11 December, 2014 Tergar Monastery, Bodhgaya The Gyalwang Karmapa completed the transmission of the chapter on Vast and Profound Light: Instructions on the Two Types of Bodhichitta According to the Founders of the Two Traditions by reading Mikyo Dorje’s post meditation instructions. First come instructions on taking adversity into the... read more →
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9 December, 2014, Tergar Monastery, Bodhgaya During the teaching today, the Gyalwang Karmapa gave the monks the oral transmission and practice instructions for the 8th Karmapa Mikyö Dorje’s Four Session Guru Yoga, the practice recited over loudspeakers across the Garchen last thing each evening at 10.00pm. First, however, His Holiness... read more →
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7- 8, December, 2014 The Gyalwang Karmapa began as usual with the command: Please arouse Bodhichitta and listen to the teaching. Having covered the common preliminary meditations which form the basis for all further Dharma practice in previous sessions, on Sunday [Day 7] the section on the actual practice of... read more →
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6 December, 2014, Tergar Monastery, Bodhgaya The theme of karma cause and effect begun yesterday continued. The first meditation concerned all aspects of karma cause and effect combined. The meditation begins with a reflection on how, lifetime after lifetime, we have clung to our bodies, our possessions, our families and... read more →
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3 December, 2014, Tergar Monastery, Bodhgaya Hundreds of monks and laypeople packed into the shrine room to listen to the Gyalwang Karmapa continue his transmission of the chapter on Vast and Profound Light: Instructions on the Two Types of Bodhichitta According to the Founders of the Two Traditions . As... read more →
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2 December, 2014, Tergar Monastery, Bodhgaya Gyalwang Karmapa continued the section in the text on the theme of death and impermanence, the second contemplation of the four common preliminaries. Today’s transmission began with a powerful evocation of the moment of death. Death is inevitable and cannot be escaped, however wealthy... read more →
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3 December, 2014 In commemoration of World Disability Day 2014, 30 children with learning disabilities were invited to Tergar Monastery for a special audience with the Gyalwang Karmapa. All are students at a newly-established unit on the campus of the local Bodhi Tree School. On the very day that the... read more →
