21st August -Dharamsala His Holiness will be on a religious tour where he will give Tara empowerment and religious discourse to the Tibetan Settlement in Sahastradhara - Dehradhun, from 31st August to 2nd September. There will be a ritual dance of the Milarepa's heart-son and 52nd anniversary of Tibetan Democracy... read more →
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Aug
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8th August - Dharamsala On the day of commemorating his first year in office as the elected head of the Tibetan people, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay and his cabinet colleagues had an official ceremony. His Holiness Karmapa was requested to be the chief guest of the ceremony that was... read more →
Jun
09
5th - 9th June -Norbulingka Institute, Dharamsala Day Two Day Two began with a science tutorial by Dekila Chungyalpa, the conference facilitator, for the gathered monks and nuns on different biological cycles such as the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle, and the water cycle. In such a complex system, the... read more →
Jun
05
5th - 9th June -Norbulingka Institute, Dharamsala First Hand Account Given the focus of this year's conference, it seemed appropriate that, as the delegates gathered in the grounds of the Norbulingka Institute to await the arrival of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, the temperature was climbing steadily to 42... read more →
Jun
05
5th June - Dharamsala, Norbulingkha Celebrating World Environment Day, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa and the Honorable Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament launched the 4th Khoryug Conference on Environmental Protection for Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries. The five-day conference will focus on biodiversity, climate change, and natural disaster preparedness, and is attended... read more →
May
27
27th May - Dharamsala, Gaggal airport. The Gyalwang Karmapa received His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Gaggal airport today, the Dalai Lama returned to his home in exile after receiving the Templeton prize, the largest annual monetary award given to an individual, for his work in encouraging scientific research and... read more →
May
21
21 May,2012 - Dharamsala The Gyalwang Karmapa held a special audience with more than 200 students, staff and Western volunteers, from the nearby Spiti Hostel, a boarding facility providing accommodation for young men and women from the Himalayan regions of Lahaul-Spiti in Himachal Pradesh and Zanskar in Jammu-Kashmir. In the... read more →