December 20, 2010 - Bodhgaya EARLY MORNING AUDIENCES AT TERGAR MONASTERY As thousands of Kagyu Monlam attendees received sojong vows under the Bodhi tree at the crack of dawn, several hundred others were lining up at Tergar Monastery for group audiences with His Holiness. In response to an exceptionally large... read more →
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December 19, 2010 - Bodhgaya SESSION ONE: SOJONG Kyabje Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche gave the Sojong vows this morning. Kyabje Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Dolrob Tenga Rinpoche, Khenchen Yongzin Thrangu Rinpoche and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche were also there to preside over the first session. SESSION TWO: TEACHING BY THE GYALWANG KARMAPA The... read more →
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December 18, 2010 - Bodhgaya SESSION ONE: SOJONG Kyabje Goshir Gyaltsap Rinpoche gave the sojong vows. Those in attendance were Kyabje Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Khenchen Yongzin Thrangu Rinpoche, Dorlob Tenga Rinpoche, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Bagyö Rinpoche and many younger Rinpoches. SESSION TWO: TEACHING BY THE GYALWANG KARMAPA The King of... read more →
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December 17, 2010 - Bodhgaya SESSION ONE: SOJONG Today, before dawn, on the third morning of the 28th Kagyu Monlam, the whole assembly of monks and nuns gathered under the bodhi tree, which was lit up by a few overhead lights. All ordained Sangha were wearing their maroon dagams [heavy... read more →
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December 17, 2010 - Bodhgaya As usual, the medical facility this year is set up at the Nyingma Monastery, the residence for many of the monks and also a site that is accessible to the local population. Halfway across a broad courtyard, surrounded in all sides by double stories of... read more →
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December 16, 2010 - Bodhgaya SESSION ONE: SOJONG Kyabje Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche gave the Sojong vows this morning. Dorlob Tenga Rinpoche, Khenchen Yongzin Thrangu Rinpoche and Yonge Mingyur Rinpoche were also there to preside over the first session. SESSION TWO: TEACHING BY THE GYALWANG KARMAPA The King of Aspirations: The... read more →
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December 15, 2010 - Bodhgaya SESSION ONE: SOJONG On the very first morning of the 28th Kagyu Monlam before dawn, after the Sangha of Rinpoches, Khenpos, Lamas, monks, nuns and lay devotees were seated, proceeded by a procession of monks and the sound of blaring trumpets, His Holiness arrived and... read more →
