20th December, 2014 - Monlam Pavilion, Bodhgaya The stage at the Monlam pavilion is set with exquisite attention to detail for the Muni Trisamaya Vyuhaempowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni. A gold leaf pagoda with wind chimes hanging in each corner, and golden auspicious symbols embossed on green panels, contains the mandala of... read more →
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18 December, 2014 Bodhgaya The arrival of His Holiness the Sakya Trizin at Tergar monastery on December 18th, 2014 marked an historic re-connection between the Karmapa lineage and the Sakya Trizin. Previously the 16th Karmapa, Rigpe Dorje, nurtured the young Sakya heir when he first came to India, for which... read more →
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14 December, 2014 - Tergar Monastery During the winter debates, His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa made a special time to announce the creation of a new software program for a searchable version of the Jang Kangyur (the words of the Buddha). Adarsha means mirror and the program is so named... read more →
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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 →
