Tergar Shrine Hall
19 February 2025
The nuns and their teachers gathered in the shrine hall today to receive the first of a series of teachings that Khenpo Ghawang will be giving on the Four-Session Guru Yoga.
This is at the direction of the Gyalwang Karmapa. The Four Session Guru Yoga is one of the principal practices of the Karma Kamtsang and the essential daily guru yoga practice. Many monastics recite the text daily; it is recited daily during the Kagyu Gunchoe and the Kagyu Monlam.
It was composed by Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje, who based it on an earlier text found in the writings of Lama Shangtsalpa, a disciple of Lord Gampopa.
The Gyalwang Karmapa gave the empowerment and teachings on the Four-Session Guru Yoga at the 34th Kagyu Monlam.
