An Amazing Story: Finding the Reincarnation of Tenga Rinpoche
Ever since he passed away on March 30, 2012, finding Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche’s reincarnation (yangsi) has been awaited with great hope and deep devotion, especially in the Karma Kamtsang lineage. Before...
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The Nuns Gain Confidence: The Debate Competitions
The sharp, unhesitant and unbounded voice of a debater punctured the air in Tergar monastery one recent afternoon this March. Commanding, it webbed layer after layer of analytical reasoning, tethering...
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Recalling the Benefits of Bodhicitta
The Karmapa continued speaking on the topic of the precepts of aspirational bodhicitta from chapter ten of Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberation, focusing on the precept of recalling the benefits ...
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The Karmapa Unfolds His Thoughts about the Bhikshuni Vows
March 15, 2017 – Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India On the full moon day, the Tibetan 15th (March 12, 2107), there was a ceremony to celebrate the nuns who took the shramaneri vows at the Mahab...
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Never Giving Up on Sentient Beings
After a day off for the holiday of Holi, the Karmapa returned to teaching chapter ten on the “Precepts for Generating Aspiring Bodhicitta” from Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberation. The Karmapa f...
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Ananda’s Compassion: A Brief Commentary on the Ritual Practice for Women
Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India • March 14, 2017 | Two days after the ceremony at the Mahabodhi Stupa, Karmapa elaborated on the background of the Ritual Practice for the Dharma to Flourish ...
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Third Cohort of Nuns Trains to be Health Workers
Monlam Pavilion • March 14, 2017 | For the third year in succession, the Taiwan Health Corps has been working with Kagyu nuns during the Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering.
Twenty-one nuns from eigh...
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History in the Making: The First Step Toward Full Ordination
The Mahabodhi Stupa, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India • March 12, 2017 | At the Mahabodhi Stupa, it is the morning of the first full moon in the Tibetan year. In the shade of the Bodhi Tree, nineteen nuns sit ...
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History in the Making: The First Step Toward Full Ordination for Tibetan Buddhist Nuns
Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India • March 11, 2017 | On December 28, 2016, in a historic letter sent to his Kagyu nunneries in India, Nepal, and Bhutan, the Karmapa officially announced that the actual process ...
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Practice to Balance Study
Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India • March 9 to March 11, 2017 | After three days of talks on Gampopa in the morning and then debate for the rest of the day from March 6 to 8, the nuns engaged ...
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Never Giving Up on Others
Today the Karmapa began with the section in the Ornament of Precious Liberation on the eight benefits of aspirational bodhichitta. The first benefit is that aspirational bodhichitta is the g...
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Keeping the Bodhisattva’s Promise
After welcoming everyone for the second day of the 4th Arya Kshema, the Karmapa continued with the discussion of the ceremony of the bodhisattva vows from Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberatio...
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Ordained Nuns and Their History: The Karmapa Reports
7 March, 2017 – Monlam Pavilion, Bodhgaya
In the second half of his teachings this morning, the Karmapa shared his research into the history of nuns and their status. He began by explaining the backg...
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The Arya Kshema Winter Gathering for Nuns Begins in Bodhgaya
The Main Shrine Hall, Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India March 6, 2017
On this first day of the 4th Arya Kshema Winter Gathering, the Karmapa welcomed 560 nuns from nine different shedras (sch...
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Photo Story: The Arya Kshema Incense Project
15 nuns joined forces with professional Chinese incense maker Ru-Ruei Chung, translator Ani Jangchub and Dr Dawa to make high-quality Tibetan incense, an income generation projec...
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The Historic Revival of Full Ordination for Tibetan Buddhist Nuns
Tergar Monastery, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India | Currently, many preparations are underway for the Getsulma (novice) ordination to be held during this 4th Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering. The Karmapa p...
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The Arya Kshema Incense Project Continues for a Second Year
Monlam Pavilion — January 22nd - February 19th, 2017
Last year 17 nuns from different Kagyu nunneries were the first cohort to join a special workshop in which they learned how to make high-quality C...
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