(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David Lai) Dear friends, I was given a book called ‘Niguma, the Lady of Illusion’ recently. Although I have read bits and pieces about this dakini’s life online in the past, I did not really know much about her. Hence, reading this book was to be my first serious...
Tags: biography, Buddhism, dakini, kagyu, mahasidda, naropa, practice, tantra, vajrayogini
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends around the world, Today, I was surprised with a very precious and beautiful gift. I’ve had other people personally paint up Vajrayogini images, and they have offered them to me as a gifts, which is a great honour. However, this particular Vajrayogini is extremely beautiful because it has been...
Tags: buddha, dharma, painting, tantra, thangka, vajrayogini
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(詹杜固仁波切与黎国圆讲法师)
至尊第十一世班禅额尔德尼·确吉坚赞不久前在其位于中国西藏自治区西南部日喀则扎什伦布寺附近的新夏宫授予时轮金刚灌顶。 这是中国西藏地区50年来首次公开举办大规模时轮金刚灌顶...
Tags: initiation, kalachakra, panchen lama, tantra, tashi lhunpo, tibet
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David) His Holiness the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu recently bestowed the Kalachakra initiation at his New Palace near Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Xigaze (Shigatse), southwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. This is the first Kalachakra initiation to be held publicly in Tibet/China in the last...
Tags: initiation, kalachakra, panchen lama, tantra, tashi lhunpo, tibet
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) When I was 15 years old and still living in Howell, New Jersey, I found out that H.H. the Dalai Lama would be visiting Wisconsin to give the first ever Kalachakra initiation in the West. I was so excited! Many Kalmyks who lived in my town had booked buses and hotels...
Tags: dalai lama, emptiness, jonang, kalachakra, mongolia, tantra
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Jean Ai) The most obvious benefit of being in close proximity with Rinpoche is the Dharma that we receive. The Lama teaches using all methods possible – by example, by action, by joking, by instruction and, in the way one would most expect, by literally giving a teaching. Students...
Tags: dharma teaching, jean ai, tantra, vajrayogini
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Vajrayogini is well known to have emanated within the Himalayan regions of Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia and even China. According to Buddha Shakyamuni, as years progressively become more distant from the time when the Buddha was alive, the “effectiveness” of the Tantras will diminish as the merits to uphold these teachings decrease. But for the Heruka and Vajrayogini tantras, it is the opposite. As we get further away from the time of the Buddha, our desires increase. Thus, the effectiveness of the Heruka and Vajrayogin...
Tags: Buddhism, cave, china, enlightenment, tantra, yogini
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I would like to share with you the transcript about a talk I did on Vajrayogini in response to the Facebook question: What are the Commitments After Receiving Vajrayogini's Sacred Initiation.
Tags: audio teachings, dharma, initiation, tantra, vajrayogini, video
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The following is a video of a teaching I gave awhile ago during a tsog ceremony in Kechara House 1 (Now converted to Kechara Media and Publication's office). In this teaching you will learn what is a tsog ritual, it's benefits and how tantric deities can bless us.
Tags: buddha, buddhas, deities, empowerment, tantra, tantric, vow, vows
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