at two major Karma Kagyu events in India 2025 and surprise “private” event at a “luxury rented residence” in five star hotels/designer malls area of Bangkok, Thailand
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SMALL LAYWOMAN “PRIVATE” GATHERING FOR 17TH KARMAPA’S PREMIERE OF NEW TARA PRACTICE: 17th Gyalwang Karmapa performs new Red Tara four-fold Mandala offering sadhana for first time in presence of two Kagyu tulkus and small group of laywomen
Today, it was announced on Facebook by the Zurmang Kagyu Buddhist Society Nepal (with an accompanying short video clip) that on 21st February 2025, HH 17th Gyalwang Karmapa performed for the first time, in the presence of HE Dilyag Rinpoche and HE Zurmang Rinpoche (a couple of other monastics) and a small group of about… Continue reading SMALL LAYWOMAN “PRIVATE” GATHERING FOR 17TH KARMAPA’S PREMIERE OF NEW TARA PRACTICE: 17th Gyalwang Karmapa performs new Red Tara four-fold Mandala offering sadhana for first time in presence of two Kagyu tulkus and small group of laywomen
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF JE GAMPOPA: ‘RAW’ INSTRUCTIONS (MAR TRI)’, DHARMA GATHERINGS (TSHOG CHO), MAHAMHUDRA, VAJRAYOGINI, JEWEL ORNAMENTS AND PEARL GARLANDS. Compilation of extant editions and translated English outline of Gampopa’s Collected Works
“Read well the ‘Collected Works of Gampopa‘, the crown jewel of all the Kagyu. These teachings on the union of Kadampa and Mahamudra are more wondrous and greater in blessings than other works and termas. The Kagyu masters of the past all received siddhi through these profound teachings. Meeting the Buddha’s teachings through the compassion… Continue reading THE COLLECTED WORKS OF JE GAMPOPA: ‘RAW’ INSTRUCTIONS (MAR TRI)’, DHARMA GATHERINGS (TSHOG CHO), MAHAMHUDRA, VAJRAYOGINI, JEWEL ORNAMENTS AND PEARL GARLANDS. Compilation of extant editions and translated English outline of Gampopa’s Collected Works