Dharma Wheel

Obviously the Jonangpa need to be officially recognized. Namely, there is a problematic backdrop of injustices, such as the unfortunately continued attempts by the Geluk to forcefully take over the tulku line of Jonang Tāranātha as part of their school via the Jetsun Kalkha Dampa position, when his ...

I am turning back towards Buddhism after many years away. Back then I tried diving into Vajrayana and quickly burned out. Looking back, I think it was crazy to imagine I could commit to such intense practice. Nowadays I am much more interested in Mahayana as found in China, Korea, and Vietnam. I'm ...

But to answer your last post, NO. I have not ever in my life genuinely wished another being to experience happiness. Well, that's totally fine. Some people, autistic or not (I am almost certainly borderline Asperger's BTW, although I admit that I have never had a diagnosis) find this difficult. In ...

Jeff Watt begins to answer the question of the relationship between Vajrapani, Achala, Vajravidarna and whether they are completely independent or related in some way. His response is that the answer is complex: "Vajrapani has many different tantras, associated tantras, as does Achala and even ...

HH Sakya Gongma also visited Sikkim in late March 2024

His Holiness Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche (The 41st Sakya Trichen) visit to Enchay Monastery

katog.org offers a divination service. The divination is done by Khentrul Rinpoche's uncle who lives in Tibet and is a terton. But the service takes time, as you submit the question and wait for it to get to Khentrul Rinpoche, then it's relayed to Tibet and wait for the answer to come back. But I h...

I found Lamotte's review of the materials on the first council in his History to be pretty good. Thanks! I forgot about Lamotte but, alas, I haven't ever read it as I should have. Lamotte, History of Indian Buddhism, translated from the French by Sara Webb-Boen , this version is available, apparent...

If anyone can recommend any works--whether academic or primary source--that contain detailed accounts of the first council, that would be greatly appreciated! Semantic Scholar has about 1/2 M links to works containing the term "Buddhist council". However many of these links don't have a l...

This is an expanded clip of advice of HH Gongma Trizen's advice to the Bhutanese people in English (6:30 min). He specifically advises people to recite Guru Rinpoche's (Padmasambhava) mantra.

I tried to do a search on both "Sur Offering" and also "Smoke Offering" but I cant seem to find anything and hence I am starting this thread. Sang offering practice in the Palyul (Nyingma) lineage requires lung in order to do it yourself, on your own. The sang offering most ofte...

a bodhisattva is also a buddha. No. A Bodhisattva is a sentient being whose actions are completely devoted to enlightenment specifically for all beings. A Bodhisattva aspires to lead all sentient beings to enlightenment. A Bodhisattva does not have to be on the bhumi's to be a Bodhisattva. Arya Bod...

Who are some authentic Dzogchen teachers in Europe? Also in Asia? The Palyul centers in Europe teach Dzogchen but they take a gradual approach (Mahayoga, Anu mostly at first). So they are not "just Dzogchen" (most teachers/ organizations aren't just Dzogchen). https://palyul.eu/ https://p...

Do essence mahamudra and dzogchen semde also work with the body, channels, lung and so on? If by essence mahamudra you mean something like Ganges Mahamudra, then no, at least not directly. However there are practices associated with these lineages that do use channel, etc. practices. Dzogchen sende...

Well, this was actually at least 3 videos:

But since I am also helping a group of students with learning how to do a quite long sadhana (rigdzin dupa, 130 pages) and mudras are part of that, I would prefer to give them proper names of the mudras, rather then "give-me mudra" or "go-away mudra" et cetera. At least in the R...

Since you'll probably ask, "but how...?" again, I will leave it to someone else to answer. I am not a scholar on the intricacies of interdependent origination or tendrel, so this is pretty much all I got lol. Maybe Tsele Natsok Rangdrol's text will be helpful. From memory (because I can't...

Crazy Wisdom, the long rumored movie whose existence seemed to be mostly a vapor, although there was always a hint that something was being produced (as tantalizing clips were sometimes viewable), has finally (finally, how long really?) made it's public appearance. On YT in this case. Crazy Wisdom: ...

And, in Nyingma and Kagyu, one is routinely allowed to start ngondro accumulations without having received an initiation. I can't speak for other Nyingma (even though I have Nyingma teachers from another lineage) but in Palyul empowerment is required before starting ngondro accumulations. The way t...

And, in Nyingma and Kagyu, one is routinely allowed to start ngondro accumulations without having received an initiation. I can't speak for other Nyingma (even though I have Nyingma teachers from another lineage) but in Palyul empowerment is required before starting ngondro accumulations. The way t...