After welcoming everyone, the Gyalwang Karmapa continued reading from the text of Geshe Potowa: In my opinion, we must flee the suffering of samsara—the very thing we are seeking to eliminate—and gather incalculable accumulations to achieve the result, perfect buddhahood. We should practice whatever is said to have the greatest... read more →
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14 February, 2017 - All India Bikkhu Sangha and Shakya Muni College, Bodhgaya On the second day of the 34th Kagyu Monlam, the Gyalwang Karmapa blessed the opening of the Akong Tulku Memorial Soup Kitchen, which this year will operate for five days from the 14th to 18th of February.... read more →
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14 February, 2017 - Sujata Vihar, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, The essence of the mahayana teachings is bodhichitta, the wish to attain full awakening so we have the capacity to truly benefit others. From the very beginning of entering the path, the focus is on others: there is not only the... read more →
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The second session of the teaching began with the text: Thus there are few who have turned their minds away from this life. Many say they are bodhisattvas, but I wonder whether they are really focused on this life. I think about what I would do if I were to... read more →
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13 February 2017 – Monlam Pavillion, Bodhgaya The second session on the first day of the 34th Kagyu Mönlam started with the Mandala Offering with 37 Features, for which a long line of lay practitioners formed up, their white clothing, accented by the five-coloured silks of the offerings they were... read more →
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13 February 2017 - Monlam Pavillion, Bodhgaya Thriving Aspirations for the World come from a Peaceful Mind Just before the break of dawn, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa led the assembly of many thousands into the seven days of virtue and pure aspirations of the 34th Kagyu Monlam. With a... read more →
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Monlam Pavillion, Bodhgaya — 11 February 2017 In the afternoon lecture on The Four-Session Guru Yoga, the Gyalwang Karmapa gave nuanced instructions to the assembly on visualisations essential for this profound sadhana practice. In a truly gracious manner, His Holiness extended the session until late in the afternoon in order to... read more →