38th Kagyu Monlam
January 14 - 25, 2024
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38th Kagyu Monlam Program Announcement
38th Kagyu Monlam ChenmoJanuary 14–25, 2024Bodhgaya
For many years, we have all hoped that Guru Vajradhara Chamgön Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche would be able to attend the Kagyu Monlam. Though he was in...
Read MoreMarme Monlam: Exuberance Overflows in the Starry Darkness
Special Kagyu Monlam Day 8
5th February 2023
What might be one of the most aesthetically pleasing events of Kagyu Monlam - the Marme Monlam or the candle-light aspiration prayers - takes place at th...
Read MoreThe Gyalwang Karmapa’s Special Address
Special Kagyu Monlam Day 8
5 February 2023
After an extensive mandala offering, headed by Bokar Rinpoche Yangsi and Khenpo Lodoe Dӧnyo Rinpoche, the Karmapa addressed all those who had attended the ...
Read MoreFive-Deity Green Tara of the Acacia Forest
Special Kagyu Monlam Day 8
5 February 2023
This was the second of the five sets of five-deity mandala practices that the Gyalwang Karmapa has reintroduced this year. It follows the Five-Deity Hay...
Read MoreKindling Tummo: the Cotton-Clad Procession
Special Kagyu Monlam Day 7
4 February 2023
In keeping with the tradition of Kagyu Monlam, on the last day the lamas who have completed the three-year retreat walked in a procession, clad in a white ...
Read MoreThe Sixteen Arhats Procession
Special Kagyu Monlam Day 6
3 February 2023
The day began with Mahayana Sojong in the main shrine hall with Khenchen Lodoe Donyo Rinpoche. After Sojong, a few monks remained to recite the Sanskrit pr...
Read MoreThe Three Great Legacies of Yeshe Öd
Special Kagyu Monlam 2023 • Day 4
Gyalwang Karmapa’s Teaching on the Life of Atisha • Day 3
1 February 2023
Yeshe Öd’s First Legacy: The Spread of the Teachings from Tö
His Holiness continued with...
Read MoreHow Atisha Went Forth and Was Invited to Tibet
Special Kagyu Monlam 2023 • Day 3
Gyalwang Karmapa’s Teaching on the Life of Atisha • Day 2
31 January 2023
The Gyalwang Karmapa explained that because it was a three-day teaching, he would only be...
Read MoreAtisha’s Origin Story
Special Kagyu Monlam 2023 • Day 2
Gyalwang Karmapa on the Life of Atisha • Day 1
30 January, 2023
As the seeds of the current Kagyu Monlam were planted in the 1980’s in Bodhgaya through the kindne...
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