Commitment to Tara “Strengthened by your love, I will follow your supreme example. Inspired by you, I will break the bonds of petty selfhood. Guided by you, I will never desert living beings, Nor retreat from seeing others as friends to be helped. Inspired by your compassionate action, I will imbue my life – as […]
I’m sitting in bed right now, listening to my sleeping son breathing. He’s right where he belongs this night. It’s peaceful, it’s quiet, there’s a crazy eclipse occurring, and I am wide AWAKE. So I’m thinking about him and the connection I have with both my children. I’m not sure if or when the intensity […]
“This variety of desirous and hateful thoughts that strands us in the ocean of cyclic existence once realized to be without intrinsic nature, makes everything a golden land, child. If you meditate on the illusion-like nature of illusion-like phenomena, actual illusion-like buddhahood will occur through the power of devotion.” ~ Niguma
A picture is not just worth a thousand words; it can tell the whole story! Love that embraces all beings. Khandro Dechen Paldron, consort of Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche III, and mother to two extraordinary tulkus, Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche and Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche, with a group of lovely young yoginis at Gomde GA, Austria, summer […]
The Dakini Prayer That Spontaneously Accomplishes All Wishes Samantabhadri, dakini of unborn space unimpeded Sambhogakaya dakini, Varahi, all-taming Nirmanakaya dakini Tsogyal to you I pray, please grant me supreme and ordinary accomplishments! Unsurpassed combined form of the Victorious Three Kayas ancestor and heruka of all the dakinis to “Light-rays of knowledge and love”, Jigme Lingpa, […]
Khandro Tsering Chödrön and H.E. Sakya Jetsun Chimey Luding Rinpoche, two of the greatest dakinis of our times meeting. Discover more of the qualities of authentic wisdom dakinis and great female teachers whose both visible and hidden qualities surpass what we ordinarily believe possible. The fruit of the practice is real. Practice, humility, and great concern for […]
Seeking Niguma, Lady of Illusion The mysterious Niguma was an Indian woman from Kashmir who probably lived in the 11th century. Not only are the dates uncertain, but so too is almost everything about her. I will explore what there is to know and not to know about Niguma. What does stand firmly as testimony […]
“Deep down in the human spirit there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered. In the last years of his life, Chogyam Trungpa taught unceasingly on the very real possibility of creating enlightened society – a society where individuals cultivated unconditional friendliness for themselves and unconditional caring for […]
This is the first in a series of blogs sharing reflections on motherhood and practice by mothers in our Yogini Project team and from the global Yogini Community. This first article is by TYP’s Sascha Alexandra Aurora from Denmark. I think not only is a mother’s heart full of unconditional love for her child, but […]
“Instead of seeing shenpa as an obstacle to be overcome, it is more helpful to consider it an opportunity for transformation, an open doorway to awakening. When I realize I’m triggered, I think of it as a neutral moment, a moment in time, a moment of truth that can go either way. What I’m advocating […]
ON ARYA TARA & THE 21 TARAS The venerable Arya Tara is the wisdom form of all the buddhas and bodhisattvas of the ten directions. In the ultimate sense she has since primordial time attained the state of original wakefulness that is the very essence of the female buddha Prajnaparamita. However, to portray her background […]
“If we are willing to acknowledge our shenpa and to experience it without sidetracks, then our natural intelligence starts to guide us. We begin to foresee the whole chain reaction and where it will lead. There’s some wisdom that becomes accessible to us – wisdom based on compassion for oneself and others that has nothing […]
“Born with dakini energy.” ~ Venerable Tsoknyi Rinpoche Khadro-la sings a spontaneous song on Om Mani Padme Hum, the heart of compassion. Tibetan Oracle, Khandro Lhamo Tseringma channels a spontaneous teaching on compassion to a small group from the Mind and Life Conference in Dharamsala in 2009. Tsoknyi Rinpoche leads the group that includes, Dr. […]
There’s a very useful teaching, which I heard from Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, that allows us to take a closer look at this knee-jerk pattern of moving away from being present. This is the teaching on ‘shenpa.’ Generally the Tibetan word shenpa is translated “attachment,” but that has always seemed too abstract to me, as it […]
Sky Dancer Released The full film of Sky Dancer by Jody Kemmerer has now been released to Culture Unplugged. Catch this wonderful opportunity to glimpse into the quality and life of dakini in Tibet, Khandroma Kunzang Wangmo. Sky Dancer is a film about the daily life and teachings of one of Tibetan Buddhism’s great female […]