The teaching on “Teachings of Kagyu Masters” will last for three days!

December 30, 2008, report by Jo Gibson, photos taken by Karma Lekcho, Karma Norbu

More than one thousand two hundred people have registered for the Gyalwang Karmapa’s teachings which begin tomorrow.

The teaching on “Teachings of Kagyu Masters” will last for three days from 31st December 2008 until 2nd January 2009, has been sponsored by the Taiwanese Hwa-Yue Foundation, and will be the third in a series by His Holiness entitled “Lineage Practice Teachings”. In a meeting yesterday afternoon, the Gyalwang Karmapa conferred with the organizers of the teachings and asked for questions and suggestions of topics which he should address over the three days. Requests included bodhichitta, the problem of suffering, and Milarepa’s songs of realization.

The Gyalwang Karmapa is expected to teach in both Tibetan and Chinese, but translations of the teaching will be broadcast on FM in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Korean and Vietnamese.