Tergar Shrine Hall
19 February 2025
Not all the nuns at the Arya Kshema are taking part in the debates. Some of the older nuns who were ordained many years before the shedras were established and some of the younger ones who are too young for shedra study dedicate their time during the Arya Kshema to reciting prayers for the benefit of all sentient beings.
This year, at the direction of the Gyalwang Karmapa, they will receive a series of teachings that Khenpo Ghawang will be giving on the Four-Session Guru Yoga.
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.
