It was saddening (but not surprising) to see video and photos released yesterday, spread widely among the Tibetan media outlets, of the great 12th Khentin Tai Situpa (who is also elderly and suffering from various physical ailments) offering three “unnaturally” long prostrations on his knees for an all-male long-life offering ceremony to the 14th Dalai… Continue reading WHERE ARE THE WOMEN AND NO MUTUAL NON-SECTARIAN RESPECT: Noble Tārā statues but no actual “wisdom” women and no ...| Dakini Translations and Publications མཁའ་འགྲོ་མའི་...
“This image of Palden Lhamo, Rangjung Gyalmo, which punishes enemies of the Dharma and severs/subdues evil ones, was offered by Jetsun Choying Dorje [10th Karmapa] at the end of the Dog Year in the place of Jang [Lijiang] at the essential drop/mandala ground of Gyal-thang for consecration, as requested by heart son, Kuntu Zangpo.”–inscription on… Continue reading THE ARTWORK “NATURALLY-ARISING QUEEN” (RANGJUNG GYALMO) BY TIBET’S GREATEST ARTIST, 10TH KARMAPA: presentation at int...| Dakini Translations and Publications མཁའ་འགྲོ་མའི་...
“Time is free, but it is also priceless.” “The nature of all beings is always Buddha [Awakened]. འགྲོ་བའི་རང་བཞིན་རྟག་ཏུ་སངས་རྒྱས་” —3rd Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje After a mont…| Dakini Translations and Publications མཁའ་འགྲོ་མའི་...