Articles

• January 2026
  • Compassion in Action Projects at the Kagyu Monlam
  • The 40th Kagyu Mönlam Chenmo Begins in Bodhgaya
  • The Red Crown Ceremony and Long-Life Empowerment
  • An Introduction to the Red Crown Ceremony
  • Day Seven PM: Awards, Mandala Offerings, Dedications and Aspirations
  • Day Seven AM: The Cotton Clad Procession and Homage to the Gurus
  • Pre-Monlam Teachings Day Two: Preliminaries to the Main Empowerment
  • Monlam Day Six: Paying Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha and the Sixteen Arhats
• December 2025
  • Kagyu Monlam Day Five: Paying Homage to the Kangyur
  • Introducing The Abhisaṃbodhi of Vairocana
  • True Compassion Via Self-Love
  • What is Prajna?
  • Six Things for Quickly Achieving Enlightenment
  • Pre-Monlam Teachings Day Three: The Main Empowermen
  • 100,000 Ganacakras of the Guru and Commemorating the Parinirvana of Dusum Khyenpa
• February 2025
  • Long-Life Offering from The Three Roots Combined to Chamgön Tai Situ Rinpoche and Drung Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche
  • The Empowerment of the Three Roots Combined and Red Crown Ceremony
  • Audience with Gyalwa Drikungpa Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche
  • Special Audience with Drung Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche for Kagyu Monlam Volunteers and Friends of Kagyu Monlam Members
  • Celebrating Yogic Achievement: The Cotton-Clad Procession
  • The Akong Tulku Memorial Soup Kitchen 2025
  • The Annual Akshobhya Ritual for the Living and Deceased
  • Revering the Sixteen Arhats
  • Honouring the Kangyur: The Essence of Glory Practice of the Sage, the Kangyur Procession, and Reading the Kangyur
  • Western-style Debate Session Two
  • The Gyalwang Karmapa on the Life of Atisha • Session 4
  • The Gyalwang Karmapa teaching on the Life of Atisha • Session 3
  • Western-style Debate Session One
  • The Gyalwang Karmapa on the Life of Atisha • Session 2
  • The Gyalwang Karmapa on the Life of Atisha ● Session 1
  • The Grand Examination of Monastic Forms
  • The Meditation on Avalokiteshvara The All-Pervading Benefit of Beings: Kyabje Bokar Choktrul Rinpoche’s First Teaching at the Kagyu Monlam
  • Kyabgön Drung Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche: Pointing Out the Three Kāyas : Session Two Bestowing a Glimpse into the Yogic Experience
  • Kyabgön Drung Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche: Pointing Out the Three Kayas : Session One
  • The Short Torma Empowerment of Five-Deity Gyalwa Gyatso • H.E. Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche
• January 2025
  • Kyabgӧn Drung Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche Arrives to Preside over the 39th Kagyu Monlam
• January 2024
  • Marme Monlam: Aspirations Illuminate the Night
  • Serving the Guru
  • Gyalwang Karmapa’s Special Address to the 38th Kagyu Monlam
  • Transforming the Garchen and Grounds
  • “Guru Vajradhara Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche closing remarks on the last day of the Million Aspiration Monlam”
  • Awarding Prizes for the Kagyu Gunchoe
  • Guru Yoga for Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
  • Tibetan Medical Camp
  • The King of Aspirations: The Noble Aspiration for Excellent Conduct
  • Western-style debate: Among the three spheres of study, practice, and work, is the sphere of work more important or not?
  • Akshobhya Ritual for the Living and Deceased
  • Guru Vajradhara Tai Situ Rinpoche meets with the Kagyu Monlam Members and Volunteers
  • Compassion in Action at the Kagyu Monlam
  • Kangyur Procession at the Mahabodhi Stupa
  • Reading the Kangyur
  • The Million Aspiration Monlam, Day Four
  • The Million Aspiration Monlam In Photos Third Day
  • Western Style Debate on Second Day of the Kagyu Monlam
  • The Million Aspiration Monlam, Day Two
  • Guru Vajradhara Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche Offers Prayers at the Mahabodhi Temple
  • 38th Kagyu Monlam Begins - Day One
  • Initiation of the Buddha Maitreya
  • Guru Varjadhara Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche Performs the Red Crown Ceremony
  • Guru Varjadhara Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche Teaching Day Two
  • Guru Varjadhara Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche Teaching Day One
  • Offerings and prayers with Tai Situ Rinpoche at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya
  • Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa Arrives in Bodhgaya
• August 2023
  • 38th Kagyu Monlam Program Announcement
• February 2023
  • Marme Monlam: Exuberance Overflows in the Starry Darkness
  • The Gyalwang Karmapa’s Special Address
  • Five-Deity Green Tara of the Acacia Forest
  • Kindling Tummo: the Cotton-Clad Procession
  • The Sixteen Arhats Procession
  • The Three Great Legacies of Yeshe Öd
• January 2023
  • How Atisha Went Forth and Was Invited to Tibet
  • Atisha’s Origin Story
  • The Special Kagyu Monlam Begins at Bokar Monastery: Day One
• May 2022
  • Special Kagyu Monlam Day Seven: The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa’s Closing Advice
  • Special Kagyu Monlam Day Seven: The Lama Chöpa, an Offering to Two Great Buddhist Teachers
  • The Special Kagyu Monlam: A Thousandfold Offering to Devi Marichi
  • The Special Kagyu Monlam: Activities in Bodhgaya
  • The Special Kagyu Monlam: An Overview
• November 2020
  • Kagyu Monlam Asia
• June 2020
  • Compassion in Action: Celebrating the 35th Birthday of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa
• February 2020
  • Empowering Local Women: the Sewing Happiness Project
  • The Seventh Kagyu Monlam Animal Camp is Underway
  • Marme Monlam: Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance
  • “Those of Supreme Fortune”: His Eminence Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche Offers the Red Crown Ceremony and Confers an Amitayus Empowerment
  • Compassion in Action – Supporting Education for Girls
  • Special Address by the Gyalwang Karmapa for the 37th Kagyu Monlam in Bodhgaya
  • An Interview with Khenpo Lodro Donyo Rinpoche Regarding Bokar Yangsi Rinpoche’s Ordination
  • Lama Chöpa: Honoring the Memory of Bagyöd Rinpoche and Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche
  • Seeking Blessings: The Procession and Offerings to the Sixteen Arhats
  • Compassion and Skillful Means: the Tibetan and Western Medical Camps in Action
  • The Great Kangyur Procession and the Reading of the Kangyur
  • Serving One Thousand Buddhas: His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche Thanks Kagyu Monlam Members and Volunteers
  • Compassion in Action – Akong Tulku Rinpoche Memorial Soup Kitchen
  • HE Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche on Mind Training: The Seventy-Two Exhortations Day Four: The End Result is Liberation
  • HE Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche on Mind Training: The Seventy-Two Exhortations: Day Three: “Follow the Mahasiddhas’ Footsteps”
  • HE Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche on Mind Training: The Seventy-Two Exhortations: Day Two: Seeing Our Faults Clearly
  • HE Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche on Mind Training: The Seventy-Two Exhortations Day One: Virtue in the Beginning and Middle
  • The 37th Kagyu Monlam Begins in Bodhgaya
  • A Talk to the Twenty-Second Kagyu Gunchö Regarding Matters Related to the Shedras Given by the Gyalwang Karmapa
• January 2020
  • “The Vajra Life Force of Immortality:” Accumulating One Million Feast Offerings for His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa’s Health
  • Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Final Session: A Map of the Terrain Ahead
  • Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Session 8: The Promise of Liberation
  • Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Session 7: Actual Nature is Not Permanent, Singular, or Autonomous
  • Western-style Debate Session 2: Is it Proper for Monastics to Eat Meat?
  • Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Session 6: Understanding Selflessness
  • Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Session 5: Liberating ourselves from suffering
  • Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Session 4: Even More Beneficial is to Think about Impermanence for Even a Moment
  • Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Session 3: Resting in Awareness without Distraction is Mindfulness of Mind
  • Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Session 2: Recognizing Awareness is the Basis
  • Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness Session 1: Calm Abiding and Working with the Breath
  • Western-style Debate Session 1: Is it Proper for Ngakpa Lamas to Drink Alcohol?
  • The Incense-Making Project for Nuns Resumes for a Third Year
• January 2019
  • Healthworker Training for Nuns in its Fourth Year
  • The Sixth Kagyu Monlam Animal Medical Camp Begins
  • Full Transcript of the Address from His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa to the 36th Kagyu Monlam
  • The Project to Support Girls’ Education : the Hostel at Baseri
  • The People of Nyeshang Sponsor the 36th Kagyu Monlam
  • Compassion in Action – Akong Tulku Memorial Soup Kitchen
  • Audience with Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche for Friends of Kagyu Monlam and Gurusevakas: Bringing Benefit for the World and the Flourishing of the Dharma
  • The Seven Points of Mind Training Day Four: Mind Training Transforms Our Lives
  • Two Evenings of Western-style Debate
  • The Seven Points of Mind Training Day Three: Training as a Child of Illusion
  • Kagyu Monlam Medical Camp: A Lamp in Darkness
  • The Seven Points of Mind Training Day Two: The Practice of Sending and Taking
  • The Seven Points of Mind Training Day One: Bodhichitta
  • The Torma Empowerment of the Five Deities of Gyalwa Gyatso
  • Compassion in Action – Sewing Happiness Project
  • Tilopa’s Ganges Mahāmudrā Session Six: Rest in the Unborn Essence
  • Tilopa’s Ganges Mahāmudrā Session Five: Part Two: Profound Interdependence
  • Tilopa’s Ganges Mahāmudrā Session Five Part One: Resting in the Nature of the Mind
  • Tilopa’s Ganges Mahāmudrā Session Four: Manifesting Non-Arising in Conduct
  • Tilopa’s Ganges Mahāmudrā Session Three: View and Meditation
  • Tilopa’s Ganges Mahāmudrā Session Two: How to Practice
  • Tilopa’s Ganges Mahāmudrā Session One: Mahāmudrā cannot be shown
• March 2018
  • The Marme Monlam: An Offering of Lights
  • An Auspicious Conclusion: Red Crown Ceremony and Long Life Empowerment
  • Compassion in Action: Humanitarian Project to Aid Girls Continues
  • Gyalwang Karmapa’s Concluding Address to 35th Monlam
  • Joyful Dharma: Western Sangha at the Monlam
  • A Message from the Karmapa Precedes an Afternoon Session of Prayers and Dedications for the Dead
  • A Melodious Addition to the Kagyu Monlam: The Female Chant Leaders
  • The Peerless Gurus: Sixteen Arhats Procession and Offering
  • Helping the Disadvantaged in Bodhgaya: The Akong Tulku Memorial Soup Kitchen
  • Honoring the Words of the Buddha: The Kangyur Procession and Reading
  • Gurusevakas: The Not So Invisible Volunteers for the Dharma
  • New Dining Halls for the 35th Kagyu Monlam
  • Geshe Potowa’s Long Soliloquy Session Four: On Death, Impermanence and Limitless Opportunities
• February 2018
  • Geshe Potowa’s Long Soliloquy Session Three: All Dharma is to Be Practiced Today
  • The Kagyu Monlam Medical Camp Reaches Out to Bihar’s Villagers
  • Geshe Potowa’s Long Soliloquy Session Two: Examining and Abandoning
  • Geshe Potowa's Long Soliloquy Session One: The Test of True Dharma
  • Virtue in the Beginning: The First Day of the 35th Kagyu Monlam
  • Celebrating the Lineages of Tibetan Buddhism: Tormas at the 35th Kagyu Monlam
  • The 17th Karmapa Holds Teleconference with Kagyu Monlam Working Team
  • Aspiration of Mahāmudrā: Meditation Day 3: The Path
  • Aspiration of Mahāmudrā: Meditation Day 2: Cultivating Awareness
  • Aspiration of Mahāmudrā: Teaching Day 2: The Ground of Samsara and Nirvana
  • Aspiration of Mahāmudrā: Meditation Day 1: Being Aware
  • Testing the Nuns and Monks: The Grand Examination of Monastic Forms
  • Aspiration of Mahāmudrā: Teaching Day 1: Between the Two Extremes
  • The Campaign to Save Wild Birds Continues
• January 2018
  • The Kagyu Monlam Animal Camp is Now in Operation
  • Kagyu Monlam Hosts Monks and Laypeople in Bodhgaya
• June 2017
  • The Sudden Passing of our Friend Karma Lhudrup Nerutsang
• March 2017
  • Third Cohort of Nuns Trains to be Health Workers
  • A Joyous Celebration to Conclude the 34th Kagyu Monlam
  • Nitin Sawhney Plays for the Karmapa: An Interview
  • Losar Day Three: The Sangharama Ritual
• February 2017
  • The Grand Garchen Losar Feast
  • The Second Day of Losar: The Great Seating Ceremony
  • The Year of the Female Fire Bird Takes Flight
  • The Long Life Empowerment of the Three Roots Combined
  • Two Precious Items from the Past
  • Historic Red Crown Ceremony in Bodhgaya
  • The Last Day of the Tibetan Year Begins
  • The Arya Kshema Incense Project Continues for a Second Year
  • The Great Cham Dance
  • The Mahakala Night
  • Losar Card from His Holiness Karmapa
  • Gutor Day Four: Great Encampment Mahakala Puja, Day 3
  • Gutor Day Two: Incinerating the Hostile
  • Others Before Self: TCV Suja Students Serve as Dharma Protectors
  • Gutor Day One: Protector Practices to Prepare for the Blossoming of the New Year
  • “What I Give Away is Mine”: the Gyalwang Karmapa’s Advice as the 34th Kagyu Monlam Ends
  • Celebrating the Life of the Eighth Kyabje Dorzong Rinpoche: A Ritual of Offerings to the Gurus
  • Reviving the Tradition of the Cotton-Clad Yogis
  • Awards Ceremony for the 20th Kagyu Gunchoe and the Examination of Monastic Forms
  • The Gyalwang Karmapa addresses the situation concerning Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
  • From Bhutan With Joy: Young Volunteers Enliven Kagyu Mönlam for Second Year
  • Memorial Service for His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the late King of Thailand
  • The Procession of the Sixteen Arhats
  • Special Features of the 34th Monlam: The Yongle Karmapa Scroll
  • Honoring the Words of the Buddha: The Kangyur Procession
  • The Soliloquy of Geshe Potowa: Session Four
  • 17th Karmapa Visits the Milarepa Exhibition and Friends of Kagyu Monlam Members’ Lunch at the Mahayana Hotel
  • 17th Gyalwang Karmapa’s Words of Thanks to Friends of Kagyu Monlam Members
  • The Soliloquy of Geshe Potowa: Session Three
  • The Soliloquy of Geshe Potowa: Session Two
  • Our Intrinsic Ability to Make Aspirations for the World: 17th Karmapa’s Advice to the Guru Sevakas at the 34th Kagyu Monlam
  • Akong Tulku Memorial Soup Kitchen
  • Compassion in Action: The Well-Being Free Medical Camp
  • The Soliloquy of Geshe Potowa: Session One
  • Tormas and Altar at the 34th Kagyu Monlam
  • The Senior Sangha Lunch
  • The Opening Session of the 34th Kagyu Monlam Chenmo in Bodhgaya
  • Special Features of the 34th Kagyu Monlam: The Welcome Gate
  • Special Features of the 34th Kagyu Monlam: The Garchen and the New Kitchen
  • Special Features of the 34th Kagyu Monlam: The Stage
  • Four-Session Guru Yoga Session Two
  • Four-Session Guru Yoga Session One
  • Torch of True Meaning Session Four
  • The 17th Karmapa Launches a New Website: DHARMA EBOOKS
  • Torch of True Meaning: Session Three
  • The Torch of True Meaning: Session Two
  • The Torch of True Meaning: Session One
  • The Main Chakrasamvara Empowerment
  • Preparing for the Chakrasamvara Empowerment
  • The Grand Examination of Monastic Forms
  • The Gyalwang Karmapa Introduces the Chakrasamvara Empowerment
  • Preparations for the 34th Kagyu Monlam Chenmo in Bodhgaya
• January 2017
  • The 4th Animal Medical Camp Concludes with Special Private Audience
  • The 4th Annual Kagyu Monlam Animal Medical Camp Is Under Way in Bodhgaya
• January 2016
  • The Miracle Month’s Full Moon: Offerings to the Gurus and to Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche