28 December 2014 – 5 January, 2015 This year the Sujata Vihar, a spacious white building with soft orange stripes highlighting its architectural features, is the site of the medical camp in Bodhgaya, which is sponsored by the Karmapa's Kagyupa International Monlam Trust. The camp was structured in three phases:... read more →
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28 December, 2014 – 5 January, 2015 - All India Bhikku Centre When arriving in Bodhgaya for the Kagyu Monlam, it is impossible not to be moved by the difficult life circumstances of the local people. This is particularly so for those of us who come from countries where health... read more →
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Day 1: If You Are Attached to this Life, You Are Not a Dharma Practitioner 29 December, 2014 Monlam Pavilion, Bodhgaya In 2012 when the Fourth Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche was only seventeen, he taught for the first time at the Kagyu Monlam in public. His teaching was from the foremost... read more →
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29 December 2014 Monlam Pavilion, Bodhgaya, The Sutra in Three Sections During the first session His Holiness gave a short teaching on this prayer, before it was recited as part of the thirteenth section–Confession of Wrongdoing–of the Twenty Branch Monlam. This prayer is used particularly for confession and purification following transgressions... read more →
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The Gift of Pure Intention: Gyalwang Karmapa Thanks the Guru Sevakas As the Monlam expands into a major festival, the infrastructure grows with it. This year there are twelve thousand people attending from fifty countries. Currently four hundred volunteers are divided into twenty teams to provide the infrastructure: cleaning, serving... read more →
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29 December, 2014-12-30 Monlam Pavilion Clusters of people were already making their way through the security check, when His Holiness arrived at the Monlam Pavilion for the first session of the 32nd Monlam at just turned 5.00am. A new concrete road, laid specially for the International Buddhist Conclave, held at... read more →
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Vows in a New Light Day 1 Session 1 26 December, 2014 Monlam Pavilion In his Foreword to the new translation of The Torch of True Meaning, the Karmapa writes: Many people, when they hear of the highest stages of Dharma study and practice, such as "emptiness" or "mahamudra" want to... read more →
