11 February 2017 - Monlam Pavillion, Bodhgaya, Displaying creative and informed scholarship of history, the Karmapa divided his morning talk among four main topics that clarified key features of his incarnation lineage: the history of the Karma Kamtsang, including the concept of the four earlier and the eight later lineages;... read more →
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10 February 2017 - Monlam Pavilion, Bodhgaya The Karmapa began the afternoon session by reading from the remaining text of the Guru Yoga section of the Torch of True Meaning: “There are four factors for devotion to become the path….if you see the guru as having faults, the impurity of your... read more →
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10 February, 2017 – Monlam Pavilion, Bodhgaya A year after the launch of the ADARSHA website, which lets you read and conduct searches of ancient Tibetan documents in a digital format, the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje has announced the launch of a second website: DHARMA EBOOKS. Both websites are... read more →
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10 February 2017 - Monlam Pavilion, Bodhgaya The Gyalwang Karmapa began teaching where he had left off in Session Two, by reading the section on the words from the Mukhagama of Manjushri, found in The Torch of True Meaning, and then reflected on the idea of the root guru based on this... read more →
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February 09, 2017 - Monlam Pavilion, Bodh Gaya, India A Summary The Karmapa emphasized the importance of sustaining our commitments once we have received an empowerment and nurturing through practice the seeds it has planted. He also pointed out how we really do not know what the Buddha looked like... read more →
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February 9, 2017 – Monlam Pavilion, Bodh Gaya, India This year sees the conclusion of a five-part teaching begun by the Karmapa on 31st December 2012, the year in which the Kagyu Monlam commemorated the Jamgon Kongtrul lineage, and hence the choice of this text by the First Jamgön Kongtrul... read more →
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February 6, 2017 – Monlam Pavilion, Bodh Gaya, India On this remarkable day, after two days of initial rituals, the followers of Gyalwang Karmapa had, for the first time, been given the opportunity to receive the grand empowerment of Chakrasamvara from the head of the Kagyu lineage. His Holiness introduced... read more →