8th Feb –Vajra Vidhya Institute, Sarnath. Sarnath, Feburary 8: The Gyalwang Karmapa was accorded a grand reception today upon his arrival in Sarnath. Vajra Vidhya monks with their Serbangs, Professor Geshe Ngawang Samten the Vice Chancellor and the students of Central University for Tibetan Studies and international devotees lined up... read more →
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4th Feb –Gyuto Monastery, Dharamsala. DHARAMSHALA, February 4: The Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala offered a long life prayer ceremony (Tenshug) to Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Monday. The tenshug offering was held at the Gyuto monastery near the exile Tibetan headquarters. The... read more →
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9th Jan – Bodhgaya. Guru Rinpoche comes to the dance On the eighth day after the close of the Kagyu Monlam, the Karmapa was welcomed to Druk Ngawang Thubten Chokling, the monastery of the Shabdrung of Bhutan. A jubilant crowd lined both sides of the road into the monastery courtyard... read more →
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6th Jan – Bodhgaya. When teaching on compassion, the Gyalwang Karmapa has continuously emphasised that feeling compassion towards other sentient beings was not enough. Our compassion has to be turned into action. As temperatures dipped to freezing point and below across North India, the Gyalwang Karmapa bought and distributed over... read more →
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3rd Jan – Bodhgaya. Although the 30th Monlam has ended, the Gyalwang Karmapa is continuing his activities in Bodhgaya. On the morning of January 3, 2013, he gave an impromptu teaching on the nature of mind to a large group of international students gathered at the Root Institute for Wisdom... read more →
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31st December – Bodhgaya. The correct way to practise the Buddhadharma Gyalwang Karmapa arrived in procession. He prostrated three times and then took his seat on a low throne, an adaptation of an armchair design, surrounded by his lamas, with Gyaltsab Rinpoche on his right and Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche on... read more →
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30th December – Bodhgaya. As part of the commemoration of the Jamgon Kongtrul lineage celebration, the Gyalwang Karmapa has reproduced 300 copies of a rare text, the Nag-gyal-phag-sum, and offered it to practitioners who have completed a three year retreat, others residing in retreat centres, and leading rinpoches and lamas.... read more →