“Regarding poetry and painting there is none greater than me in Tibet. I am one who pleases . I am one who has come into this world to paint.”–10th Karmapa, Choying Dorje [1] “Superior to all of these [was] the Lord of the World practicing art, the glorious Karmapa Choying Dorje. This individual studied painting with… Continue reading THE FORTHCOMING SELLING OF “PRICELESS” BUDDHIST TREASURES TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER IN HONG KONG: Ancient Indian and Nepalese Buddhist statues, 10th...| Dakini Translations and Publications མཁའ་འགྲོ་མའི་...
“Most Gedenpa (Gelugpas) shun alcohol and the like, making them excellent models of the teachings. Yet, most Gedenpa see no faults in those who seek to kill and maim. Such anger and hostility is a huge enemy, be careful!” –Mipham Rinpoche དགེ་ལྡན་པ་ཕལ་ཆེར་ཆང་ནག་སོགས་འཛེམ་པས་བསྟན་པའི་མིག་ལྟོས་ལེགས་ཀྱང༌། ཕལ་ཆེར་གསོད་གཅོད་ལྷ...| Dakini Translations and Publications མཁའ་འགྲོ་མའི་...
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 suffer…| 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 …| Dakini Translations and Publications མཁའ་འགྲོ་མའི་...