The North American Kagyu Monlam at York College, Queens, New York -- June 7, 2018 On this second day of the Monlam, as on the first, the Karmapa was led into the shrine by two nuns playing the jaling (oboe-like horns). This was quite remarkable, as outside the context of... read more →
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York College, Queens, New York -- June 7, 2018 Today, the third day of the Monlam, the Karmapa continued his teaching with the reminder, “We are looking at the text of Je Tsongkhapa known as the Three Principles of the Path. Its subject is common to all four traditions of... read more →
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York College, Queens, New York -- June 6, 2018 The white peaks of the huge tent for the Monlam shone bright among the surrounding buildings in Queens like stylized mountains from another world. And indeed, inside the structure, which filled the playing field of York College, the space had been... read more →
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Riverside Church Theater New York, New York -- June 1, 2018 In front of the stage, draped in curtains of red, blue, and white, the theater’s hall was filled with tables for eight, accommodating over 220 guests. For the last three days, they have attended the Karmapa’s teachings on the... read more →
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Riverside Church, New York, New York -- May 31, 2018 The Vajrasattva empowerment begin in the middle of Thursday afternoon as His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa emerged from the rear of the church to an evocative chorus of melodic Karmapa Khyenno chanting. On the left just below the altar,... read more →
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Riverside Church, New York, New York // May 30, 2018 After the lunch break on Wednesday, the Gyalwang Karmapa summarized the morning’s teaching. “Today we looked at the cultivation of absolute bodhichitta and began the third section of the main body of the text concerning how to cultivate the various... read more →
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The Riverside Church, New York, New York -- May 30, 2018 His Holiness began today’s teachings in noting that yesterday he had finished an explanation of relative bodhichitta and today he would present the corresponding absolute bodhichitta. “The main difference between relative and absolute bodhichitta,” he began, “is in the... read more →
