The real empowerment is:... read more →
Mahakala Empowerments by H.E. Kalu Rinpoche 尊貴的卡盧仁波切給予瑪哈嘎拉灌頂 The special Dharma Protector for the Shangpa Kagyu tradition is the Swift-Acting Six-Armed Awareness Protector. Commonly known as ‘Chakdrukpa’ (The One with […]... read more →
The profound practice of “Four Deities Combined” (Tibetan: Lha Shi Dril Drup) is unique to the Shangpa Kagyu Lineage. It came down to Khyungpo Naljor from Rahulagupta. Khyungpo Naljor perfected […]... read more →
Within the Shawaripa lineage, the Shangpa lineage, we have thirteen different types of Six-Armed Mahakala but the main one is Dark-blue.... read more →
We are very fortunate to receive this empowerment from H. E. Kyabjé Kalu Rinpoche, especially as a prelude to The Path of Shangpa Kagyu Seminar.... read more →
So the empowerment itself is not necessarily an “object”.... read more →
So therefore in the Vajrayana tradition, we have these 3 principles: དབང་ wang, ང་ lung, ིད་ tri.... read more →
So if you practice it then it will preserve the lineage by itself.... read more →
།ཤངས་པའི་མཎྜལ་བཀའ་རྒྱ་མ་ནི། Shangpa Kagyama Mandala... read more →
The special Dharma Protector for the Shangpa Kagyu tradition is the Swift-Acting Six-Armed Awareness Protector. Commonly known as ‘Chakdrukpa’, he is a wrathful manifestation of the Great Compassionate One, Chenrezig. The transmissions for the Six-Armed Mahakala came from the Mahāsiddhas Maitrīpa, Rāhula and Shawaripa to Khyungpo Naljor, the source of the Shangpa Kagyu lineage. The great accomplished Tāranātha, a Shangpa Kagyu lineage holder, refined the various texts and practices and taught that the essence of this practice is to combine the Protector with the Yidam and the Guru Yoga practice.... read more →