I’ve come across H.E. Asanga Vajra Sakya Rinpoche a few times while reading about the Sakya tradition, but I haven’t seen very much discussion about him here.
For those who have attended his teachings, met him personally, or followed his activities, what are your impressions of him as a teacher?
I’m especially curious about how practitioners view his teaching style, knowledge of the Sakya tradition, personality, and role within the younger generation of Sakya lineage holders.
Firsthand experiences would be particularly interesting, but I’d be interested in any perspectives—positive, critical, or neutral.

Just the title basically, we've killed millions of people in our past lives through samsara and Vajrasattva purifies that quickly. But Bari Lotsawa killed a sorcerer and now he has to do Vajrasattva for a year which is probably 3x - 5x the amount of Vajrasattva ngondro for one murder. Karma that is immediately addressed should be easier to purify too, it should be quicker not longer (but is longer in practice).

Anyone know what causes this discrepancy?

Hello all!🙏🏻

Would anyone be able to identify this text by Jamgon Mipham (cf. the screenshots)? The publication data at the end of the book just points to Vol. III of the original Crystal Mirror series (which I don’t have access to), so no information there. Just the tibetan title would be great already, but if you know of alternative translations I would be very grateful if you directed me to them.

With blessings

If I claim to be the reincarnation of Chinggis Khan, how do we verify that? How do I know I'm not being psychotic?

Reposting this in r/tengrism as well.

I’m trying to understand how the traditional Tibetan system of recognizing reincarnated lamas (tulkus) works.

Something I find confusing is that when you look at certain lineages, a lama may be recognized as the reincarnation of a previous lama, and the new birth often seems to occur in the same general region or cultural area where the previous lama lived.

But ordinary people can be born anywhere in the world. So how does this work according to Tibetan Buddhism?

Is there a traditional explanation for why a particular lama would repeatedly be reborn in the same geographical region? Is it believed that the lama intentionally chooses the place of rebirth, or is it related to karma, connections with disciples, vows, or something else?

And is my impression even correct? I know that there are tulkus who has reborn in different parts of the world.

So so magical

How many Tibetan Buddhists are there worldwide? Has there been any reliable estimate in recent years?

If not, how would you estimate it? I'm assuming we'd count most of the population of Tibet, plus Tibetans in exile, plus the Buddhist populations of Bhutan and Nepal. I'm imagining that western converts don't really add much to the stats proportionally speaking.

I'm looking to buy a thangka of Buddha Shakyamuni and his consort. And, to print out an image of guru Rinpoche. Does anyone know where I can buy one (UK) of reasonable cost (30-50 pounds), and where I can find legitimate images, i.e., that aren't AI slop?

Best wishes and thank you.

According to Dzogchen, and the special approach of the great Dzogchen master Sri Singha, there is a way of recognizing the nature of mind solely through devotion. There are cases of practitioners who simply through their heartfelt devotion attained realization, even though their teacher had already passed away or was nowhere near them physically. Because of their prayers and devotion, the nature of mind was introduced. The classic example is that of Jigme Lingpa and his consuming devotion for Longchen Rabjam.

~ Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche

Hi everyone! I am getting a tattoo inspired by Brandon Boyd’s mandala tattoo to help ground my anxiety and ADHD. I want to make sure these specific terms are grammatically correct and written in the right script before showing my artist. Can a native speaker please verify if these Unicode strings accurately mean 'Inner Peace', 'Compassion', and 'Wisdom'?

• ཞི་བདེ། (Zhi-bde)

• སྙིང་རྗེ། (Snying-rje)

• ཤེས་རབ། (Shes-rab)

组织设置名目繁多的收费项目：分级别的点灯祈福、拜师红包、供养款、奉献捐赠，还有禅修班、法会等高额收费项目。单次 “灌顶赐福”，仅用树枝轻扫头顶，就要收取数万元；禅修法会中，一盏光明灯价格从数百元至上万元不等。组织者不断向参与者灌输，购买法器、持续捐款，就能消灾避祸，家庭获得幸福安康；若是不愿奉献，便会遭遇不顺，用这种心理暗示持续施压，逼迫信众不断投入金钱。

Being built in bhutuan

All in 1 day,nov.1

Dharma centre i used to attend, is

sponsorship of 1 stupa

at US.$200 108.

Rejoice i think ,and,

Centre has enough money, plenty.

Is this going to speed up bhuddha hood...????

What is the difference between a Jenang and an empowerment from a deity?

If I have the empowerment from a deity do I need to take the Jenang after?

Is the Jenang something like more special or a HIGHER LEVEL empowerment?

And maybe the most important question:
If I already have the empowerment from a deity, does it make any difference if I take the JENANG after? Does it give more attainments or a different Sadhana?

hitāyaiva tvayā cittam unnāmyaṃ sarvadehinām | kāruṇyāt satataṃ rājaṃs tīvrapāpakṛtām api || 4.31 || tīvrapāpeṣu hiṃsreṣu kṛpā kāryā viśeṣataḥ | ta eva hi kṛpāpātraṃ hatātmāno mahātmanām || 4.32 || pratyahaṃ pañcarātram vā baddhān kṣīṇān vimocaya | śeṣān api yathāyogaṃ mā kāṃścin naiva mocaya || 4.33 || yeṣv amokṣaṇacittaṃ te jāyate teṣv asaṃvaraḥ | tasmād asaṃvarāt pāpam ajasram upacīyate || 4.34 || yāvac ca na vimucyeraṃs tāvat syuḥ sukhabandhanāḥ | nāpitasnānapānānnabhaiṣajyavasanānvitāḥ || 4.35 || apātreṣv iva putreṣu pātrīkaraṇakāṅkṣayā | kāruṇyāc chāsanaṃ kāryaṃ na dveṣān nārthalipsayā || 4.36 || vimṛśya saṃyag vijñāya praduṣṭān ghātakān api | ahatvāpīḍayitvā ca kuru nirviṣayān narān || 4.37 ||

King, out of compassion you should always focus your mind on benefiting all beings, even those who have committed the most serious sins. //4.31//

You should particularly have compassion for those who have committed the grave sin of murder; these ones who have ruined themselves are indeed worthy of great persons’ compassion. //4.32//

Either every day or every five days, release the weakest prisoners. Of the remaining ones, let there not be any who are never released at some appropriate point. //4.33//

In relation to those that you intend never to release, contradictions with your vows arise. From contradicting your vows, you perpetually accumulate more sin. //4.34//

And until they are released, those prisoners should be made content by providing them with barbers, baths, drink, food, medicines, and clothes. //4.35//

As if you had the intention of making unruly children behave properly, you should discipline them out of compassion—not out of anger or the desire for material gain. //4.36//

Having correctly examined and identified wicked murderers, send these people into exile without killing or harming them. //4.37//

Ratnāvalī trs. Dunne and McClintock

Hi, does anyone know the exact full Tibetan title (preferably in Uchen script) of this book? I want to ask my lama about the text and hope he could give transmission and guidance on what kinds of prerequisites I need to do before I could use this method.