January 20, 2009 8:10 am on a rather chilly and windy morning, His Holiness arrived at the Damekh Stupa. Before presiding over the prayer, he took a walk of the outer circle of the Stupa complex. Over there he fed vegetables to Deer. Later, His Holiness sat, wrapped up against... read more →
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January 18, 2009 His Holiness left Bodh Gaya for Saranath in Varanasi (U.P), at afternoon. For a week His Holiness will reside at Kyabje Yongzin Thrangu Rinpoche's monastery Vajra Vidhya Institute in Saranath. Afternoon, all the monks of Vajra Vidhya monastery are preparing with their serbang dresses and rehearsing to... read more →
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January 16, 2009 In the morning at 8:30 am His Holiness consecrated two acres of land, adjacent to Tergar Monastery, which was bought in October 2008 for the new Kagyu Monlam Centre. Half of the land was officered by the Ven. Mingyur Rinpoche. The Centre, designed by Taiwanese engineer, Choekyi... read more →
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January 13th, 14th, 15th, 2009 His Holiness taught on Living the Dharma, this was the first teaching in India directed specifically at Westerners. His Holiness was scheduled to start teaching at 9.00am and 3.00pm, and the final quarter of an hour before each teaching began was designated as “silent meditation”.... read more →
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January 12th, 13th, 14th, 2009 Tsurphu Labrang has organized three days puja for His Holiness coming obstacle year. The prayer was sited under the Bodhi tree where all the monks who attended Kagyu Monlam Chenmo were present. On the first day of the puja Kangyur and Dolma Bumtsar puja was... read more →
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January 11th, 2009 The Last Day of the 26th Kagyu Monlam. His Holiness gave the Sojong Vows and precepts in the morning, the assembly recited the Twenty Branch Monlam. The second session concluded with the annual alms procession. The Alms procession is from the Mahabodhi Stupa to the Deer Park... read more →
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January 10, 2009 Kangyur (the Tibetan name for the Buddhist sutras) procession is one of important ceremony of Monlam. At the head of the procession came the incense bearer and four monks playing gyalin. They were followed by Khenpo Hye-Neung, of Karma Jang Chub Dzong, Korea, Ven. Mingyur Rinpoche, Ven.... read more →
