4 February, 2016 -Monlam Pavillion, Bodhgaya The Tibetan Year of the Wood Sheep is drawing to a close. In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, an extensive protector ritual–the Gutor Chenmo– is usually offered in the final week of the Tibetan year in order to clear away all obstacles before the new... read more →
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Renewing Hope for Many, the Gyalwang Karmapa Concludes the Third Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering
February 3rd 2016- Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India The Third Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering was brought to a close. The nuns began by chanting the opening prayers in Sanskrit, the sacred language of ancient India. Behind His Holiness the Karmapa was a thangka of a standing Avalokiteshvara, holding... read more →
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February 1, 2016-Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India On this last day of teachings on Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberation, the Gyalwang Karmapa completed the reading transmission for the section of Preparation, which included rejoicing, requesting the buddhas to turn the wheel of Dharma, supplicating them not to pass into... read more →
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February 2, 2016-Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India Following the final day of teachings at the Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering, the Gyalwang Karmapa presided over a full-day Chö puja with all the participating nuns. The text that was chanted is called Chö: A String of Jewels and was composed... read more →
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January 31, 2016-Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India During the 18th day of teaching at the Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering, the Gyalwang Karmapa taught on the practice of purifying misdeeds, based on The Ornament of Precious Liberation by Gampopa. In particular, the Karmapa focused today on developing the confidence... read more →
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January 30th, 2016 –Tergar Monastery, Bodhgaya, Bihar, India The Sutra Teaching the Four Qualities speaks of the Four Powers in the following way: Maitreya! If bodhisattva mahasattvas have found these four things they will overcome evils that have been committed and established. What are these four? They are (1) the... read more →
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January 29, 2016-Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India [This report has two sections: a briefer account of the morning’s teachings followed by a lightly edited transcript.] After three days of Karma Pakshi and Tseringma practice, the Gyalwang Karmapa recommenced his teachings on the Ornament of Precious Liberation. He began with... read more →