(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David) According to The Clear Mirror of the Royal Genealogies (Gyalrab Salwai Melong) attributed to Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen (1312-1375 CE), the great Tibetan Emperor Songtsen Gampo (617-47 CE) decided that he had to make various statues of his yidam (tutelary deity) to be of benefit to sentient beings within...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Vajrayogini is a female Buddha and she is also one of the most sacred and profound of practices within H.E. the 25th Tsem Rinpoche’s lineage. Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche is one of the main lineage holders of this tradition and he had particularly recommended her practice for modern spiritual seekers. Vajrayogini is...
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(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...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The Tea offering for Vajra Yogini is an excellent way to: Create affinity with her and her practice. To generate merits to accomplish the Generation stages and Completion stages of her practice. To accomplish her sacred 11 yogas after initiation. To create the causes to receive her practice in complete. To...
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Rinpoche was well-known for his ability to accurately divine which Buddha would be the most suitable meditational deity for each person according to their individual needs, karma and affinity...
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In preparation for the Kechara Forest Retreat, we are planning to build many big stupas, which will bless the area and form pivotal points for circumambulation around the land.
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Vajra Yogini statues are all created and painted in-house in Kechara (By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear friends, Kechara Forest Retreat is designed to be a direct portal to Vajra Yogini’s heaven and the more meritorious activities we conduct on this holy land that connects with her, the more people will benefit. Recently I was thinking...
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இந்த குறுகிய மற்றும் இனிமையான இடுகையில் உலகெங்கிலும் உள்ள எனது நண்பர்களுடன் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ள அதிர்ச்சியூட்டும்,
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Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, is a world-famous pilgrimage destination. Its rich cultural heritage is attested to by ancient temples and monuments which create an environment ripe for spiritual experiences, whether or not you are religious. In Hindu mythology the Great Himalayan Range has always been the Abode of the Gods. The sages...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) I have something stunning, magical and sacred to share with my friends around the world on this short and sweet post. I have always liked having beautiful shrines and altars that connect me to the sacred since very young naturally. This has extended into my adult life. We have departments in...
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Since my mother had passed away earlier this year, H.E. Tsem Rinpoche advised me to take my dad on a holiday. He suggested several countries like India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand and so forth. Rinpoche said that we should go to these places to make our holiday a meaningful one because these countries are full...
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When we think of Tibetan Buddhism, we imagine ancient temples on the bleak slopes of the Himalayas, a refuge from the sufferings of the world, where the low, melodious chanting of scriptures can be heard...
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Ucheyma's awe-inspiring depiction as a self-decapitating goddess has inspired generations of practitioners since the introduction of tantric practice in ancient India. Her practice had migrated north to Tibet...
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(by Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David Lai) The Founding of Ratsag Monastery According to an inscription, Ra Bende Yonten Gyalpo founded Ratsag Monastery in the Yab Valley of Tolung, near Lhasa in the early half of the 11th century. It was built through the generous patronage of the noble Sego family. However, Go...
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The current form of Naro Kachö Vajra Yogini appeared to the Mahasiddha Naropa after he meditated in a cave and focused on her sadhana, her rituals and her special generation and completion stage practices. After Naropa had accomplished Vajra Yogini’s path, which means that he had gained the attainments of her practice, she appeared...
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The connection between Vajra Yogini and the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal began with Mahasiddha Naropa and the Pamthingpa brothers. Her practice eventually became immensely popular across the country...
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The sixty-four yogini temple in Hirapur sits on an ancient piece of land once ruled by the old Kalinga kingdom. Buddhism and Tantric practice flourished here, and the cult of the yogini evolved as Tantra took hold in these lands...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche, originally published Jan 21, 2013) My Bodhgaya Vajrayogini (17 inches) Over a decade and a half ago – Bodhgaya as everybody knows is the place where Lord Buddha chose to become enlightened where he sat under a tree. And his tree or offspring of it is still alive in Bodhgaya which...
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(H.H. the 101st Gaden Trisur Rinpoche's Vajra Yogini Teachings and Text) སྤྱི་ལོ་ ༢༠༡༨ ཕྱི་ཟླ་ ༦ ཚེས་ ༧ ཉིན། ༧འཇམ་མགོན་རྒྱལ་བའི་གདུང་ཚབ་ཁྲི་ཟུར་རྡོ་རྗེ་འཆང་རྗེ་བཙུན་ལུང་རིག་རྣལ་རྒྱལ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་མཆོག་གིས་ཕེ་རིན་སི་ལ་ཡོད་པའི་ཁོང་གི་ཆོས་ཚོགས་ཐར་འདོད་གླིང་
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From 31st May to 2nd June 2018, H.H.the 101st Gaden Trisur Rinpoche gave a three-day teaching on the practice of Vajrayogini to a group of approximately 50 Sangha members...
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