Part 17  The Master Padmasambhava went there to tame those beings. He took residence in a cave on the island. There he entered meditative concentration, and through that power actually summoned the rulers of that land—the king’s queens, the sixty-four mantradhārinīs, emanations of the sixty-four mātṛkās. He tormented them with

Part 16 Giving the escorts a handful of mustard seeds, the Master instructed, “Throw these at yesterday’s assassins. I am going to tame the demons on the southwest border.” Everyone witnessed the Master departs—flying into the sky on his horse, with his Dharma robes flapping and staff clattering. The Tibetans

Part 15  The Master did not complete the pith instructions. The intended fire offering to secure the king’s lineage and increase his power was left unfinished. Nor did the Master complete the necessary third binding under of oath of the gods and nāgas. The Master could foresee the future, however,

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Homage to the guru! Glorious one, pervading all the world and its inhabitants,Vajrasattva, who binds the whole of reality in great bliss,Omnipresent guru, in your illusory wisdom form—Great Jetsün Kunga Nyingpo, to you I offer praise. A pure and magical manifestation beyond imagining,A protector who

Part 14  They said to the king, “You are our only Lord! This man of the borderlands is very powerful. King, your mind is fixated on the Dharma. This Indian is going to steal your kingdom!” They said many other malicious things, and for each thing the Master had said

Part 13  After the empowerments, Ma Jojo, an attendant of the king, gave the evil ministers an account of what had happened. They did not believe it, though, and thought, “How could he possibly have such power?” Also around this time, the Master wished to perform the site-pacifying ritual for

This year, Tibetan New Year (Losar) falls on 3rd March 2022. In accord with the qualities of the water tiger, may you embrace the spontaneous and enthusiastic dynamism of the tiger while cooling the heat off its quick temper with the patient calm of the water “The Year of the