Spirit Grooves

Here are the the eight-four mahasiddans pronounced clearly by Lam Karma from KTD, Karma Triyana Dharmachakra. These are the Tibetan-style pronounciation and are meant to go along with the free illustrate pecha (sadhana) which are available here:

http://spiritgrooves.net/pdf/e-books/Mahasiddhas%20Practice.pdf

Direct download: 84_Mahaiddhas_MP3.mp3
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Here are the names of the Kagyu lineage masters (the Golden Garland) as recited by Lama Karma from KTD Monastery in upstate New York.

Direct download: Golden_Lineage_Masters.mp3
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84 Mahasiddhas Practice

This is a little pecha-format .PDF file that can be looked at either on your computer or… what I did…

Was to take it to Staples and had them print it out in color, back to back. What you want is:

Copy 1 to 2 (back to back)

Legal Size 60lb paper (have to reduce from 11x17 pehaps)

Each legal-size sheet has two pages of pecha. The top page of each, fits the bottom page of the next two, and so on.

It makes a lovely pecha, but note: I don’t own or have rights to the images, so these should only be used by those who went to the empowerment or in our close community of retreatants and advanced students. “Advanced” here means they won’t distribute it to anyone else without a good reason.

Drawings based on the Abhayadatta System, by Jonang Taranata (1575-1635), murals in the Ganden Puntsogling Monastery in Tibet.

 

Direct download: Mahasiddhas_Practice.pdf
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This is a brief history (in pictures) of the lineage of the Mahamudra tradition for students of the Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche at KTD (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) monastery. It can be useful for those doing Guru Yoga. 

 

This is a version that is designed to be printed out in rectangular pecha format -- Two sided. There are six sections, each with two pages. To print correctly, the first two images are printed as shown, straight up. The 3rd and 4th have to be printed upside down on the back of the first two pages.

The next two pages (5th and 6th) are printed as shown (straight up), and the 7th and 8th are printed upside-down on the back side of pages 5 & 6.

 

Then, pages 9 & 10 are printed as shown, with the final two pages 11 and 12 printed upside-down on the back of pages 9 + 10.

If you study the flow of the lineage, you will see how this is put together. Take it two your local Staples and they can do it.  

Direct download: Lineage_Corrected__Copier_V3.pdf
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This is a brief history (in pictures) of the lineage of the Mahamudra tradition for students of the Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche at KTD (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra) monastery. It can be useful for those doing Guru Yoga. 

Direct download: Lineage_NON-PRINTING_SCREEN.pdf
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http://www.visuals.co.uk/visualsblog/prores-raw-alister-chapman/

 

These are the slides that go with this seminal webinar on ProRes RAW by Alister Chapman.

Direct download: Chapman_ProRes.pdf
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This is a brief history of some of my work, created asa kind of resume in 2008. Just want it on record.

Direct download: MichaelResume.pdf
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UAC Program

Direct download: 18UAC_Program_C12.pdf
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This prayer is called “The Verses of the Eight Auspicious Ones” is commonly known as the “Tashi Prayer.” It is a bit long and frequently recited before undertaking any task or trip. It has a lot of hard-to-pronounce names in it that are part of the lineage, so it’s a bit of tough sledding until you get to know it. Some of you might like to have it, so here it is in a printing version (2-sided).

Direct download: Eight_Auspicious_Ones_PRINTER.pdf
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This prayer is called “The Verses of the Eight Auspicious Ones” is commonly known as the “Tashi Prayer.” It is a bit long and frequently recited before undertaking any task or trip. It has a lot of hard-to-pronounce names in it that are part of the lineage, so it’s a bit of tough sledding until you get to know it. Some of you might like to have it. This is the Laptop Version

Direct download: Eight_Auspicious_Ones_LAPTOP.pdf
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This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is 2-sided, printable, and in rectangular pecha format.

Direct download: The_Four_THoughts_PRINT.pdf
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This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is 2-sided, in rectangular pecha format forlaptop use.

Direct download: The_Four_THoughts_Laptop.pdf
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This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is 2-sided, printable, and in rectangular pecha format.

Direct download: Refuge_and_Bodhicitta_PRINT.pdf
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This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is in rectangular pecha format for laptops.

Direct download: Refuge_and_Bodhicitta_LAPTOP.pdf
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This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is 2-sided, printable, and in rectangular pecha format.

Direct download: Four_Immeasurables_PRINT.pdf
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This is a common prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is  in rectangular pecha format for use on laptops.

Direct download: Four_Immeasurables_LAPTOP.pdf
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This is a common dedication prayer as used by the Karma Kagyu Lineage. This version is 2-sided, printable, and in rectangular pecha format.

Direct download: Dedication_of_Merit_PRINT.pdf
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This is a dedication prayer in both English and Tibetan-Transliteration that is common in the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism THe prayer is in pecha format.

Direct download: Dedication_of_Merit_LAPTOP.pdf
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Here is the Mahamudra Lineage Prayer in PDF format for laptop use, i.e. for viewing on a laptop page by page.

The translation comes from several sources and is pieced together to give (IMO) the best meaning.

Direct download: Lineage_Prayer_LAPTOP.pdf
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Here are several prayers used in the Karma Kagyu Lineage daily. This is a PDF that will print on any 8.5x11 paper, but it prints double-sided, so if your printer will not do double-sided, take it to Staples and they can do it for you.

 

INCLUDES:

The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind to the DHarma

The Four Immeasurables 

Refuge and Bodhicitta

Direct download: Four_Thoughts_and_More_FIN.pdf
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Here is the Mahamudra Lineage Prayer in PDF format that will print out on any 8.5x11 Paper in Tibetan pecha format. This IS double-sided, so if your printer does not do double-sided, take it to Staples and they will do this. 

The translation comes from several sources and is pieced together to give (IMO) the best meaning.

Direct download: Lineage_Prayer_PRINT_V.pdf
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Schneider Digitar Lenses

Direct download: DigitarSchneider_Lenses.pdf
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Nikon Close-up Equipment Brochure

Direct download: Nikon_close-up_equipment.pdf
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NIkon Brochure for Large Format Lenses

Direct download: Nikkor_LargeFormatLenses.pdf
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B&H Brochure on Large Format Lenses

Direct download: B-H_Large_Format_Lenses.pdf
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Nikon Brochure for APO El Nikkor Lenses

Direct download: Apo-EL-Nikkor_1.pdf
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Schneider Brochure on the Mcro Varon Lenses

Direct download: en-Schneider-Kreuznach-Macro-Varon-precision-lenses-OSKR6-201311.pdf
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Nikon's brochure on their APO El Nikkor Lenses, some of the finest highly corrected lenses for close-up and enlargers.

Direct download: Apo-EL-Nikkor_2.pdf
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This is a visual tour of the Heart Center Studio, built and designed by Michael Erlewine. 

Direct download: Heart_Center_Studio-2_PDF.pdf
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Here is one of the Nikon brochures for their industrial scanning lenses, called "Printing Nikkors."

Direct download: Printing-Nikkor.pdf
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This is a brief, illustrated by graphs article on the Nikon lenses know best as the Printing Nikkors. They were originally used to scan and copy color films and movies in the highest definition. The major five Printing Nikkors are discussed along with graphs as to how they result.

Direct download: The_Printing_Nikkors_Compared.pdf
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The dharma and astrology blogs of Michael Erlewine for 2018, Winter, 163 Pages, 63 articles.

Direct download: Blogs_2018_Winter_Part-1.pdf
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Travelling to Samye Monastery, Tibets oldest monastery and climpling the Chim-Puk, the Guru Rinpoche cave.

Direct download: Samye_Monastery_and_Chim-Puk.pdf
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The story of our climb to Crystal Cave (SHel-Drak) in Tibet in 1997, said to be the first meditation cave for Guru Rinpoche.

Direct download: Guru_Rinpoche_Cave.pdf
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