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Sixth Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Gathering

The Nuns Host Tibetan New Year: the Year of the Iron Mouse Begins
Bodhgaya, February 24 – 26, 2020
This year’s Tibetan Losar celebrations —the Year of the Male Iron Mouse —fall half-way through the Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering, so they are being hosted by th...
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The Great Mahakala Puja: Clearing Obstacles Before the New Year
Tergar Monastery, Bodhgaya
February 20 – 23, 2020
After the conclusion of His Holiness’ teachings on Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberation, Tergar shrine room was rearranged to enable the nuns t...
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His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Composes Long-Life Prayer for Drupon Dechen Rinpoche on the Occasion of his 21st Birthday
On February 21, 2020, Drupon Dechen Rinpoche celebrated his 21st birthday, during the Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering.
His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, composed a lon...
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Photo Story: Losar Preparations Underway at the Arya Kshema Winter Gathering
February 19, 2020
Losar—Tibetan New Year —begins on Monday February 24th 2020, so the nuns at the Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering will be taking a break from their intensive study programme.
As ...
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The Presentation of the Six Transcendences
The Presentation of the Six Transcendences His Holiness the 17th Karmapa’s Teachings on Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberation Day Six
Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, India February 19, 2020
This wa...
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Benefitting Others: The Balance between Benefit and Harm
Benefitting Others: The Balance between Benefit and Harm His Holiness the 17th Karmapa’s Teachings on Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberation Day Five
Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, India February 18...
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The Multiple Ways of Benefitting Beings
The Multiple Ways of Benefitting Beings, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa’s Teachings on Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberation Day Four
Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, India February 17, 2020
The cha...
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The Discipline of Benefitting Sentient Beings
His Holiness the 17th Karmapa’s Teachings on Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberation Day Three Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, India February 16, 2020
His Holiness began the morning’s teachings by exp...
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The Superior Trainings in Discipline and Samadhi
His Holiness the 17th Karmapa’s Teachings on Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious LiberationDay TwoTergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, India February 15, 2020
His Holiness resumed his exposition of Chapter 11 by ...
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The Six Perfections and the Three Trainings, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa’s Teachings on Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberation
Day One Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, India February 14, 2020
Before the teaching in the shrine hall of Tergar Monastery, nuns moved up and down rows of sangha, offering tea to the nuns as well as to ...
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A Mandala Offering to Drupon Dechen Rinpoche
Tergar Shrine Room, February 13, 2020
Shortly before the Arya Kshema, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa announced that he was designating Drupon Dechen Rinpoche to take charge of the Arya Kshema...
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H.E. Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche Presides over the Sixth Arya Kshema Opening Ceremony
Tergar Shrine Room, Bodhgaya, February 13, 2020
The opening ceremony began at 8.00am when a portrait of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa was brought in procession into the shrine room and ...
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An Auspicious Beginning to the Sixth Arya Kshema
Tergar Shrine Room, Bodhgaya, February 12, 2020
The Sixth Arya Kshema began with a day-long session of prayers to remove all obstacles.
Assembled in Tergar Monastery shrine room for the first time,...
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Nuns Complete Umdze Training
Monlam Pavillion Library January 15 – 27, 2020
Under the guidance of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, nun umdzes have gradually assumed a greater role at the Kagyu Monlam in Bodhgaya.
To begin with...
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The Incense-Making Project for Nuns Resumes for a Third Year
Monlam Pavillion January 4 – 26, 2020
17 nuns from different Kagyu nunneries attended this third training course in Tibetan incense making, organised and sponsored by Tsurphu Labrang, the offic...
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Photo Story: The Incense-Making Project for Nuns Resumes for a Third Year
January 28, 2020 Kagyu Monlam Pavilion, Bodhgaya
17 nuns from different Kagyu nunneries attended this third training course in Tibetan incense making, organised and sponsored by the Kagyupa Internati...
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