January 06, 2009 The relationship between Marpa and Milarepa was unlike an ordinary lama-student relationship. Some lamas threatened their students that if they didn’t follow through instructions they would be... read more →
Aspiration: A drop of water which falls into a great ocean will neither be exhausted nor cease to exist until the end of the universe. Likewise, a virtuous root dedicated... read more →
His Holiness Karmapa gave a short commentary: The Lord Buddha said that two things were essential: study and practice. Gampopa advised people to study first. The Kagyu is known as... read more →
Saturday January 04, 2009 His Holiness dedicated the first day of Kagyu Monlam Puja to the victims of recent Mumbai attack. 26th Kagyu Monlam Chenmo began with a quiet thick,... read more →
This is the link where the chinese teaching is live webcasting: http://www.karmapa-video.blogspot.com/
Thursday January 2, 2009 On the last morning of the teachings Gyalwang Karmapa conferred the Bodhisattva Vow and spoke about developing bodhichitta. He began by detailing the necessary conditions when... read more →
Thursday 1st January 2009 His Holiness made a surprise visit to the Mahabodhi Stupa as guest-of-honour at an inter-faith prayer meeting, under the bodhi tree, where a small crowd was... read more →