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Marme Monlam: Exuberance Overflows in the Starry Darkness
Special Kagyu Monlam Day 8
5th February 2023
What might be one of the most aesthetically pleasing events of Kagyu Monlam - the Marme Monlam or the candle-light aspiration prayers - takes place at th...
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The Gyalwang Karmapa’s Special Address
Special Kagyu Monlam Day 8
5 February 2023
After an extensive mandala offering, headed by Bokar Rinpoche Yangsi and Khenpo Lodoe Dӧnyo Rinpoche, the Karmapa addressed all those who had attended the ...
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Five-Deity Green Tara of the Acacia Forest
Special Kagyu Monlam Day 8
5 February 2023
This was the second of the five sets of five-deity mandala practices that the Gyalwang Karmapa has reintroduced this year. It follows the Five-Deity Hay...
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Kindling Tummo: the Cotton-Clad Procession
Special Kagyu Monlam Day 7
4 February 2023
In keeping with the tradition of Kagyu Monlam, on the last day the lamas who have completed the three-year retreat walked in a procession, clad in a white ...
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The Sixteen Arhats Procession
Special Kagyu Monlam Day 6
3 February 2023
The day began with Mahayana Sojong in the main shrine hall with Khenchen Lodoe Donyo Rinpoche. After Sojong, a few monks remained to recite the Sanskrit pr...
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The Kangyur Procession
Special Kagyu Monlam Day 5
2 February 2023
On the misty morning of the fifth day of the Special Kagyu Monlam, the ritual procession which displays the entire body of the Kangyur (Translated Words) ...
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The Three Great Legacies of Yeshe Öd
Special Kagyu Monlam 2023 • Day 4
Gyalwang Karmapa’s Teaching on the Life of Atisha • Day 3
1 February 2023
Yeshe Öd’s First Legacy: The Spread of the Teachings from Tö
His Holiness continued with...
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How Atisha Went Forth and Was Invited to Tibet
Special Kagyu Monlam 2023 • Day 3
Gyalwang Karmapa’s Teaching on the Life of Atisha • Day 2
31 January 2023
The Gyalwang Karmapa explained that because it was a three-day teaching, he would only be...
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Atisha’s Origin Story
Special Kagyu Monlam 2023 • Day 2
Gyalwang Karmapa on the Life of Atisha • Day 1
30 January, 2023
As the seeds of the current Kagyu Monlam were planted in the 1980’s in Bodhgaya through the kindne...
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— 17th Gyalwang Karmapa
— 17th Gyalwang Karmapa