Five Ur Mantras of SGS: I’m Happy With What I Have I’m Not Coming to a Now—Not Going to a Then I Love All Beings—Both Near and Far I Purify Because I’m Already Pure & Medicate Because I’m Still Healing I Don’t Own Anything—Only Everything 15/1 stellaingerescobedo and 2 others Iran: understanding the Islamic takeover of a country that is not an Arab country. The people of Iran have been occupied for 47 years. This why they are protesting and trying to liberate themselves. Comment: Our heart goes out to you. Israeli leveraged politicians in service to our own elitists are slowly doing a similar transformation in America. Changing the names of our beloved institutions and putting our dictator’s name on them. Rounding up our neighbors of color. Public executions in the streets by slave catchers. Banning books. Rewriting our history. Transferring all the wealth from the middle and lower classes to the top five per cent and oligarchs. Ruining our all our relationshi...
Vajra Transcriptions: The Three Developmental Stages and Four Classes of Buddhist Tantra by the 17th Karmapa O.T.D.
Introduction to the A of V transcription: The 17th, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, Karmapa’s lecture (interpreted into English by Ven. David Karma Choephel) on the Abhisambodhi of Vairocana has been transcribed, annotated, and reconstructed where necessary. Text is square brackets is either a clarifying comment or a replete reconstruction. Quotation marks signify the Karmapa’s truest translated ‘voice.’ Type in bold frames the content. Due to several challenging factors, no not all content details are here, which makes this effort a ‘to-be-continued’ work in progress. Lecture begins: Today is the fourth day of the 40th Kagyu Monlam and marks the beginning of the preliminary teachings for this year’s cycle. First of all, I would like to express my deep respect and welcome to all the khenpos, lamas, monks, teachers, members of the saṅgha, and to all the devoted students who have come from many different places. I offer my sincere welcome to each of you. This year, the prelimina...