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2021 Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Gathering

Day 20: Personal Reflections, More on Karma Gardri and Homage to the Gurus
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyo Dorje
March 17, 2021
The last day of the 2021 Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings ...
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Day 19: Tibetan Art Forms: Menluk, Khyenluk and Gardri
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
March 16, 2021
His Holiness began by stating that this was the longest teaching he...
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Day 18: “All Beings, without Distinction, are the Same as My Parents”
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
March 14, 2021
After offering prayers, His Holiness sincerely wel...
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Day 17: His Holiness on Vegetarianism
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
March 13th, 2021
Following the opening prayers, His Holiness extended his warm gre...
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Day 16: Vegetarianism in the Great Encampment and the Three-Fold Purity of Meat in the Vinaya
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
March 12, 2021
After giving his auspicious greetings, His Holiness continued his presentatio...
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Day 15: Rousing Bodhichitta and the Sacred Gandhola
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
March 10, 2021
Practices of the Greater Individual
To begin, the Gyalwang Karmapa...
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Day 14: The Great Encampment during the Life of the 4th Karmapa Rölpai Dorje
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
March 8, 2021
Following his greeting and offering prayers, His Holiness explained ...
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Day 13: Severing the Stream of Misdeeds
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eight Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
March 5, 2021
Part 1: Never harming another being
His Holiness continued teaching on Mikyö D...
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Day 12: Je Tsongkhapa and the Kagyu; The Sixth and Seventh Good Deeds
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
March 4, 2021
The Gyalwang Karmapa began by updating everyone on the Covid 19 outbreak ...
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Day 11: How the Three Jewels are the Source of all Happiness
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
February 28, 2021
This Lifetime is No Longer than a Cat’s Yawn
After o...
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Day 10: Karmapa Deshin Shekpa, Karmapa Mikyö Dorje and China
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
February 27, 2021
The Karmapa began with advice for those in India and Nepal ...
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Day 9: The Fifth Karmapa Deshin Shekpa and the Ming Emperor Yongle
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
February 26, 2021
His Holiness sent his auspicious greetings to today’s audience and extende...
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Day 8: Commitment to Study, the Fourth Good Deed, Travels and Miracles
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
February 25, 2021
At the very beginning of these teachings, the Karmapa emphasised...
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Day 7: The Blessings of Many Authentic Gurus
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings: 17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
February 24, 2021
After a two-day break, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmap...
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Day 6: Ascertaining the True Dharma and Favorable Conditions for Following Authentic Gurus
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
February 21, 2021
Part 1: Discarding the Husk
His Holiness began the sixth da...
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Day 5: Mikyö Dorje’s Second Good Deed
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings: 17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
February 20, 2021
His Holiness the Karmapa started today’s teachings by ...
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Day 4: A Historical Examination of the First Eight Karmapa Reincarnations
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings: 17th Gyalwang Karmapa on
The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
February 19, 2021
His Holiness opened the teachings by greeting everyone warmly. ...
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Day 3: First Deeds of a Nirmanakaya
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
February 17, 2021
His Holiness began by offering welcome to the khenpos, teachers,...
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Day 2: Liberation Stories – Sources of Faith and Good Deeds
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings: 17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
February 16, 2021
Part 1 – Listening to Liberation Stories and the Importance of Fa...
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Day 1: The Black Hat Lama
Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Teachings:
17th Gyalwang Karmapa on The Life of the Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje
February 15, 2021
In December 2020, the Winter teaching on The Four Dharmas of Gampopa...
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Spring Dharma Teachings • 15.02 – 14.03 2021
Just as other events, including the Kagyu Monlam, have had to be postponed because of the coronavirus epidemic, it is also necessary to postpone the Arya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering that was to hav...
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