24 January 2014 Tergar Monastery After two-and-a-half weeks of daily teachings from the Gyalwang Karmapa, intensive debate training for the participating nuns, and a variety of other dharma activities, the Second Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering successfully concluded. “We’ve had a long string of dharma activities here in Bodhgaya,” the... read more →
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January 24, 2015
Tergar Monastery For the final event of the Second Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering, the Tergar shrine hall has been set up with tables for the defenders, set across the center aisle in front of the Karmapa's throne, and with a microphone for the challengers who will... read more →
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21 January 2015, Tergar Monastery Bodhgaya. A crescendo of anticipation has built up to this most special day when Bokar Rinpoche's reincarnation (yangsi) will be presented to the world. The day before, the Gyalwang Karmapa had announced: Tomorrow is the first day of twelfth Tibetan month so we’ll recite the... read more →
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19 January, 2014 During the Second Arya Kshema Winter Gathering, instead of attending the teachings and debates, a group of 28 nuns have been following a special programme. Drawn from seven nunneries–Ralang and Tilokpur in India, Karma Leksheyling, Tara Abbey, Osel Karma Thekchöling and Samten Ling in Nepal and Drubde... read more →
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21 January 2015 To give a brief explanation of the search for and identification of the reincarnation of the glorious guru, Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche: When the supreme guide and master Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche passed to nirvana, enthroning his supreme nirmanakaya reincarnation became a responsibility that none of the branches of... read more →
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January 18, 2015 -Tergar Monastery, Bodhgaya At the end of the teachings this morning, the Gyalwang Karmapa announced that in the evening, there would be a special ceremony for the deceased. After he left the shrine hall, the ordained sangha wrapped themselves up in their warm, woolen zens and the... read more →
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15 January 2015 Tergar Monastery In one of the key rituals of the Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering, and a particularly rare and precious opportunity for those gathered, the Gyalwang Karmapa led an extended day-long Chöd puja. “There are both masculine and feminine Chöd practices,” he said in the lead... read more →
