Dive into the "DAKINI JOURNEY"

I woke up with Vajrayogini's mantra echoing in my head and my room glowing with a deep orange light despite the closed blinds. I got out of bed to see a beautiful autumn sunrise, both warm and cold at once. Even in the few moments it took to open the blinds and take pictures, the sunrise shifted, g

Last night I found myself holding up a square of extra creamy milk chocolate. I offered it to Vajrayogini and then the blissful thought arose! Ah! How fun is this! Tasting the chocolate of the divine essence of Dakini~*

Still basking in the luminous space of last weekend's Vajrayogini Empowerment, the commentary and teaching of Vajrayogini's Stages of the Path from our beloved teacher Khandro-la will start this weekend in the DAKINI PATH! We bring that precious and perfect space within us to be once again filled w

Today was the last gathering for this Dakini Journey and it was so uplifting! We shared our experiences and the creative projects inspired by them. I was astonished and deeply moved by each of our different experiences and expressions in poems, as story telling from the opera to japanese tea ceremon

Have you registered for this opportunity yet? An opportunity to receive this Vajrayogini Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerment is rare indeed, especially in this degenerated time. This will be the most important milestone for Dakini’s Whisper which will dive deep into DAKINI Cho and DAKINI Path this ye

In less than one hour, we begin our five-day retreat with Khandro-la to enter further into the stream of the Dakini Ear-Whispered Lineage of Cho! We who are participating throughout the five days know that we are blessed in so many ways to be able to continue on as part of this lineage's path. Trul

"When we meet Dakini in a dream or a vision, especially during intense retreats and practice as many ancient masters did or in mediation during our sadhana practice, this is called INNER DAKINI, the visionary Dakini, according to the four-classification system. We can say inner Dakini is a gift of t

"Let go of the struggle of unpreferred suffering! Rest in whatever arises knowing it is primordial wisdom in disguise! The charnel ground is a practice site for tantric practitioners to transform and realize emptiness. Dakini is a midwife living there who assists in this transformation but not in a

Padma Dakini is reigning high in the skies as today is the longest day of the year! Today is the first official day of summer, though Padma Dakini has been showing us her force in the warmth that brings about Vajra Dakini in the humidity, the green leaves and new life blossoming of Ratna Dakini, the

"Dakini warns us, "We must be very clear about what we are awakening into!" What I am presenting here is based on Lama Tsongkhapa's explanation. In that context, we awaken into the clear light mind with a full understanding of emptiness. That is what we need to come to in the end. This is the subtl

"Dakini declares, "The more emptiness, the more bliss! The more bliss, the more emptiness! It's like a snowball effect!" We know that bliss is a state that focuses the mind, sharpens our felt and sensory perceptions, and brings clarity and lucidity. As we bring our mind to that bliss level of alert

As the crickets sang last night alongside the bullfrogs in my pond outside, I heard their melody as Ratna Dakini's "RI". It was one of the last things I recall before falling asleep - a lullaby of sorts from the mundane slipping into the supermundane! It reminded me of a part in Khandro-la's new bo

Well after mixing up time and missing the 1st sharing meeting I thought to share this way instead of my very visceral experiences this week of entering Ratna Dakini in the form of cave visits in Northern Spain and Vajra Dakini making her presence loud and clear as the shaper of the earth and the end

This is about "How Was "DAKINI JOURNEY" Born?," an excerpt from the interview with Khandro-la about her new book "Dakini Journey - In the Contemporary World - The Heart of Chö - Volume Two."

WISDOM DAKINI: student & teacher commentary (page 221-222) [student:] I've heard that Dakinis are the protectors of our mind. When I think about this in the context of Dakini being our own mind, I realize we have the capacity to protect our own minds: protection isn't something that comes from the

I have been thinking and feeling a lot around the river of blessings lately and making some artworks with the idea. Connecting drops of water 💧and drops of golden nectar. Yesterday sitting in a prayer room watching a 'fake' butter lamp flame I saw the drop become the flame 🔥. It was a lovely real

Today as we set out on the new DAKINI PATH - An Integrative Pilgrimage to VAJRAYOGINI in the Contemporary World - I glanced down at my table to see the refraction of light through my glass of water. I thought ohhh could this be an expression of the Vajrayogini's subtle body? I took a photo and had a

There are no non-auspicious days here within our community and though things have been a bit quiet of late, those meditative days have lead us to this weekend where we will be meeting the face of Vajrayogini. HOW AUSPICIOUS! This weekend also brings the Fall Equinox to the northern hemisphere and w

During Dakini practice the other day, I thought I would take a closer 'look' at the garland of 50 freshly severed heads that I was visulizing dangling from my neck. Freshly severed - dripping blood and lymph... Fresh - no decay writhing with discursive emotions the heads, hair tangled together in a

The stages of the path - specifically Vajrayogini's path, drop us into all kinds of experiences to vault over or push through or even, if we choose, to completely ignore. If we choose to take these experiences on, through applying our practice we come to realize not every hinderance is a hard, negat

"The Dakini boldly, sternly claims, "Without including the body, tantric practice is a waste of time!" Dakini [also] firmly adds, "The body is exactly the reason why tantric practice doesn't work!" The body is what makes tantra work. It is a vessel, a vehicle for awakening that is central to the ta

Yesterday, a few of us students shared the last of the Kechara Journey Monthly Retreat with our teacher, Khandro-la. Next month, we will present what we have learned over the last two years in this retreat to the group and though bitter sweet, THE JOURNEY IS NOT OVER! Starting in September, we will

Fierceness will show up in our lives at times and in spaces we never thought possible until Dakini leads us there - that love and compassion and support is always fierce because it is intrinsically her .. even if it doesn't roar loudly. Being able to show up for ourselves and others with soft feroci

"So those three things Dakini asks us to have, and she protects us from getting sidetracked from those basic ingredients on our DAKINI JOURNEY. The point of this teaching is not to develop superstitious ideas about Dakini but to develop our ability to attune ourselves to this consistent source of bl

This is about "Why Did You Choose To Teach Dakini? - Interview Series" an excerpt from the interview with Khandro-la about her new book "Dakini Journey - In the Contemporary World - The Heart of Chö - Volume Two."

"I AM WILD AND UNTAMED!" Dakini is wild in nature in the sense that she is beyond the ordinary way of being and looking at things. Dakini is wary of and lets go of social and cultural conditioning., perhaps even actively fighting against it. She releases judgment and projection about conventionally

This is about "Why Five Elemental Dakini Practice? - Interview Series" an excerpt from the interview with Khandro-la about her new book "Dakini Journey - In the Contemporary World - The Heart of Chö - Volume Two."

Yesterday we celebrated the publication of Khandro-la's new book! As one of the key student editors, she asked me to share about my experience of working with her on this book. She said something like…..”you can speak of your horror and your joy, perhaps!” I chuckled to myself thinking, how does she

This is an excerpt from the interview about my new book "Dakini Journey - In the Contemporary World - The Heart of Chö - Volume Two."

“Dakini cuts through the obscurations and confusions that habitually hook us and direct our energies; she introduces us to a fresh way of looking at reality and self; she sees our pure and enlightened nature and directs us to see our inner wakefulness, again and again; and, it is through our practic