About the site and creator

The site has been voluntarily created by a sole author-translator-scholar, Adele Tomlin, founder of the Dharma research and translations website, Dakini Translations. It is based on years of original research and translations on the Karmapas and Karma Kagyu.

Adele’s personal website, biography, publications, talks and interviews can be found at Adeletomlin.com.

An original online resource to explore the collected works, critical writings, translations, and transcripts/teachings of the various Karmapa incarnations, a crucial and important element of Vajrayana lineage, doctrinal development, and the evolution of Tibetan Buddhist thought.

Adele Tomlin with Vajravarahi (Dorje Phagmo) thangka artwork gifted spontaneously to her by the female tulku Dorje Phagmo Rinpoche, in Bhutan (November 2025). Dorje Phagmo was one of the main yidam deity practices of First Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa handed down from Naropa to Milarepa.
Adele Tomlin at the Karmapa (Tergar) Monastery, with statue of 16th Karmapa and photo of 17th Karmapa, Bodh Gaya, India, 2023.