Mar 31

Fifty Verses on the Guru • Day Five

Serving the Guru: Making Offerings and Adjusting Our Attitude 31 March 2025 The Importance of the Guru His Holiness began by explaining that we should complete the teachings on the Fifty Verses (Skt: Gurupañcāśikā) this year and begin with a new topic such as the Ocean of Samaya (Tib. དམ་ཚིག་རྒྱ་མཚོ་མཐའ་ཡས་པ།) next year. He then continued... read more →
Mar 17

Fifty Verses on the Guru • Day Four

Verses 11-15: The After-Effects of Disrespecting the Guru’s Persona and Wishes 17 March 2025 The Gyalwang Karmapa opened the teaching session on the Fifty Verses on the Guru (Skt: Gurupañcāśikā) with kind greetings and announced the extension of the ongoing spring teaching season. Then he laid out the outline established by Lord Tsongkhapa... read more →
Mar 16

Fifty Verses on the Guru • Day Three

Following the Guru: Cultivating Devotion and Abandoning Pride 16 March 2025 The Essential Characteristics of a Qualified Guru During the third day of the Spring Teachings, His Holiness the Karmapa pointed out that sometimes there are too many characteristics of a guru taught in the treatises, which can become a... read more →
Mar 14

Fifty Verses on the Guru ● Day Two

Verse 9: Specific Characteristics of the Guru and the Ten Suchnesses 14 March 2025 His Holiness 17th Gyalwang Karmapa began by saying he would resume the teaching from where he had left off the other day. Characteristics of the Guru The characteristics of the gurus, or spiritual friends, are taught... read more →
Mar 12

Fifty Verses on the Guru • Day One

Verse 8: The Characteristics of the Guru to Follow Fifty Verses on the Guru • Day One 12 March 2025 His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, welcomed everyone to the 9th Arya Kshema Spring Teachings and offered his greetings to the teachers, nuns, and everyone else listening online.... read more →
Feb 12
Feb 08

The Gyalwang Karmapa on the Life of Atisha • Session 4

Monlam Pavillion, Bodhgaya, 8 February 2025 How Atisha Spread the True Dharma in Ngari While Atisha was staying in Ngari there was a chaotic religious situation that arose in Tibet. Nonetheless, he disregarded all difficulties in order to bring people into the pure dharma, teaching and giving empowerments. Additionally, he... read more →